The birth of my son was a little expectedly unexpected. I’ve never seen anyone give birth before – seeing it on television does not count – and there are a few things I expected and a few things I didn’t. What I did expect; the pain my wife would be in, signs of labour and… [Read More]
My Wife Gave Birth In The Bath Tub
My wife gave birth on Sunday morning to a little boy at 3.40am. We are mums. I’m not sure exactly how to write about what happened. It did not go as planned. And I don’t mean in that we didn’t stick to the birth plan or something went a bit wrong during the delivery. I… [Read More]
I Want To Be A Mum Just Not Pregnant
I was asked by a friend of ours who’s wife not long had her second child if I was feeling broody. I’ve spoken about it before, when we first started this whole thing and yes I was broody – though it has passed now that we’re actually having a child. Though every time I see… [Read More]
Birth Plan, Birthing Suite But No Baby…Yet.
I was going go write about how this week we had our midwife come over and do our birth plan and how it was all a bit hilarious because we have cats and very useful because she is lovely. I still will tell you about that and how I spent most of today in the… [Read More]
Four Weeks Left (Maybe)
Today we had another scan – our fifth. I think we’ve had so many for various reasons – Bethend has a higher bmi than normal (she’s short and very strong), she has low amniotic fluid and it’s her first pregnancy. We didn’t get a picture this time round. His head is pretty low and he… [Read More]
Week 35 – Midwives, Anaesthetists and Pokemon
It’s Week 35 and I delayed this week’s post so I could write about our appointments which we had today instead of on a Thursday as usual. This was mostly because it was easier for me to take the Friday off than rearrange the appointment. At least I thought so. I’ve taken two days off… [Read More]
Ready Or Not Here I Come?
My wife is having contractions. Okay so it could be Braxton Hicks, and it’s pretty normal for this time in the pregnancy – we’re 34 weeks in and anywhere from two to six weeks from the birth. The actual date is August 18th but only 4% of babies are born on that due date. My… [Read More]
Here’s Looking At You Kid (Again)
It’s Week Thirty-Two in the pregnancy and things are getting close. In less than eight weeks we will have a baby to put in all this stuff we have. We have appointments now every other week of some sort – midwife, scans, the anaesthetist. Today we had another scan – our fourth – and it’s… [Read More]
Vaccination and Freedom of Choice
I will be getting Snappy vaccinated. There’s no decision to make, because the decision was made as soon as these vaccinations were invented. I will get my baby vaccinated. End of. I will not be talked out of it, or even consider not vaccinating them. I think people who do not vaccinate their children are… [Read More]
“If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.”
We’ve already chosen a name. The sonographer confirmed we were having a boy at the last scan, which basically just confirms our choice of name and means we don’t have to decide between the two female/gender neutral names we’d narrowed it down to. The naming process started at twelve weeks for us – getting through… [Read More]
