Pregnancy Diaries - 39 Weeks

Don’t panic, I am not pregnant again! 🙂 I am just catching up and giving myself a chance to get over the trauma of childbirth before writing about it. Written on the 21st September The more I thought about my appointment to try to turn the baby and the more I talked to people about their experiences the more I started to panic! I heard nothing but horror stories! As well as the risks that I mentioned in last week’s [click here to read on]

 Posted by Charlotte on November 24, 2015 Pregnancy & Childbirth 1 Response »
Nov 192015
 
The Size Of A Leek

Don’t panic, I am not pregnant again! 🙂 I am just catching up and giving myself a chance to get over the trauma of childbirth before writing about it. 38 weeks pregnant – Our baby is the size of a leek I struggled to get my head around the fruit comparison at 29 weeks when our baby was the size of a cucumber. A cucumber was too long and I had no idea how it would fit. This week is [click here to read on]

 Posted by Charlotte on November 19, 2015 Pregnancy & Childbirth 1 Response »
 
Pregnancy Diaries - 38 Weeks

Don’t panic, I am not pregnant again! 🙂 I am just catching up and giving myself a chance to get over the trauma of childbirth before writing about it. Written on the 14th September This week has not been much fun pregnancy wise. I had a routine scan and an appointment with my consultant on Tuesday because I have gestational diabetes. I was already quite apprehensive about my appointment as I had been told by several midwives that I would [click here to read on]

 Posted by Charlotte on November 13, 2015 Pregnancy & Childbirth 5 Responses »
Nov 092015
 
The Size Of Celery

Don’t panic, I am not pregnant again! 🙂 I am just catching up and giving myself a chance to get over the trauma of childbirth before writing about it. 37 weeks pregnant – Our baby is the size of a stick of celery This week’s fruit or vegetable should be either a winter melon or Swiss chard. I was struggling to find either of these but as I had 2 options that I could have used for 36 weeks I [click here to read on]

 Posted by Charlotte on November 9, 2015 Pregnancy & Childbirth 16 Responses »
 
Pregnancy Diaries - 37 Weeks

Don’t panic, I am not pregnant again! 🙂 I am just catching up and giving myself a chance to get over the trauma of childbirth before writing about it. Written on the 7th September This week I have been getting to grips with giving myself insulin injections. It is a shame that I need to take it in a morning on an empty stomach because every time I do it my stomach flips. Michael keeps saying that he wouldn’t be [click here to read on]

 Posted by Charlotte on November 3, 2015 Pregnancy & Childbirth 2 Responses »
 
The Size Of A Romain Lettuce?

Don’t panic, I am not pregnant again! 🙂 I am just catching up and giving myself a chance to get over the trauma of childbirth before writing about it. 36 weeks pregnant – Our baby is the size of a romain lettuce I found information from various websites when I was putting together my fruit and veg posts. You can read more about this here. Some weeks the sites differed with which fruit or vegetable they used. I gathered all [click here to read on]

 Posted by Charlotte on October 27, 2015 Pregnancy & Childbirth No Responses »
 
Pregnancy Diaries - 36 Weeks

Don’t panic, I am not pregnant again! 🙂 I am just catching up and giving myself a chance to get over the trauma of childbirth before writing about it. Written on the 31st August The diabetic nurse has decided that I have to have insulin. I have been successfully avoiding this for the last 2 weeks. Although diet control wasn’t really working (the same meal on 2 different days could have 2 totally different results) the day before I saw [click here to read on]

 Posted by Charlotte on October 26, 2015 Pregnancy & Childbirth 1 Response »