Archive for May, 2007

Birthing 101

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

There are several options for antenatal classes in our borough. For us, the easiest (if you don’t count the slightly awkward hours and the long waiting list), was the one held by the National Health Service (NHS) at the hospital we’re going to. [An added bonus is that they're also free.]
So over the [...]

Hedge monster

Monday, May 28th, 2007

We hadn’t been planning on doing any gardening this long weekend — the weather’s been grim. That was, until I happened to look out the window yesterday and discovered the creeper growing over the back wall of our back yard, had decided that it just wasn’t up to providing its own support any longer…
Now [...]

Baby stuff

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

I was rather expecting that my free time would start to evaporate once the baby arrived… But it turns out that the little guy is using up a lot of our time right now while he’s still got weeks to go! (And not just for scans and doctor’s appointments either.)
Last weekend, for example, just [...]

7th month approaching

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

The weeks and months of a pregnancy have so many different way-points (scans, clinics, doctor’s visits) to mark off the various stages, that it’s easy to lose track of the ones that tie in more with day-to-day life…
For example, we had a new joiner in our team this week — my “maternity cover”. [...]

New York moments

Monday, May 7th, 2007

I really enjoyed my time in New York… even with taking it easy, trying not to eat supper after 20h30 (leads to nasty acid :sick: ), and finding that I can’t keep up with Tom after a couple of hours walking…
Friday:
Woke up to the most gorgeous sunrise around 7am… And the sounds of [...]