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39 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

So this will definitely be my last pregnancy post. Unless this baby decides to make an appearance of her own accord, next Thursday I will be induced and therefore as long as it all goes well and reasonably quickly, hopefully I'll have a baby by next Friday.

I'm still feeling pretty good to be honest, I tend to get pretty uncomfortable by the end of the day and my back is still giving me quite a few...

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38 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Oh my the summer holidays really got in the way of my blogging time, I'm so sorry for my sudden disappearance.

It's been a few weeks since my last pregnancy update now, obviously she didn't arrive in August as I had hoped! But things are going pretty well.



There have been a few unexpected hospital visits, another scan and much talk about induction. Fortunately all these extra visits and tests have...

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Lego ::

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If you've ever met my little boy, or if you follow me over on Instagram, you'll know just how much he completely and utterly adores Lego.  I would go as far as to say it's an obsession.  It started with Duplo, the lighter slightly softer of the two, but it quickly escalated to the 'big boy' variety.  On his third birthday we were still trying to stick to Duplo, I made him a cakewhich represented...

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Camp Bestival :: Camping ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Yesterday we returned from a fabulous four days at the beautiful Lulworth Castle for Camp Bestival. I plan on doing a couple of other posts about some of our very favourite parts of the festival but for today I'll write a little about our camping experience.

We arrived Thursday afternoon, giving us plenty of time to set up camp and attempt a good nights sleep all ready for the main event starting...

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Packing for a Festival ::

Posted by vicki brown on

So in one week now, we're heading down to Lulworth Castle for Camp Bestival.  We are all so very much looking for this, but since we're mostly away now until it's time to go we have a lot to prepare.
As non drivers, for us packing for any trip away always has to be quite a considered activity, especially now I'm pregnant, with all the back pains I'm having, anything that isn't necessary really...

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