This week was really just adjusting back to normal life after returning from our honeymoon, but luckily we’d had something to look forward to: the 16 week midwife appointment, which, yes, happened at 18 weeks thanks to the timing of our trip! This time I saw a different community midwife who took me through my…

I’ve struggled with figuring out a proper answer for when the second trimester really begins – is it as soon as you reach 12 weeks? Is it at the end of 12 weeks? When you reach 14 weeks?! On top of that, I’d had a changing due date in the middle of this which totally…

Let’s face it, no one likes feeling or being sick, in fact, most people really hate it. But emetophobia is something on another scale entirely. There are other things I’m scared of too, like eels and spiders. But again, different scale entirely. The slightest hint of feeling sick will have me hyperventilating; I avoid certain…

Since first finding out I was pregnant, I’ve been obsessed with other bloggers who’ve written about their pregnancies. In the early part, you feel very alone before you’re able to properly announce; even though I’d told all my close friends and family before 12 weeks, it’s still not public information. Those first few weeks especially,…