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still feeling good…

Friday, September 30th, 2005

Well, I can only count myself lucky that I only have 4 weeks to go, and I don’t feel too bad! I can’t walk fast, but I get there in the end. The discomforts occur if I try to sit, stand or lie down for any length of time. Also, turning from [...]

Pushchair!!

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

Just wanted to announce a celebration of the fact that we have decided apon, and purchased a really great pushchair!

It was an absolute bargain from ebay! £38 in total. I’m so excited about it, I think it’s worth having, even without having a baby!

species survival

Wednesday, September 28th, 2005

Good Grief!

“Even Dr Spock, the late paediatrician and best-selling author, cautioned in his first book that men are subject to “clumsiness” around babies” though he revised this in later editions…

Some of the stuff you read – it seems totally improbable that we managed to survive as a species I can’t believe the rubbish [...]

8 months ago…

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

I found this picture and thought it worth documenting. This is the morning David found out he was going to be a dad…

I think his expression says it all!

bad thoughts and astronauts!

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

Good grief! I went swimming today, which was great, but it always takes me about half an hour to walk a 10 minute journey home. I’m sure I now know what astronauts feel like after 6 months on the space station getting back to earth and having to move around in earth’s gravity.

Also, [...]

the growing game

Monday, September 5th, 2005

I have another picture for you, but this will have to be the last one in the “beached whale” series, as my poor non-maternity swimming costume is struggling to contain all of me. I think any further record-taking will have to be done avec vestments.