I received an email today from my mother in-law which in her words “thought it might help you to prepare for the big day to know what to expect!” It was too funny not to share with you all, so here it is! The ‘Middle Wife’ by an Anonymous 2nd   Read More ...

If you loved my last birdie door hanger, I  know you are going to just adore my latest creation. Inspired from the same person as the birdie door hanger, over the last few days I have been working on my own version and replica of a name door hanger including   Read More ...

We have been waiting for 3 weeks for our carpet to be installed, needless to say I was getting seriously sick of the piles of furniture all over my house. But last Thursday our carpet was finally installed in the two bedrooms and it is just so soft and squishy.   Read More ...

Today Belinda had her baby shower and it sure was a great day! I went along with my mum, we played lots of games and had some very tasty food. Belinda received many wonderful gifts for her baby ‘Tiger,’ plus we got to have a little look in the baby’s   Read More ...

Tomorrow my mum and I are attending my friend Belinda’s baby shower!! So today I thought I would spruce myself up a little and had my hair cut and coloured. I’m looking a little less drab now and have a brand new do for the party. Belinda must be getting   Read More ...

My doctor confirmed that I was in the all clear today at my appointment for my second glucose tolerance test. So needless to say I’m very happy that the test results are negative for gestational diabetes. I guess the three blood tests in 2 hours were worth it after all!!   Read More ...

Yep, I know I missed week 27 but here is the most recent baby belly photo for 28 weeks of pregnancy and currently I weigh 66.5 kgs (this is only a 0.5 kg increase from 3 weeks ago), with a tummy measurement of 95 cms (1 cm increase from 25 weeks). Even   Read More ...

Pretty much this week of pregnancy has been taken up with testing for gestational diabetes and trying to keep my stress levels down now that I’m into the third trimester. I’ve spent so much of this week upset so I hope that it gets better in the near future. I   Read More ...

Well I might just start leaking with all the holes I have in me from the blood tests today! My arms are pretty sore, it’s just lucky I don’t have any problems with needles or blood tests. I would hate to do that test if you did. It was a   Read More ...

I had a call from Dr Bopp’s office regarding my glucose tolerance test results and it seems that they were higher than they should be. They asked me to organise for the second test known as the all glucose tolerance test with no dietary requirements. I’m a little bit disappointed and   Read More ...