So we’re halfway there…already! Considering that the run-up to the 12-week scan seemed to be in perpetual slow-motion, the last few weeks have flown by. I’m not really thinking about how quickly the next 20 weeks will go, especially when Alex and I realised, after being asked when out at the weekend, that the answer…
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My review of Maison D’Anu pregnancy skincare products
Read moreA Maison D’Anu review of pregnancy skincare products… I *love* beauty products, as our heaving bathroom shelves will testify. So when I was offered some products from the Maison D’Anu pregnancy skincare range to review, I jumped at the chance. I’d not heard much about the brand before, but the emphasis is on ethical products…
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Pregnancy week 19: In Bruges
Read moreThis week Alex and I took a pre-baby break to Bruges. Here’s where we stayed, things we saw, and what we ate and drank;
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Unusual Pregnancy Symptoms – The Ones No-One Ever Tells You About!
Read moreHere Are Five Unusual Pregnancy Symptoms What are the really unusual pregnancy symptoms that people never tell you, especially about when you’re in the first trimester of pregnancy? It occurred to me last night, as I lay awake in bed at 5am*, that there’s an awful lot of unusual pregnancy symptoms I hadn’t known about.…
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Three things relating to clothes, in time
Read morePast: when I was a teenager, I went through a typical phase of loving retro clothing. I would often moan at my mum about why she didn’t keep any of her original Biba clothes from the 60’s, which would have been both a) incredibly cool for my 16 year old self and b) have saved…
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Pregnancy week 16: heartbeat
Read morePregnancy week 16…This week was my first midwife appointment at our local doctor’s surgery, as my booking-in appointment had been at Kings. I got to listen to the heartbeat, and Baby C was amazingly co-operative – unlike at the 12 week scan, when he/she was fidgety up until the test which required him/her to move…
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Pregnancy week 15: in the city, by the sea
Read moreHere’s five things about pregnancy week 15* Baby C is growing up fast! This week s/he grew to the size of an avocado, which seems almost unfathomably big for something so little. Random avocado fact of the day though, is that since getting pregnant I’ve also completely gone off them, despite the fact I used…
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