I'm feeling a bit better this week in that I'm not so nauseous, but I've still had two naps today so perhaps I shouldn't count my chickens, etc! My stomach is HUGE but I'm convinced that it's just a big layer of fat with some bloating underneath it. The main thing is...
The Early Pregnancy Diaries: 9 Weeks
I had an early scan. I'm feeling more confident about things now - I felt I just had to be quite brave and get it over with, it felt like a massive waste of time and energy just sitting around worrying all the time and not knowing what was going on. Watch the 9 Week...
Softest Bras: The Freya Fancies Bralette
Eternally on the hunt for the softest, most unstructured bras I can find, I was overjoyed when this one from Freya came through my postbox for me to try. It's the new(ish) Bralette from the Freya Fancies range and it makes a pretty and delicate change from the usual...
The Early Pregnancy Diaries: 8 Weeks
Yesterday and the day before, I felt so wiped out that I thought I had flu. I didn't even really have sickness all the time, just all of the other illness symptoms - to the point where I was convinced I actually was ill! I'm still checking the loo roll for blood every...
The Early Pregnancy Diaries: 7 Weeks
*note: at time of publishing I am actually 22 weeks along with this pregnancy. I recorded my early pregnancy diaries with the intention of writing them up later, so forgive the delay. "The sickness has been very bad, though I'm never sick. I have been so, so tired -...
The Early Pregnancy Diaries: 5 Weeks
I completely missed out the early weeks when I was writing about my first pregnancy and realised, in hindsight, that really they were the most important. I think that once you get past the first trimester, you settle into your pregnancy a bit (though I still worry a...
Top Three Comfiest Trousers for Pregnancy and Beyond…
Today I bring you the world's three most comfy pairs of trousers and also the offer of free chocolate*. The two things sort of go hand in hand, I feel - it's partly because of chocolate that I even need to have comfy trousers! Keep reading for the choc part... I have...
Two New Things
I warned you that it was all go until Christmas: two new things for you to get excited about. If you like babies. If you don't like babies and would rather prong your eyeballs out with a fork than look at pictures of them, videos of them or read any kind of chat about...
A Little Announcement…
I think that many of you might have guessed at this news already; trying to keep something like this a secret when you write about yourself on a regular basis (and appear in videos, in other people's videos and on Instagram!) is nearly impossible. Let's not beat...
Caudalie Vinoperfect Serum for Radiant Skin | AD
Lots of people have body and beauty concerns when they're pregnant - fears about their body changing and never returning to its former glory, worries about hair loss and stretch marks and a dread of getting spotty, hormonal skin. I was one of those incredibly annoying...
The Beauty Present for Mothers-to-Be…
I realised last week that I didn't ever properly finish my round-up of the best pregnancy and new-Mum beauty products. I did some quite extensive testing of various stretch-mark oils and creams and the results can be found here (best budget) and here (best of the...
My 5 Biggest Post-Partum Body Shocks
Call me naive, but I wasn't really properly prepared for any of the things that happen to your body once you've given birth. I had a bit of a mental block about anything post-pregnancy, including what it would actually be like to - y'know - have a baby to look after,...