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01 JunThe first night
I can’t believe a whole week has gone by since giving birth to Baby. Already, it feels like she’s always been around, sort of like in the fifth series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Buffy suddenly had a sister…
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31 MayMy birth story: part 3
After spending so much time thinking about what to pack in our hospital bag, I had no desire to partake in any of the entertainment we had loaded onto our various Apple products. I didn’t want to watch Mad Men…
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30 MayMy birth story: part 2
I’ve heard mums say that they don’t remember the pain of birth. Even now, on her first weekiversary after the big event, it’s hard to recall the details, past the fact that I now have a beautiful baby girl. But…
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29 MayThe Sunday Serving
Now that I’ve given birth, I’m going to combine the sentiment of Feel Good Friday with The Sunday Serving, as I don’t need FGF to get my oxytocin levels up anymore. So here is a mix of best of blogs…
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28 MayMy birth story: part 1
Apologies for the long delay in more postings, but we’ve been getting used to life with baby. Hopefully, now that the grandparents have vacated the house and James and I are bonding with Baby as a family, I’ll have a…
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25 MayBaby is here!
After a 24-hour labour, Baby was born in the early hours on Monday. She was perfect in every way. Ten fingers, ten toes and one set of lusty lungs. Needless to say, she stole our hearts without even trying. Many…
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23 MayI’m going to be a Daddy! – James’ birth story
I felt so prepared. I knew all the Mr Miyagi style contraction massage moves that we were taught in the NCT classes. I had my contraction timer on my iPhone and I knew I needed to wait for the 60…
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22 May
The Sunday Serving
It’s been quite a week. At one point I thought I’d have my baby by Wednesday and then…well, didn’t happen. Now I spend my days bouncing gently on a birth ball, thinking calm thoughts, navigating daytime TV, and trying to…
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21 MayMy surprise baby shower
In America, the baby shower is a time-honoured tradition, but, over here, they aren’t really that common. I’ve only been to one in the 13 years I’ve lived here and I organised it. So after the hundredth time of me…
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20 MayUpdate part 2
I just wanted to give you an update on the latest visit to the hospital. My blood pressure is basically the same (e.g. high), but they don’t think it is pre-eclampsia; rather, it’s just pregnancy-induced hypertension. I’m going back on…
