Browsing Tag

pregnancy

  • Happy Birthday to my sister

    Tweet It’s my sister‘s birthday today – we were born 18 months apart, which was, really, a mixed blessing when we growing up. It meant we always had each other to play with, and…

    May 11, 2013
  • Hilary Mantel is wrong – Kate is NOT a plastic princess

    Tweet Has the author Hilary Mantel actually met the Duchess of Cambridge? I suspect she hasn’t. Either way her comments* that Kate is ‘designed by a committee’ with a ‘plastic smile’ are really very…

    February 19, 2013
  • Call the Midwife: Sheer gritty class

    Tweet I’m not usually one for an early Sunday evening TV drama – I’m much more a Walking Dead/Boardwalk Empire/Homeland kinda gal – but I absolutely love Call the Midwife, which is back on…

    January 18, 2013
  • Are Baby on Board signs a waste of time?

    Tweet When I was pregnant with No 1 Son I had a fairly arduous commute to work, involving a train, tube and bus. One day I got on the train to find it rammed,…

    January 17, 2013
  • Fabulous maternity range for stylish mums-to-be

    Tweet Finding maternity clothes that you’re comfortable in, you like and that don’t cost the earth can be a bit of a challenge, as I discovered when I was pregnant with No 1 Son.…

    July 18, 2012
  • What advice would you give to a first time mum?

    Tweet I was chatting to a first time mum-to-be the other night and I found myself having to do the verbal equivalent of Sitting On Hands so I didn’t scare her with too many…

    May 3, 2012
  • The Our Song meme

    Tweet I was watching something or other yesterday and a song came on which Man of the House used to sing to me when I was pregnant with No 1 Son. (I say sing.…

    April 8, 2012