pregnancy

Taking care of the carers from Joanna79 ^Pro 7 days old

It’s a given that when you have children you are no longer the centre of your universe. Suddenly, your needs as a person are superseded your parental ...

Babies and baseball from Joanna79 ^Pro 209 days old

[ ... ] early part of my pregnancy with the girls. I was terribly ill with morning sickness that lasted day and night for ten weeks. I got through it by ...

My cathartic one year post(s), Part 2 – pregnancy reflections from Joanna79 ^Pro 341 days old

[ ... ] the rest of my pregnancy. I couldn’t look at it, touch it, smell it or taste it without feeling nauseous. Our hotel did amazing cooked breakfasts, ...

My cathartic one year post(s), Part 1 – life before babies and trying to conceive from Joanna79 ^Pro 341 days old

[ ... ] a pack of two pregnancy tests in my lunch break at work, ‘just in case’. On Thursday 12th April 2007, only two days late, I got up for work as ...

This time last year...(Part 1) from Joanna79 ^Pro 350 days old

[ ... ] on in a twin pregnancy. Therefore, he's booked me in for a c-section on (wait for it ) 12th December. AAAARRRRGGGHHHH! If the babies wait that ...

Our birth story from Joanna79 ^Pro 467 days old

[ ... ] beforehand and could therefore prepare for it. I was incredibly lucky to have such a long pregnancy and that the girls were so big and healthy.

Trying to conceive and looking after yourself – isn’t it a no-brainer? from Joanna79 ^Pro 477 days old

[ ... ] and during my pregnancy I wouldn’t have been able to forgive myself. If we’d had trouble conceiving (and I fully expected to, hence my ...

Freaky dreamer from Joanna79 ^Pro 482 days old

[ ... ] quite a common pregnancy dream, so maybe I’m not so freaky after all and the irony of dreaming of no babies and actually finding two isn’t lost on ...

Revisiting the books on multiple birth, Part 1 from Joanna79 ^Pro 484 days old

[ ... ] stages of my pregnancy! Nor did I raid the local deli every day – I barely managed to keep water down at one stage let alone a quiche! So, this ...

Oh the things they never tell you (about twins)! Part 1 - pregnancy from Joanna79 ^Pro 497 days old

[ ... ] once during your pregnancy or just after, you’re very lucky. 5. Low iron levels. The joy of iron tablets. When you do manage to squeeze out a poo ...