How to make a pregnant woman cry

Only days ago I was remarking to the husband how disappointed I was that none of our family (on either sides) had bought anything from Lumpy's gift list.  It wasn't that I expected our families to rush out and buy everything on that list straight away but it would have ...

36 weeks, 5 days/34 weeks, 3 days*

I am totally counting down the days now.  Even then, there's still so much to do.  Although we're perfectly happy to use the same travel cot we used for the boy (we didn't buy a proper cot because we still weren't quite sure where we were going to end up living ...

34 weeks, 5 days/32 weeks, 3 days*

The end is in sight.  I can reach for it, count down in weeks instead of months without the number (and the time it represents) scaring me.  But before I get there, I might just go out of my mind first.  You see I'm bored of talking about my pregnancy.  It's ...

32 weeks, 5 days/30 weeks, 3 days*

Tuesday was a quiet day for the lump.  We get them sometimes.  His kicks will be few and far between but he usually picks up by the evening.  There's nothing like kicking your father's hand whilst he tries to watch TV.  But he didn't get moving that evening, and the next ...

The Baby Shower

One of the first questions the sister in law asked after we told her we were having another baby was would we be having a baby shower.  That one was easy.  No. I wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea of a baby shower the first time round.  Probably for one of ...