So, I’m not sure how this has happened, but it appears I have been shortlisted for the “Mum’s voice” award, at the Tommy’s awards 2017! Feeling so many emotions right now. Absolutely honoured to start with. I’m stunned, excited, overwhelmed and been crying happy tears since getting the email. The Tommy’s “Mum’s voice award” celebrates […]
I don’t even know where to begin writing this, and I apologise if it’s a little blunt or angry… I guess I’ll just continue where the last blog left off. As planned we went back to the hospital on Monday to see Dr Jenny. I’d had no bleeding over the weekend, which although possibly a […]
I wasn’t sure whether to post about this or not, but I figured the whole point of my blog was to follow my whole pregnancy journey, wherever that took us. We’ve hit a little bump in the road which I’m hoping is all it is, but here’s what’s been going on… Yesterday (11th August) was […]
For decades, it has become an unwritten rule that you should wait until after 12 weeks before announcing a pregnancy. There is a cliche to “keep it quiet incase something goes wrong”. Apparently you are in the ‘safe zone’ after 12 weeks, as your chance of miscarriage lowers. Current statistics tell us that 1 in […]
Finally, after wishing the past week away with anxiety, having bad dreams, and being convinced there was just going to be an empty sac on the scan, we had our first ante-natal appointment. Due to high blood pressure in my previous pregnancy with Guy and then his stillbirth, we have been put into specialist clinics. I […]
So on Friday we have our first ante-natal appointment at Manchester. Given our history, we have chosen to go straight under the care of St Mary’s from the beginning. They know us, they know our story, they know the plan for this pregnancy. Nothing needs to be painfully explained to new doctors and midwives and […]
Pregnancy has always fascinated me. I love baby bumps, I think they’re beautiful. I am amazed and in awe at how the female body can create, grow and develop a fully formed human-being from the tiniest of cells. Over the years I have watched my friends through their pregnancies and felt broody – not so […]