When you’re breastfeeding, comfort is extremely important alongside practicality. You want lingerie that isn’t going to have you fidgeting around constantly trying to put your bra in a better position to be more comfortable. It’s hard enough being a new Mum without the added frustration of wearing ill fitting underwear, when you want to be [...]
View Post breasts, Cantaloop, comfort, maternity, nursing bra, practicalIt’s getting to that time again where returning to work is looming rather too close. It’s been in the back of my mind now for a while but when it rears it’s ugly head I push it back where it belongs. That was until a few weeks ago when I spoke to work to arrange [...]
View Post colleagues, leave, maternity, returning to workThis week I have the freedom of being able to write at my leisure, within reason, as I am now on maternity leave. It still doesn’t feel quite real if I’m honest and just like I am taking annual leave. To think that I won’t be returning to work until next year is a very [...]
View Post Bump Diary, caesarean, diaphragm, faint, hospital bag, leave, lungs, maternity, overwieght, painting, PregnancyA little while back I enquired about a Caesarean Belt from Theraline as I knew there was a strong likelihood that I may have another Caesarean and wanted to be prepared this time round. However seeing as I was still a little far away from giving birth at the time I was kindly offered the Theraline [...]
View Post breastfeeding, caesarean belt, maternity, nursing, pillow, posture, sleep, support, TheralineI have reached the 34 week mark today and it feels weird to think I have 6 weeks left until I am officially full term. 6 weeks in actual fact is nothing really and I do still have a fair bit that I want to do in preparation for the baby’s arrival. This is my [...]
View Post bump, clothes, leave, massage, maternity, oil, prenatal, stretch marks, travel systemI can’t believe that I am actually 30 weeks pregnant. I have been in the third trimester for 2 weeks now and have barely thought about it compared to when I followed each and every week in detail in my first pregnancy. Besides a cold, I have been feeling fairly well but getting increasingly tired. [...]
View Post Bump Diary, caesarean, consultant, leave, linea nigra, maternity, measurements, nesting, scan, trimester, VBACA week has flown by since the 20 week scan and we are now so excited to be expecting another little boy to our family unit. We have our heart set on a name and now we can’t imagine him being called anything else. The name sounds nothing at all like this but when we [...]
View Post Bump Diary, maternity, midwife, nausea, newborn, scan, WestfieldI have never been very good with the whole getting measured for a bra malarky, I have been measured approximately three times in the past. Each time I have not been wholly convinced of the verdict. Just because the tape measure suggests you are a certain size, doesn’t mean that you are going to be [...]
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