It’s been a while…

I started this blog to keep me busy while I was on maternity leave. How naive was I thinking I would EVER have time to post! Baby girl is now just over 3 months old and finally in a fairly good sleeping routine. This means I get the odd hour or 2 to myself throughout …

The Roadmap out of Lockdown.

So this week, the roadmap out of lockdown has been announced in the U.K. After almost a year in lockdown, this is something that should be really exciting for us all, right? So why do I now feel more anxious than ever? My baby girl is due in 3 weeks time. I’ve spent my entire …

36 Weeks Pregnant!

So today marks exactly 4 weeks til our due date baby girl! 💖 I am so excited right now, I’m not sure how I’m going to wait another 4 weeks! I’ve started drinking raspberry leaf tea daily now. I’ve heard a lot of people recommend it to help encourage baby out on time, but I’m …

She’s MY Baby…

I haven’t even had the baby yet and I’m already feeling super protective. Is this normal? I feel like the need to be protective is being encouraged by some family members who seem to be claiming that this is ‘our baby girl’. I’ve even had one person suggesting that I leave the baby with them …

Lockdown 3.0 Update

To any of my readers in the U.K.... we did it! We made it through a lockdown January! I don’t know about you but I’m finding winter lockdown so much harder than the other lockdowns we have had. I’m still working from home and the weather has been awful these last few weeks, which means …

Maternity Leave

I cannot wait to start my maternity leave! I have 6 weeks of work left before a full 9 months with my baby girl. As we are still working from home, I’ve decided to work up until the week of my due date. If we were still in the office I think I probably would …

Newborn Visitors

So I’ve been a little quiet on here lately as let’s be honest... there’s not much to talk about when you can’t even leave the house! We have just over 8 weeks to go til our due date and we have some very excited friends and family who can’t wait to meet the baby. However, …

The Anti D Injection

So if you’ve read any of my posts about injections/blood tests you’ll know what a wuss I am when it comes to needles. Today I had my anti d injection (for more info on this .... https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rhesus-disease/prevention/ ). In Wales, they offer this to every pregnant woman with a negative blood group and don’t test …

Baby’s Name!

I’m almost 29 weeks pregnant now! So for the last few weeks, every time we have spoken to family or friends we’ve been asked ‘have you decided on a name?’ Yes, we have decided on a name. No, we are not going to tell you. No, you cannot trick us into telling you! No, I …

Body Image

For as long as I can remember I have been a UK size 8-10 and always been fairly fit and healthy. When I first found out I was pregnant, we had just finished converting our outhouse into a home gym (thanks Covid) and I vowed to exercise all the way throughout pregnancy. I seriously underestimated …