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Pregnancy

‘Twas the night before Christmas, baby

December 24, 2008

A very Happy Christmas to all my readers. And this is for my lovely friend Sophie who has gone into labor this morning with her fourth boy, ten days early. It was so what she was not hoping for, but Christmas presents don’t come much better than a tiny Christmas baby! (Not broody, honestly.) Although [...]

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Ass Botox and anal fissures

August 22, 2008

There is no way of putting this politely. Despite a near-perfect birth and a pretty perfect baby, I have another not quite so fun legacy of my recent childbirth experience: my backside is in bad shape.  For those of you who know me personally I’M SO SORRY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU and please feel [...]

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Thirty-eight weeks pregnant. And that’s enough.

March 6, 2008

So tomorrow is Friday. Hmmm, what shall I do? I know. LET’S GO HAVE A BABY. *********** Tomorrow I am being induced because of the diabetes, because the scans say the baby is getting too big. The registrar two weeks ago reassured me in his lilting Nigerian accent, ‘no need to worry, you can go [...]

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Packing a labor bag

February 14, 2008

So I’ve been having irregular contractions for a couple of days. But last time round I had the same thing for several weeks before my due date and Ben ended up being fifteen days overdue. Even then he only came out because I was induced. Lazy boy. So I’m not worried. But I have packed [...]

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Third trimester: thirty-five weeks pregnant

February 12, 2008

From behind, you can hardly tell I’m pregnant (until I start to move and then the pregnant waddle gives it away). I carry my babies all out the front and it kills my back. And at thirty-five weeks I am carrying ALOT of baby out front. And I’m hurting. The last few weeks of pregnancy [...]

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So, yes, I’ve had to find out what the Glycemic Index is

February 6, 2008

I’m feeling better than I have been in ages. The crazed, sugar withdrawal days are over and I am feeling better for eating healthily. Who knew? The nausea has also gone, probably because the massive high blood sugar/low blood sugar swings have gone, cast out with the refined carbs. Who knew? Clearly not me. In [...]

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Thirty-two weeks pregnant: glucose tolerance test and gestational diabetes.

January 25, 2008

Bugger, I can’t reach my water, I think lethargically. ‘Please could you pass me my water?,’ I ask Matthew beseechingly, necessitating him getting up, crossing half the room to pass me my glass which is only centimetres out of my reach. He does so – not for the first time – ungrudgingly, seeing first-hand how [...]

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Seven months pregnant: the black dog

January 10, 2008

I catch sight of two dark streaks on the car window only to realise with horror that they are big black stripes under my eyes. As I peer more closely at myself, I realise how bloated I look by this pregnancy, how tired, fed-up. Shocked by what I see, I wonder if I scare animals [...]

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