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09 Apr
I 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 Apr
Don’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 Apr
Interview: 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 Apr
Water 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 Apr
Water 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 Apr
Our 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 Apr
My 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 Apr
The 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 Mar
Starting 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 Mar
Bralleluia!
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…