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10 things I’d completely forgotten about being pregnant!

Isn’t it funny how you can completely forget what it’s like to be in a situation when you’re no longer [...]

By |January 16th, 2020|Parenting, Pregnancy|5 Comments

10 things I’m going to do differently with baby number four

If you were to have your time again on the baby making front, what would you do differently? It's been [...]

By |October 7th, 2019|Parenting, Pregnancy|5 Comments

OMG…I’m expecting baby number 4!

One's lonely, two fight, three's piggy in the middle, four's just right. So the saying goes about having four children [...]

By |October 2nd, 2019|Parenting, Pregnancy|17 Comments

10 things I didn’t expect when I was expecting

What to expect when you’re expecting. There's tons of advice out there, from how you’ll feel to how you’ll look [...]

By |July 6th, 2018|Parenting|14 Comments

Why does nobody talk about the ‘P’ word?

I'm talking about poo. Not bright yellow breastfeedy poo that smells like vinegar and brings tears to the eyes, not [...]

By |June 19th, 2017|Parenting|38 Comments

A letter to my pregnant friend

Advice. The one thing that’s not in short supply when you’re pregnant is advice. You get it from friends, you [...]

By |May 19th, 2017|Parenting, Pregnancy|11 Comments

10 weird ways pregnancy changes your body

It’s no secret – or surprise – that pregnancy changes your body. After growing a human being and either pushing [...]

By |May 5th, 2017|Pregnancy|21 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Why is it that the last month of pregnancy feels like an eternity (one of the worst things I've found [...]

By |March 19th, 2017|Parenting|10 Comments

The 10 best things about not being pregnant

What you can and can't eat, what you can and can't drink and the general inconvenience of it all. It's [...]

By |February 24th, 2017|Pregnancy|15 Comments

Why I was right not to write a birth plan

It turns out I was right not to write a birth plan. After considering the pros and cons of writing [...]

By |February 20th, 2017|Parenting, Pregnancy|41 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

Last week #MySundayPhoto was what I was hoping would be one of the last pictures of BB and Little B [...]

By |February 12th, 2017|Pregnancy|20 Comments

10 things they don’t tell you about being overdue

I’ve been overdue with all my babies. The first was 15 days late, the second was three days late and [...]

By |February 8th, 2017|Pregnancy|80 Comments

The trouble with the ‘perfect’ birth

They say no two babies are the same, and no two births are the same either. So far the saying [...]

By |February 6th, 2017|Pregnancy|46 Comments

#MySundayPhoto

At long last I am finally on maternity leave! I've set my out of office until May (such a good [...]

By |January 29th, 2017|Pregnancy|10 Comments

10 things they don’t tell you about the third trimester

I know babies don't come with manuals, but pregnancy should. An honest one, I mean. I'm now in the third [...]

By |January 16th, 2017|Pregnancy|37 Comments