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Desert island pregnancy survival kit
Pregnant? Right, you’ll need a whole host of bizarre things like belly bands, belly belts, belly balm and breast pads won’t you? Hmm, well in trying to think of the things that I would quite like to...
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Teenage dirtbag
Everyone is different, but generally during pregnancy your skin acts a bit weird. It can get dry and spotty and patchy. Sometimes it gets itchy. Your mind may become more curious. As a teenager, I...
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Trash bag
Every pregnancy is different but there is one universal truth about pregnancy. Normal rules do not apply during pregnancy. As your body takes a one woman voyage to a land far, far away, your mind is...
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A change is gonna come
This is what my nappy changing table (Ikea Hensvik) looked like just hours before I had BUB.1. Stacked almost psychotically neatly with clothes, nappies and creams, it’s testament to the amount of time...
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40 is the new 30
When I turned 30, I didn’t feel a thing. I’m not being smug, I just didn’t. I was very fortunate to be at a place in my life that felt right, exciting and new. I’d been in Australia for almost a year,...
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Baby I don’t care
Everbody seems quite concerned about poor Kate being in labour while the world waits. Can she block it out? Will it add to the stress? And while I imagine the last few days have been a bit tense, with...
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First bloom
Just a little explanation. Not an apology, because that would assume a) it matters b) I could have done anything differently. I started this blog a year ago and for the last six months I’ve not been...
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Senior moment #1
Driving home from the supermarket today I was musing about how much younger and energetic I feel these days. It’s been eight months since BUB.3 arrived and in that time not only have I shifted up from...
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Seen one, seen them all.
I found a belly button in my make up drawer today and I haven’t got a clue whose it is. There’s another one in the box in BUB.3’s bedroom along with the remaining post c-section codeine tablets, a snot...
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Acrobat
Did I have any warning? None. Or did I? My third pregnancy had gone along much like BUB.1 and .2’s, uncomfortable but uneventful, plenty of galloping heartbeats, searing heartburn and reassuring scans....
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Group Strep B – wassat?
Spot the difference: BUB.1: My waters broke almost eight hours before I gave birth, during which time I was left to labour in the comfort of home. My midwife only came near me about a minute or two...
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Tongue-tie: Can anyone give me a straight answer?
An unexpected breech caesarean section, BUB.3 first appeared to me as a long, bright pink, crying blur. “She’s got a tongue-tie which they say they can cut” Willy Wonka said, reassuring me she was OK...
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