I had some morning sickness up to 16 weeks but this pregnancy is a breeze, or so I thought. Nothing prepared me for the sudden onset of illness a week last Saturday that ended up with me in hospital with a suspected blood clot on the lungs.I had a shower and suddenly felt hot and […] Continue reading →

I am 29 weeks pregnant. I haven’t really thought much about the birth but as time ticks away it is popping in my head more often. My friends pregnant with their second babies are delivering. The babies all seem big – 9lbs – and, weirdly, all boys. All my friends down here had girls as […] Continue reading →

Oh woe is me. I am so sad. I was transferring my beloved blog to a new site and Blogger ate it. It means that while the new site is up and running, I can’t tell anyone where it is from the old place. A disaster.I wanted to move it because I was so fed […] Continue reading →

I was supposed to be starting my full time two-week working get-the-dough-in-before-I-am-too-fat-to-work but, like all the best laid plans, it didn’t quite work out like that. As me and Mike ate breakfast watching the news, we heard a bang and a crash in the playroom and a BIG scream. Mike rushed over and I followed. […] Continue reading →

Well now isn’t this story by The Telegraph in the UK interesting? It says: “Gina Ford, the baby expert whose advice is either loved or loathed by parents, has demanded the closure of a popular internet site for mothers after it published what she claims to be defamatory comments about her.” It seems that people […] Continue reading →