So after easing you in with Bailey's Birth Story and my birth plan post, it's time we started getting down to the nitty gritty! Everything I've talked about up until this point has been kind of rose tinted and frankly far too pristine so far, and that just isn't the reality of giving birth. It's [...]
I didn't plan on writing oodles of posts about giving birth. In fact, in the first few days following the event I felt very much that I never wanted to talk about it, or even think about it, ever again! But the more I've talked to other women about their experiences, the more I've come [...]
It never really occurred to me that my baby may come early. I mean, obviously I knew it was a possibility - I knew full well that only 4% of babies arrive on their due date - but for some reason that very loosely guestimated date stuck in my mind as the first likely day [...]
What with our little man joining us a little earlier than expected and the whirlwind that ensued afterwards, it just dawned on me that I never got around to filling you in on the third trimester! Now that he's here pregnancy feels like a distant memory - if I didn't have the little fella sleeping [...]
Picking the Day 