I was expecting the early weeks of being pregnant to be hard. I knew that I would have to await the results of a test for SMA. I knew that the early weeks are stressful anyway, especially now that I am that little bit older. At 36 years old I am now classed as a... Continue Reading →
Written on 29th March... Following on from this post So we pick up the limbo part 2 story on the Wednesday after I had the NIPD blood test… We had been waiting 9 days. To be totally honest my brain was in a pretty dark place. I wasn’t sleeping very well at all. I am very... Continue Reading →
I have had 3 babies now and that makes me an expert. Hahahahahaha, I am kidding. Most days I have absolutely no idea what I am doing!! 1 I wanted to write a blog post about the few things that were a bit of a surprise to me after I gave birth. These things might... Continue Reading →
Hi, I am Emma and I worry. I worry about all sorts of stuff and for the most part I am rational and just work out the worries in my head and continue with my day. But during my pregnancy with Evan I worried a lot about having Evan. I suppose it is totally normal... Continue Reading →
If you have read some of blog posts from the later weeks of my pregnancy I think you will see that I was getting quite impatient about meeting the newest addition to our family. I really didn’t enjoy being pregnant this time round. There was a lot of anxiety that was in no way helped... Continue Reading →
Written on Wednesday... Today I am 38 weeks and 6 days pregnant. This pregnancy has been split into 3 clear-cut chunks. The first 11 weeks were so difficult. Filled with anxiety, no sleep and worry. I was a mess. Being in total limbo was so hard. I didn’t know what was going to happen with... Continue Reading →
This last week and a bit has been sort of hellish for me. I have been trying really hard to be positive because I don't want to be the whinging pregnant lady. I am so grateful to be pregnant, I know how lucky I am that this baby is free from Spinal Muscular Atrophy so... Continue Reading →
I have been in 2 minds as to whether to write this blog post or not due to the subject being a bit ikky and quite personal but then I thought in the interests of honesty I should do. As you know, or should know as I waffle about it enough on here, I have... Continue Reading →
At the start of week 28 I was about 10 weeks into my work contract with 5 more weeks to go. And these were due to be busy and stressful weeks due to it being full on exam season working in a very busy college. Pregnancy was still being very kind to me. Apart from... Continue Reading →
