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The ‘Berry’ Pregnancy Diaries – week 27

Wednesday 27th November – 27w Not much to report other than the fact I am STILL full of cold!  Friday 29th November – 27w 2d Finally got around to taking another bump photo today – think the last one was at 17 weeks. I still look tiny I think, but I was fat to start with… Saturday 30th November – 27w 3d Tonight we had our first visit of this pregnancy to the antenatal ward. I’ve had lower abdominal pain all day that hasn’t gone away with painkillers, felt sick, and I had a tiny bit of spotting this morning. I …

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One Year

One year. One year ago today. That day that I became another statistic. The worst day of our year.  One of the worst of our lives.  It changed me. I suffered. I still suffer.  Especially today. Emotional. Tears. Sadness. But we gained another gift. A gift from our angel. We have never forgotten. But we remember you even more so today. On the date that we lost you. Lost you forever. Physically.  But not emotionally or your memory. One year.

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Soft Floor Kids UK road mat | Review

I have been looking to buy a soft foam play mat for the little man for ages as he loves playing outside with our next door neighbours little daughter with hers, and when we go to stay & plays, so I was delighted when I was contacted by Soft Floor Kids to try out one of their mats.    They have many mats to choose from on their website, including your standard colourful mats, alphabet mats, clock mats, even a play house, and the one we went for as little man loves playing with his cars, the road pattern play mat.   The …

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The ‘Berry’ Pregnancy Diaries – week 26

Thursday 21st November – 26w 1d My winter cold has gotten so bad today. I look like Rudolph from blowing & wiping my nose, and I’ve not stopped sneezing so my throat feels like it’s had a load of razor blades shoved down it, in turn making it really hard and painful to gulp and swallow. To top it off my back is really hurting today. So all I really want to do is sleep but I can’t see me getting a lot. Instead I’m sat in bed at 11.45pm reading and drinking hot water, honey & lemon to try and …