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Laura’s Baby Diary : Week 37

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year… I ate far too much and here I am wondering why nothing fits me!

At 37 weeks pregnant, babies are considered full term, so if the baby decides to make an early appearance it wouldn’t be considered premature, which always makes you feel more confident about the birth.

I am booked in to have my C-Section in two weeks time and I am really starting to get excited about the whole thing. I have packed baby their own little bag, as well as myself a bag packed full of things for my hospital stay, as well as my lovely Yummy Mummy bag.

Baby clearly has more things packed than I do; he/she has lots of lovely outfits, but I will be sticking to the comfortable – however unflattering – pyjamas!

Our daughter is already looking forward to meeting her brother or sister, she has been very much involved in everything and we have bought her a special present to open from baby so she doesn’t feel left out.

I have started to ‘nest’ and get things ready for baby coming and I am driving my husband mad because I am becoming a bit OCD about everything being clean and tidy, which is slightly impossible with a three year old!

Time to rest up I think and relax.
Laura xxxx

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Laura’s Baby Diary : Weeks 31-32

Well baby will be making his / her debut appearance in a few weeks time and I have been washing all their little clothes and making up their bed in preparation… everything is beginning to come together now, apart from the nursery looking like Santa’s Grotto!

With a very excitable three year old and lots of Christmas parties to attend (she has a better social life than me!), I am beginning to feel the strain of a large bump and little time to rest.

However, I have been finding time to get lots of nice warm baths and look after myself a little bit and I am starting to moisturise the bump a lot to steer off the stretch marks… I have to say I haven’t really noticed any at the moment so it seems to be working.

The weather has kept us in the house more than I would’ve liked so I have been eating my way through lots of food – which I probably wouldn’t eat under normal circumstances – and have found myself looking a little larger than usual!

If you’re like me, now the snow has gone and you want to get out and about, please be careful of the ice and don’t be too proud to ask for help from people.

Laura xxxx

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Laura’s Baby Diary : Weeks 30-31

Things are going good here in expectant mum land, but with Christmas approaching rapidly, it’s getting difficult to steer away from the chocolate and mince pies! I am occupying my time doing lots of Christmas shopping whilst my husband is working away in the vain attempt to still feel festive, but without the expanding (non-pregnancy) waistline.

A few things have happened in my personal life this week, and I must admit, it has been hard to focus on keeping the stress levels down and concentrating on looking after myself, but luckily my little girl is keeping me busy and always manages to make me smile when she kisses my bump.

On a happier note though, I graduated last week! Whoopie! It was two years of hard work but it was worth it in the end, and what a lovely day it was! Obviously, it was hard to find something that fitted, but it was nice to have a day out and see some good friends who had worked just as hard.

So, with only a few weeks left until baby arrives I have started to nest; I keep cleaning things that really don’t need cleaning, moving things around and generally can’t keep still for two minutes, when really I should have my feet up! I’ve got to admit, it is nice to keep busy, although I am still in bed by 8pm every night!

So if like me, you can’t keep still, give the list of jobs to a willing volunteer and get resting, it is Christmas after all…

Laura xxxx

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Laura’s Baby Diary : Week 28-29

I had my midwife appointment this week, which inevitably meant even more blood tests, but luckily everything is fine and the bump is growing at an unquestionable rate of knotts.

During my appointment I was given all the information for maternity benefits, so I thought I’d share them with you all: Anyone – regardless of income – are entitled to a £190 grant from the government, called the ‘Health in Pregnancy Grant’.

Also, if you are employed, self-employed or recently employed, make sure you apply for Statutory Maternity Pay or if you are not entitled you can apply Maternity Allowance, just ask your midwife for your MATB1.

In other news, now the weather has changed and nothing particularly fits me, I have decided to invest in a few pairs of maternity trousers because leggings can’t keep me warm for much longer no matter how comfortable they are! I also need some sensible footwear, so if anyone has any ideas then pass them on, because the Scottish weather is already freezing!

I seem to be losing my appetite too, eating little and often is better at the moment because there isn’t much room for a baby and food, which is a shame sometimes when we go out for meals.

If you need any more information about what benefits you are entitled to in pregnancy then visit www.direct.gov.uk.

Laura xxxx

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OMG! Only Way is Essex’s Lauren Goodger Is Pregnant!

OH. M. actual. G. Lucy is going to be so totally jel now that Lauren Goodger from The Only Way is Essex is, like, properly pregnant.

That’s right fans of ITV2, it looks as though the show’s star, Lauren is pregnant… and ever worse (not that we’re saying the fact that she’s up the duff is bad or anything) is that the word on the street is that it could be Mark Wright’s.

One source told The Mirror; “The news is broken to Mark as he’s training for the charity boxing match. “He’s left not knowing if the baby is his or not.”

Crikey! How exciting… more news as we get it!

Ruth

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Laura’s Baby Diary : Week 24 – More Than Halfway Now!

So, I’ve now passed the halfway point now and my bump is already massive! It seems to have grown from a cute mound to this boulder overnight and I can feel the little mite wiggling around all the time!

