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Cuteness

04Sep08

Ollie has started reeeeeeeeeeally babbling….we have long in depth conversations together now and it’s just adorable.  It melts my heart :-)


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Whoop for Ollie!!

18Aug08

As you may have read previously, James and I have been trying to establish a better bedtime routine for Ollie. He previously went to bed at the same time as us… after his 11.30pm feed, but this meant James and I had no time to ourselves! We started a bedtime routine of feed, bath, massage [...]


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Baby’s first word… nearly

16Aug08

…and this is my 200th post!  Whoop!
So anyways… a few weeks ago i was on youtube and came across some videos of babies saying their first words at only a  few months old.  Their words were not fully formed but they were trying their hardest to imitate what their parent was saying… for example take [...]


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Talk About Tuesday: Birth

10Jun08

This TAT I’m going to tell my birth story.  Beware.  It’s long.
Wednesday 4th I went into the kitchen about 10.30pm to make something to eat.  This was when I had my first contraction and I remember it vividly.  I carried on making something to eat and went into the bedroom.  The pains got gradually worse [...]


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Welcome to the world Oliver

08Jun08

Oliver Charlie James Hughes was born at 8.49pm on 5th June 2008 weighing 8lbs and 1 ounce. All 3 of us are doing very well and having fun adjusting to family life. Oliver is just so handsome and worth the pain. I will write a proper account of the birth when we have all settled [...]


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OUCH

05Jun08

…think they might be starting again!  Ouchy but exciting!
Emma xx


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Bump Watch + Contractions

05Jun08

Ouchy. Skin… stretching… Notice how it has dropped though. It is sitting much lower than before. 
Well here I sit at 8am having had a painful and restless night.  Contractions started at 10pm and got strong and regular very fast.  When we rang for a taxi at 12.30am they were every 7 minutes and when [...]


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My belly is going mad!

03Jun08

Honestly… whoever said that the baby’s movements would decrease the closer I got to my due date, lied!  The baby has been moving nonstop all day and most of the night for the past week and shows no sign of slowing down any.  I constantly have a foot poking out of my right side just [...]


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The good and the bad about pregnancy

27May08

Ok… so maybe I’ll start with the negatives… the things that I haven’t enjoyed about pregnancy…

When pregnant, at least in the later stages, it is recommended that you do not sleep on your back… and well, since lying on you front is out of the question, that leaves your side.  I HATE sleeping on my [...]


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Latest bump picture!

15May08

Do you think it’s possible that it could get any bigger? I think my little boy is not going to be so little!!!!!!


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What I’m most looking forward to about having a baby…

15May08

This topic came up on a forum I go to regularly and I had a little think myself.
What I’m looking forward to most

I am really excited to actually give birth. I think it’s one of the most ultimate experiences. It’s going to hurt a lot and everything but the pain is just a means to [...]


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I’ve been knitting!

08May08

I have never knitted before in my life but at the start of the year my mum taught me how to do ‘normal, plain’ knitting… I’m not sure of the proper name for the stitch… I asked her to show me the most simple one.  Anyways… I have been knitting a blanket in white and [...]


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…things have quietened down

06May08

It would seem that the baby was playing tricks on us yesterday… (obviously takes after his father) because we haven’t had any more signs that things are progressing. In a way I am pleased… the longer he cooks in my tummy the healthy he will be, but I had sort of got used to [...]


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A trip to the hospital

05May08

Well I have been having pains on and off for the last few days (since Friday) and today they seemed a little worse. James and I popped down to the hospital at about 10.30am. A lovely midwife monitored the baby’s heartbeat for about an hour and did an internal examination (not pleasant!). [...]


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Feeling overwhelmed today…

03May08

…about the baby coming. I’m so so excited to meet my little guy but at the same time I think there is a part of the whole situation that has not yet sunk in. In 6 and a half weeks I will have my own baby here with me and not in my [...]


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On the news: Breastfeeding!

01May08

During this pregnancy, I have to admit that I had not given breastfeeding much thought… I had always considered it but thought it should be something I decided on once the baby arrived. Don’t get me wrong, I have ALWAYS said I would try it no matter what, but if I didn’t like it [...]


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