I am 39 weeks pregnant now. And I keep asking the little human inside my womb to just hurry the heck up and get here. Please. Because mumma is seriously running out of patience now. (more…)
Diary of a Crazy Pregnant Lady – Weeks 39 to 40
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Diary of a Crazy Pregnant Lady – Weeks 37 and 38.
I must preface this instalment by mentioning that we have recently experienced a death in the family. A very unexpected death, and it has left our whole family shattered and stunned. It is not remotely my story to tell, so I will say no more on the subject, however I do want you to know that as I write these words, my heart is breaking over and over. And because of this, this piece will not be as joyous as my usual posts and for that I am sorry. I hope you can forgive me… xox (more…)
Diary of a Crazy Pregnant Lady – Weeks 34 to 36
Pregnant Lady Alert! Pregnant Lady Alert! Tummy that has stretched beyond what is humanly possibly for 34 freaking weeks alert! I say this every freaking time I know but 34 weeks? THIRTY FOUR FREAKING WEEKS? But…but that means that I have just 6 weeks to go? Its saaaaaaah crazy! Who made time speed up like this? Who took away the in-between? What is going on? (more…)
To My Dear Baby Girl – A Letter To My Unborn Child
To My Dear Baby Girl, As I write this, I have 5 weeks to go until you arrive. Well, approximately of course. I am hoping you come earlier, but I hoped that with your brother too and he came in his own sweet time so I am not holding my breath. (more…)
A Letter To My Two Year Old
To my son, It has been a long time since I last wrote you a letter my little love. However it was your second birthday last week and I felt that old familiar itch to pick up the keyboard and talk to you again. To tell you all about the world, and also to tell you all about, well…you. (more…)
The Time I was Blind On A Cheese Date
Today I would like to tell you a story about a lovely little date that I went on recently. A date with my gorgeous, hairy and very tall husband. Yep, you heard me. A date. That’s right!!! For one magical day, Mummy and Daddy got to actually leave the house without our mini human in tow, and not only that, but WE GOT TO GO ON A REAL GROWN UP PERSONS DATE WITH CHEESE AND WINE AND GROWN UP GROWN-UPPY-NESS, AND CLOTHES THAT WERE GUARANTEED TO STILL BE CLEAN AT THE END OF THE MEAL! (more…)
Grandma Jean’s Delicious Potato Salad
I love a good potato salad. I love how, when it is made perfectly with love, can make you feel so deliciously comforted with every single moreish mouthful. Now, the recipe for this particular salad was inspired by my beautiful late Grandmother Jean, who I remember used to make a version of this salad. She sadly passed away around twelve years ago now, and yet every time I make this yummy scrummy potato salad I am reminded of her. (more…)
7 Ways To De-Stress Your Life
Life is damn busy. Before I went on maternity leave, I got through my every day running purely on adrenalin. I was towards the end there, in serious danger of burning out and losing my mind. (more…)
The wait was over…
This post is the final post in an extraordinary four post series which outlines our beautiful guest writer Nicole’s IVF journey. If you haven’t read the first three emotive posts, then you can do so here, here and here. We hope that you have enjoyed reading Nicole’s story as much as we have, and we truly hope that her story can give you some hope and help on your own journey. The wait was nearly over. This nightmare would be coming to an end soon. I could feel it. (more…)
Groundhog Day. Welcome to Parenthood
Sigh…It’s Monday again. The fleeting time we had over the weekend with the hairy husband is over and back to the grind it is for all of us. Again. Double sigh. (more…)