Blog — pregnancy

Effie's Birth Story ::

Posted by vicki brown on

I appreciate birth stories aren't for everyone, but I really wanted to share Effie's here as it turned out so incredibly well, so far away from everything I imagined (and had experienced) induction to be. And also because I'm still so proud of how I did, amazed by the way my body took over and knew exactly what to do and totally in awe of the little being I produced.


So if you are interested, click...

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Introducing ::

Posted by vicki brown on


2 weeks ago today, this little beauty entered our lives, quickly and in a way I'm still quite surprised and proud of.
It turned out to be (though induced) the natural birth I was hoping for.  
She is perfect, she is calm, easy going and has fitted into our lives so easily it's hard to imagine a time she wasn't here with us.
Johnny has returned to work today, I can't imagine how I'm going to cope...

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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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34 Weeks ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Yesterday I had my growth scan and consultant appointment.  The purpose of which was to access how everything was going after problems I had with placental abruption in my last pregnancy.
The scan went really well, she's head down and still definitely a girl.  All the measurements were happily within the average size ranges, she now weighs 5lb 1oz.
The doctors seemed happy with everything, as she's...

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