32 weeks tomorrow alhamdulillah. I’m going to have a baby soon!! Washed all of the baby’s clothes I already have purchased, ready for the hospital bag and it has made it seem that little bit more real. Sleepless nights will soon be here!! I went to the diabetic clinic on Thursday and alhamdulillah all is
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Week 31 ~ Pregnancy Update
31 weeks alhamdulillah!! The weeks have flown by! I keep being told that there is not long to go now and it will continue to fly by. But I remember in my first pregnancy the final weeks dragged!! I have now left work. I am on annual leave until the end of July and maternity
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Week 29 ~ Pregnancy Update
SubhanAllah cannot believe I am in the third and final trimester. The countdown begins now. I have only 2 weeks left at work, as stated before I have decided to take my maternity leave early so that I can spend the summer holidays with munckin and decorate the house and shop in peace. Although I
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The thought of giving birth scares me
The thought of giving birth scares the living daylights out of me if I am honest. With munchkin no1 I went through the pregnancy pretty much in denial that this baby had to come out eventually….I tried not to think about it at all as I would just get into a bit of a panic.
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Week 26 ~ Pregnancy Update
SubhanAllah! Can’t believe I am 26 weeks today! It only seems like yesterday I found out I was pregnant! The days and weeks are flying by! I am FINALLY beginning to show and people can now notice that I am pregnant. So I had my next appointment at the diabetic clinic. And the Midwife decided
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The secret’s out!!
Munchkin now knows that she will be a big sister soon inshAllah. I met up with some friends for lunch and I had not warned them that munchkin did not officially know I was pregnant and that she was going to be a big sister. My mum had said to her that we will be
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My body is not yours to touch just because I am pregnant
Dear family, friends, acquaintances, and any random person, Just because you see a pregnant women does not mean you have the right to touch her stomach. Think about it. Would you go up to a non-pregnant lady and touch her belly?? No, because she would probably do you for sexual harassment…..so why do you think it
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Week 23 ~ Pregnancy Update
Dear Baby, I am not sure why you are determined to make mummy’s scans difficult. Either you are very shy or simply like playing games; I hope it is the first. It is NOT funny hiding your face behind your hands when that is the one thing that the sonographer has brought me back to