My husband and I are currently in the process of choosing baby names and if you’re anything think me – pretty indecisive – you will agree that this part is pretty difficult… choosing something that will stick with your child for the rest of their life! We just cant seem to come to any sort of an agreement and every time we get anywhere near, the interference of both of our families throws everything into turmoil again! We’ve decided now that whatever we finally agree on, we are going to keep it to ourselves, it will save a lot of problems.

I am also finding myself a lot more tired than usual and honestly, I am ready to hit my pillows at 8pm every night now! I’ve also noticed that bending down to pick things up and putting my shoes on is becoming increasingly difficult and leaving me rather squashed and off balance. Now only that, but if you are anything like me, I am a little bit OCD with cleaning, but I am learning now that with a belly the side of Mount Everest and a active three year old, the house will never be perfect, so it’s time to rest up a little.

I mentioned last week that I had quite a bad birth experience with my daughter and had discussed with my midwife the possibility of a c-section with this baby, mainly because of some of the problems I encountered after my first. Well, update: I went to see the consultant this week and they recommended a c-section.

To be totally honest, I would have preferred a natural birth because everything is a lot quicker to heal and you get to go home a little bit quicker, but the advice was not to put myself in the same situation as before as they couldn’t guarantee the healing process to be quite as successful so I am very relieved and happy that I can stop worrying about things and look forward to seeing our new addition.

Laura xxx

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Laura’s Baby Diary : Week 23 – Feeling Tired & Grumpy

Another week down and being pregnant is starting to lose its excitement; I’m finding myself getting up a few times every night thanks to the dancing on my bladder, and as a result I am feeling rather tired this week!

On a positive note we have started work on the nursery; together we assembled the cot and crib and started to buy bedding, it is all starting to seem very real now! Our little girl is very excited and loves to play with all the new things we have bought, probably because she gets a small treat when we go shopping for baby, but it’s nice to keep her involved and share the experience with her.

One lovely thing is that the baby has started performing acrobats and my husband and little girl are able to put their hand on my tummy and feel for themselves, it is such a lovely feeling, especially when it is something that you can share with your loved ones. However my ‘innie’ belly button has become an ‘outie’ which is quite odd!

Speaking of odd, does anyone else seem to find themselves getting over-emotional during pregnancy? Yeah so am I!!! Anything seems to be setting me off into floods
of tears lately, even the smallest of things have the habit of opening the tear ducts!

I suppose what we have to accept is that during this time of a woman’s life, your body is going through all sorts of changes, and it is much better to embrace them
and enjoy it all, you will feel much better for it.

Laura xx

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Nicole Sherzinger : Singer / Dancer / Bunny Boiler

Remember when Lewis Hamilton dumped Nicole Sherzinger a while back? We all secretly thought it was because she was trying to get him to marry her, and now it looks as thought she’s at it again.

The 32 year old has been dating Lewis Hamilton for two years now, but she is keen to get a rock on her finger and have Lewis put a bun in her oven, and she has been rambling on to anyone who will listen about it all.

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“I’m really traditional – I’d want to be married before we have kids and that’s something we’ll hopefully be doing soon,” she said. “I love kids and I’m feeling broody. Lewis is always telling me that I’d be a really good mum and I know he’d be a great dad.”

Forgive me for being a bit harsh, but isn’t this the behaviour of someone who either wants to scare their man into dumping them OR just completely freaky bunny boiler antics.

Ruth.xx

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OMG! Heidi Recksons She’s Having Spencer’s Baby

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Whether Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt might just hve split for a bit of publicity, who knows, but I’m guessing this latest headline is a much more likely publicity stunt from the fame hungry pair.

Apparently Heidi Montag has ‘revealed’ that she is scared that she might be expecting her ‘estranged’ husband Spencer’s baby – just as tabloid coverage of the pairs split begins to subside.

Heidi might have filed for legal separation this week in order to protect her earnings, but now – according to a friend – the blonde is now “terrified” she could be pregnant because she and Spencer had an “active” sex life right up to the day she walked out.

Now, if that isn’t too much information overload, then I don’t know what is, but her friend still carried on, saying a baby is the “last thing she needs right now”. Wow, really? You think? Even if it means a couple of magazine deals?

Either way, pregnancy for real or publicity stunt? You decide.

FemaleFirst – Ruth Harrison

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Chris Daughtry’s Twin Joy

It was only yesterday that I was telling the rest of the FemaleFirst office that I think I’ve got a crush on Chris Daughty, and now he’s gone and announced he’s going to be a dad to twins.

Of course, I’m happy for the rocker, but why do things like that happen to me? Okay, I know I was never actually going to marry Mr Daughtry or have his babies and whatnot, but still you must see the point I’m making ladies?

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The Daughtry star took to his website to announce the happy news on Monday and revealed that he and his wife, Deanna, are using a surrogate for the pregnancy because she had a partial hysterectomy in 2006.

He writes, “Deanna and I are overjoyed about this double blessing. Thank you for your expressions of love and support and for respecting our privacy during this special time.”

The couple already has two children, Hannah and Griffin.

Ruth.x

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