As the birth of our third child draws ever nearer, we’ve been attending more regular appointments than in previous months. Last week we were at a one of these and, as we’re having a home birth, I was asking a few more questions than I usually do. One of which was about who I should phone when …
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about the latter stages of pregnancy and childbirth over the last couple of months so this title by Mark Harris arrived at just the right time, particularly as we’re going for a home birth, which will be a new experience for both Kate and me. As well as …
Dylan and Xander may well be on half term at the moment, but it’s just dawned on me that their little sister is now at full term and could make her entrance at any time! We ticked past the 37-week mark a few days ago so are now allowed a home birth, but both Kate …
After speaking at Mumsnet Bumpfest recently and with our third child due in a matter of weeks, my mind is firmly on advice for new dads – as much for my own benefit as anyone else’s! Here, then, are my five top tips for new dads – for the remainder of pregnancy to the first few …
On Saturday, I’ll be speaking at Mumsnet Bumpfest. I’ll be part of a panel in a session called ‘Dads-to-be: what to expect’. It pretty much does what it says on the tin. We’ll be sharing the benefit of our experience with those who are about to become fathers. I’m really pleased that Mumsnet is including a …
This week, I had another reminder of how soon we’re going to be a family of five. A plugin I use that automatically tweets old posts to the masses, lest they gather virtual dust, shared this one about Xander’s first week. I realised that we’re now under two months from having a newborn – and …
Last week, Kate and I went for the 20 week scan. For some reason, we were both really nervous about it. Odd as it’s the third time and I don’t recall either of us fretting so much on either of the previous occasions. Happily, everything seems to be going well and, unless the baby has a really …
Tomorrow we’ll be going for our 20 week scan and we’re looking forward to finding out which denomination of baby we’ll be having. Naturally, we’ve been speculating as to whether it’s a boy or girl a lot and have been looking for things that were different to when Kate was pregnant with Dylan and Xander. …