Blog — pregnancy

31 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Whoa...down to single figures now!

So I think I may have jinxed myself last week with all that talk of how wonderful I was feeling. This week has not been so great. I've really really struggled with back pain, it started on Sunday and it seems to have got progressively worse as the week has gone on. It's an odd pain about halfway up my back. It's fairly constant, though much worse if I'm walking,...

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30 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Oh my how exactly did it all go by so quickly! 10 weeks to go, though I'm thinking I'd quite like for her to arrive a couple of weeks early and therefore get in to the earlier school year!  Not too early mind.

All has been pretty quiet in terms of pregnancy this week, no appointments, no worries or problems and an unexpected upturn in energy levels. All in all it's been a good week. In fact there...

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28 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Third trimester!
I can't really believe it, yet here I am, 12 weeks to go now.
This week has seen numerous hospital visits. I had to go down last Friday after having horrible pains over night and reduced movements. I put it off for a bit, feeling quite confident that everything was alright really, but in the end decided it was better to be safe than sorry. After 20 minutes of baby monitoring it...

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27 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Thinking about birthing.  I know it's still a bit early but my mind has been mulling over my birthing options a lot over the last week or so.  I ordered 2 new books from amazon last week, Juju Sundin's, Birth Skills: Proven pain-management techniques for your labour and birth, which I read in my last pregnancy and loved and Ina May's Guide to Childbirthby Ina May Gaskin, which I spied someone...

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26 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

(Sorry this post is a bit late)

Thinking about names.  Johnny and I seem to be having the same problem we had with Milo, which is mainly Johnny doesn't seem to like any.  Well certainly not any I suggest anyway.
I know I've still got 14 weeks to go and I don't intend to have a 'set in stone', name in place before the baby's born, I certainly won't be calling my bump by anything other than 'her',...

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