Monthly Archives: October 2011

New things for the baby

Posted on October 24, 2011 by gillian

We’re now starting to make baby steps towards getting things ready for January (or February, depending on whether a certain little person inherits my lateness gene). My friend Tara – who had her first baby a few weeks before I … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy week 25: a pretty strange couple of days

Posted on October 23, 2011 by gillian

        This week started off fine; in fact, it was so unremarkable that I can’t remember anything interesting that happened in the first couple of days. However Wednesday evening changed all that, with the unwelcome arrival of … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy week 24: viability

Posted on October 22, 2011 by gillian

Here are five of the noteworthy things that happened during my 24th week of being pregnant: It was a week of more medical appointments: midwife, haematology and dentist. All was fine with the baby and my blood, thyroid levels and … Continue reading →

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Photo shoot for Pregnancy & Birth Magazine

Posted on October 13, 2011 by gillian

 

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Pregnancy week 23: duck!

Posted on October 11, 2011 by gillian

  Prior to getting pregnant, I’d perfectly planned out the way I’d tell my husband when it happened. The idea involved a pair of wedding ducks I was given on my hen night, which now live on a shelf in … Continue reading →

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About the awfulness of maternity clothes

Posted on October 9, 2011 by gillian

Now I have a mini-bump, I’m taking baby steps into the sizeable and stretchy realms of maternity clothes. It’s lucky that my job doesn’t require a strict dress code and we can pretty much wear, within reason, whatever we like. … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy week 22: footprints, and finding out the sex

Posted on October 9, 2011 by gillian

As well as marking our second wedding anniversary, week 22 also bought with it the anomaly scan. In addition to checking out all was as it should be with Baby C, it was a chance where we could, potentially, find … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy week 21: a horrible start, and a slightly better end

Posted on October 1, 2011 by gillian

I’ve recently come to love Tuesday mornings. They mean it won’t be Monday morning for seven days, it’s one day closer to the weekend, and they are also the start of my next pregnancy week (which means among other things … Continue reading →

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