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Home baby proofing tips spring to mind when you’re pregnant. But the first thing I’ll say is, you have time! When you’re expecting, you start reading all the baby books and suddenly the house seems like an unsafe place and you start to feel a little (more) unprepared! But honestly, while it’s important it’s actually not […] Read more…
Say what?! yes you heard correctly, this post is going to discuss how to suppress breast milk supply after breastfeeding I frequently see posts on increasing breast milk supply but that doesn’t always apply to everyone (and it certainly didn’t for me.) With my first, he basically drank me dry but with my second it’s […] Read more…
Having an active pregnancy is something I purposefully aimed for this time around. This is how I did it, as well as some of the tips to stay healthy! Staying active during pregnancy is one of the things I attribute to such a speedy recovery and good C-section experience. Also as I was a parent […] Read more…
As promised in P’s birth announcement, I said I would give more detail about her birth, including my experience with a second induction and C-section this time around. I am in the quite fortunate position that I have gone through the same birth process twice and this means I can quite accurately compare the two. […] Read more…
Let’s discuss pregnancy weight, what’s normal and what I put on. I am putting it all out there! In my previous post, Pregnant and…Fat, I discussed weight gain during pregnancy. It is something I am particularly good at and despite having a much more active pregnancy this time around I still gained a similar amount […] Read more…
My due date has been and gone meaning I am now Pregnant and…Overdue I recently did a pregnancy series; “Pregnant and…” which I really enjoyed doing but little did I know that I would still be pregnant 3 weeks later (and no I am not amused!) so I thought I would add to that original […] Read more…
Let’s talk about the obvious! In the last trimester, I have been Pregnant and…Parenting, and it has been hard! The joy of 5-year-olds is that one minute they are angels sent down to put a smile on your face, make you laugh and smother you with cuddles! Other days they are demon spawn sent to […] Read more…
Renovating our new house so close to the due date has meant this time around I’m Pregnant and… NOT Nesting When we moved house 6 months ago, I was already pregnant and we decided that would be the best time to do some of the major building work to our house. Before the baby comes. […] Read more…
The husband has to work and this has meant that I have been Pregnant and…Alone Due to work, the husband has had to go on two trips during this pregnancy to New York and both of them have been at 34 and 36 weeks respectively. The 5 hour time difference makes it hard to stay […] Read more…
If you’re tired, you sleep right? Wrong. Instead, pregnancy is apparently all about being Pregnant and…Tired I already wrote a lack of pregnancy sleeping rant back in my second trimester and the lack of sleep seems to be a continuous trend throughout this pregnancy. Let’s hope it’s not a sign of what is to come! […] Read more…