“SORRY WHAT?” Over the last week or so these two words have populated the breadth of my vocabulary. On a recent visit to my GP I mentioned an ear complaint which consisted of full on blockage in the left side for at least 12 hours after every bath. He advised two drops of olive oil […]
Author Archives: claire
The longest day
January 27, 2008 – 10:47 pm
Today has been eternal! I’m beginning to feel REALLY uncomfortable. I slept until 11.30am, got up and went back to bed an hour later sleeping next to Mr. Gin (our cat) until 3pm. Amazingly, I woke after having had a miserable dream where I was forgotten and abandoned by everyone I loved, on my birthday, […]
Upstairs
January 27, 2008 – 10:22 pm
Claire and Pau viewed by award winning photographer Julieta Sans on the 14th Jan 08
Yummy mummy?
January 27, 2008 – 9:39 pm
Watching quality television : ’skinny celebrity mums’ (a title to that effect) I found myself guilty of the desire to be taut and trim again. Knowing how your body will change during pregnancy is an unknown until you go through it and it’s been a small obsession of mine to deal with and accept the […]
8 months
January 27, 2008 – 12:11 am
Here, looking and feeling heavily pregnant. You can see it in my face and on every limb! And NO! I do not own a pair of leopard print knickers. Pau added these in photoshop later. Hilarious. I think he’s trying to help me feel sexy… Really works huh?? rrrrr tiger!
D-day
January 24, 2008 – 5:55 pm
It’s here. Today is the day. The finale of finales. The long awaited relief. The prize won for nine months of focussed physical and mental endurance. Yes, the day has arrived that I officially earn myself the title of ‘MUMMY’! …
HelloOoo in there
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No, there are no fingers tapping, there are no hands ticking, […]
TENS out of 10 … ?
January 22, 2008 – 1:33 am
One of the fun things about childbirth is playing with the toys you can get for pain relief. Mines a TENS machine; that’s Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, as recommended by midwives… (see my story ‘Charged’ on the home page). You can hire the machine online direct from Tens-Hire.co.uk which works out a little cheaper than […]
Charged…
January 22, 2008 – 1:09 am
One of the fun things about childbirth is playing with the toys you can get for pain relief. Mines a TENS machine; that’s Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, as recommended by midwives. You place four sticky pads with a mild electrical current running through them on your back. A machine with a little hand held button […]