Pregnancy and birth is a wonderful time no matter how many babies you have had, here are some helpful tips to help you along
Now that Viggo is about to turn three I have been spending a lot of time thinking back over the past 18 years, and especially their births, two epidurals, one home birth, one waterbirth and three active births with just gas and air, the maximum labour (my first) was 12 hours start to finish, and my … Read more
The Innovo Review When I was a young student nurse, I did a placement on urology and saw this poem To tone those muscles down below, Remember this poem when you go. When taking a visit to the loo, This is what you should do. Take a seat and start to go, Then stop and … Read more
Well, 30 weeks have certainly flown by, not sure it seemed this quick with the other pregnancies, but I am not complaining. I had my 30 week check on Thursday and the midwife confirmed that wiggly is indeed head down, but not yet engaged – that would explain the feeling of having a watermelon between … Read more
This week I have reached 24 weeks and I feel enormous!! Back Pain and loose ligaments are a common twinge daily. As you will know at my 16 week appointment I was told by my consultant’s registrar that a homebirth was out of the question and they would not allow it. Although I knew, that regardless of … Read more
This week we had our 22 week check with the midwife. My doctor’s surgery appontments are only on Friday mornings, which would mean I would have to take two litle ones with me, which would be chaos, as it turns out this Friday I had all six at home ill, so that would have been … Read more
It is a little crumpled because Tyrus has hugged it so much!! Yesterday we went for our 20 week scan, I am pleased to say that everything was absolutely perfect. although a very wiggly baby, so Eowyn does indeed have its name right. The scans have changed quite dramatically since I first saw Xene on … Read more
I am very behind writing these up, its not easy when all six children are home for the holidays! But peace has now returned and its time to catch up!! Week 16 I had an appointment with the consultant at the hospital, although I had a home birth with Tyrus with no problems, because I … Read more
So, I have decided to keep a pregnancy diary as I have been hopeless at recording things with the other children, thank goodness for blogging!! According to the pregnancy books ‘wiggly’ is now 8-9cm long – half the size of a Banana… The fingerprints have now developed, how amazing is that!! I may start to … Read more
Just after Christmas all six of the children came down with a VERY nasty bug of high temperature and headaches, it was awful. At the end of January they had all seemed to recover and then I began to get ill, but not the same, I was tired all of the time and being sick, … Read more