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Pregnancy | Series | My favourite… Pregnancy books
TweetWelcome to the “MY FAVOURITE” series. This series may become a weekly thing, monthly or I may just post sporadically as I share some of my favourite’s during this pregnancy. For the first part of this series I thought I’d focus on preparing for this baby. Not necessarily body wise but more knowledge is power wise. When it comes to pregnancy books there are a lot out there, you can easily be overwhelmed when entering a bookstore or going online by what is available. Now considering that this is my 3rd pregnancy I can assure you that I’ve read quite a few books over the last 10 years of this…
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BOY OR GIRL – Let’s have some fun with gender predictor tests
TweetDO YOU KNOW? If you read my last few posts (here and here) you know that I’m currently half way through this pregnancy and you’ll probably understand that each and every person you encounter will at some point or another ask you if you know the baby’s sex and also expect you to share this information with them (be it someone you actually know or a complete stranger). Now many people may have no problems shouting this from the roof top but there are some, myself included who just want to keep this information between us for now and process it all. But for the sake of having some fun,…
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A quick pregnancy update
TweetLet me just start off by asking when the hell is this pregnancy glow going to kick in? If you don’t know by now, yes I’m pregnant. Yes it’s been different. Yes I’m still loving this pregnancy but flip it has gone by super fast. I cannot believe we’re almost half way through. There have been parts of this pregnancy which have been easy, some rough and some exciting. THE BUMP I’m yet to post another bump picture, well its actually a full blown pregnancy tummy – I feel like before I even saw a positive pregnancy test result my body knew. So I could very easily be mistaken for…
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How the third pregnancy is kicking my ass – but I’m still LOVING it
TweetHello Baby Yeah you read right, baby number 3 is set to arrive on 5 November 2018 (still holding thumbs our Doc keeps to this date and does not decide to do our caesarian birth at 39 weeks because then hello October baby). While we are very excited I must admit this pregnancy took me by surprise – actually it was more like shock and fear! If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that falling pregnant with Josh wasn’t as easy as we thought. After a year of trying and failing I was diagnosed with Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We had countless tests, scans, bloods being drawn…
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Rise of the Doula: If a doula were a drug, it would be unethical not to use it. – John Kennell, M.D.
TweetHave you ever used a Doula or postpartum helper? Since recently finishing off my Doula studies I’ve had many woman ask me about the role that Doula’s play in the birth process and how you’d find a GREAT Doula in your area. The easiest thing I could say is to google Doula’s in Cape Town, but would you prefer a googled name or rather word of mouth referrals? If you’re still unsure of what a Doula is, their role and what they offer then you can read this post HERE. In South Africa there has been a rise in demand for the services a Doula can offer. Studies have shown…
