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09 AprI love Babylist!
If you are anything like me, the thought of deciding on a pram and the millions of other things you need when expecting a baby fills you with dread. I am not one of those people who researches products to…
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09 AprDon’t Stop Believin’
At about 22 weeks (which seems like ages ago now), my friends and I got together to film a little surprise for our friends, Jan and Alan, who were getting married. We filmed this at the ITV studios near the…
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08 AprInterview: Gina Conway
I’m thrilled that my first interviewee on I Carried a Watermelon is the fabulous fellow-American Gina Conway (pictured above). Gina owns four successful Aveda salons across London, including one in Wimbledon – where I am a regular attendee of pre-natal yoga…
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07 AprWater babies: A word from James
James wanted to weigh in with his thoughts on the water babies video: Considering that billions of women in the past few years have given birth, many of whom seem to be in South West London AKA ‘Nappy Valley’, I’m…
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07 AprWater Babies
While reading The Babymoon Experience, the author talks about how modern women are shielded from the birthing process. In days of old, giving birth was something that was done in a community of females and women of all ages would…
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06 AprOur Babymoon Adventure
Since we needed to visit Scotland for our shoot, we decided to make it into our official Babymoon; that is, our last trip before our twosome becomes three. When I was planning the holiday, I asked my followers on Twitter…
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05 AprMy first maternity shoot: Week 32
Last week, I was shot by a legend. I traveled all the way up to bonny Scotland to visit multi-award winning photographers Trevor and Faye Yerbury and take all my kit off. As a photographer myself, I think it’s a…
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04 AprThe controversy of the Tiger Mother
I was listening to BBC Radio4 the other day and I heard a discussion on Woman’s Hour between a woman named Amy Chua and Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer. Before I go on, I have to say that I love British radio. When…
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27 MarStarting NCT classes
One thing I’ve been looking forward to for ages was starting my NCT classes. For those who don’t know, NCT stands for National Childbirth Trust and they offer classes to help prepare men and women for the experience of birth…
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27 MarBralleluia!
For some reason, most likely due to my busy schedule, I completely ignored the needs of my expanding bosom until my seventh month. I’ve been squeezing my new puppies into my old bra – an underwire bra, no less, which…
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About me
Julia Boggio is a professional photographer, writer and recent mother. In 2007, she and her husband James put their Dirty Dancing first dance up on You Tube to share with friends back in America (18 months after they actually married in 2005). Two days later, they were featured in the Metro, followed closely by appearances on ITV news, Richard & Judy, and BBC News as well as articles in newspapers across the world. They were also flown out to Chicago to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Julia realised every woman’s dream and danced with Patrick Swayze himself. This blog is the story of what happened next.
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