Pregnancy and Pandemic
My wife is 33 weeks pregnant. In the middle of a pandemic. We really can’t do things normally, or easily, I guess. It’s a bit weird expecting a baby in the middle of a pandemic. Our mental health has taken...
Category: Pregnancy
Poem: Change In Light
Our connection is touch and the change in light as I hover over you, although you can hear I have little to say except be nice to your momma until we meet at least. It’s a back and forth soothing...
Miscarriage And The Twelve Week Wait
Written November 2019 The two-week wait is tough but for some reason, I am finding the first trimester a little more difficult this time around. Or maybe I’m just remembering it a little differently. I don’t remember being this anxious...
If At First, You Don’t Succeed, Scan, Scan, Scan Again.
If you’ve followed us online you’ll know that Bethend is pregnant. Much like with Snappy, everyone knew about this. More so than last time actually. There has been a degree of openness that I will come back to. Last week...
Five Things I Wish I’d Known About The Birth Before Hand
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....
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...
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...
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...
