Back from my consultant's appointment at the hospital and I'm more confused than ever though, it has to be said, slightly elated. Before I go into what the consultant said, I must once again just stress the benefits of having gone to see a private obstetrician for a...
Late Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes…
Well: this gestational diabetes thing has thrown a right spanner in the old works, I can tell you! (Photo above taken in last pregnancy, by the way, after I had polished off two whole desserts. I thought it was brilliantly inappropriate.) I just feel as though I've...
Testing for Gestational Diabetes
Well, this is rather a spanner in the old works; I'm having to test four times a day for gestational diabetes due to the (apparent) gargantuan size of the baby within. It's not actually too much of an inconvenience - and at any rate, you do what you have to do when it...
Life Update: Fibs, Bibs and Turning Off the AGA
Those of you who read The Uphill - the parenting and family blog I write "in my spare time" (haha) - will already be familiar with my life updates. I do one every single month without fail, always on the same day of the month, and I've been writing these little...
The Pregnancy Diaries: 39 Weeks
(About this photo: sometimes Mother takes photos of me on her mobile phone, and then she looks at them at says "ooh now that's a lovely one", and then she sends it and I expect it to be some sort of Testino masterpiece but it turns out like...well, this. Usually they...
VBACs and C-Sections: My Ultimate Truth
I've come to a conclusion about the whole VBAC thing. You'll be pleased to know. Bloody good job, really, as the baby could be here at any minute, surprising me before my elective section! This post is going to be a bit over-honest, I'm taking myself well out of my...
Mokee Tipi Giveaway! CLOSED
UPDATE: The winner of the Mokee Tipi Tent is Katie Groves! I'll contact you by email for your address - congratulations! I nice little reprieve from the whole Gestational Diabetes debacle (yes I do have it, update post coming soon) and the electric shock pains that...
Sunday Tittle Tattle: Ups and Downs
Well, this must have been one of the strangest weeks of my life, in terms of personal ups and downs*. Firstly, I have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes (you can read my initial post on it here, though it needs updating with the latest findings) and this has...
The Pregnancy Diaries: 36 Weeks
Lots happening this week, including the threat of Gestational Diabetes (massive baby measurements, especially abdominal, so I am having to check my blood sugar levels four times a day) and so I've stuck it all into one long rambling video. It's not often you get to...
Things People Say When You’re Pregnant..
One of the things that has most surprised me about pregnancy: the absolutely outrageous things that people say to you. Totally and utterly insensitive, unthinking and - quite often - bizarre. Now I have to hold my hands up and say that I, too, have said some of the...
