Yesterday marked a month until our pencilled-in date for the c-section. By this time next month we should hopefully be safely holding our newest family member. I shall not comment once more on how quickly this pregnancy has gone by – I have done that in almost every pregnancy diary update, I’m… Read More
We’re having a baby! Of course, we knew it. I can’t quite use the excuse that I didn’t realise I was pregnant, my burgeoning uterus won’t allow me to feign ignorance or to plead innocence as to the impending arrival of Baby 13. I don’t know how women experience phantom pregnancies and claim not… Read More
Today we came another step closer to meeting Baby 13. Not a delivery – that would be too early just yet – but Baby’s 4d scan. We have had a 4d scan since I was pregnant with Joseph. It began with the ‘It might be our last baby. Let’s mark it… Read More
‘Will you please hurry up and get something ready?’ ‘We’ve got ages yet.’ ‘No. You. Haven’t.’ ‘Of course we have!’ ‘You could go into labour ANY MINUTE NOW!’ ‘Too early.’ ‘Can you please get SOMETHING ready? Anything?’ That, my friends, is a panicking, melodramatic 14-year-old worried that we won’t be ready in time… Read More
The busyness of Christmas meant that I was unable to update last week, leaving me to make a double-entry this week instead. Not that there is anything new to report, mind. During the last couple of weeks I have noticed a relative dip in energy levels. It could also have something to do… Read More
Well hello there, third trimester! How lovely to see you! The final trimester already? I can’t quite believe we’re here so fast. After last week’s declaration that I didn’t do nesting came the sudden urge to decorate which saw me spending Sunday sanding and prepping and painting one of the bedrooms. Before either of… Read More