*Warning this is a long post with maybe TMI about my abscess and birth * Being pregnant can be hard work , near the end your body starts to ache you find it hard to sleep. Your emotions are all over the place and all you want to happen is to be joined by your little baby. At 38 weeks my consultant wanted to start to get things moving so suggested that I started to have sweeps early. In the hope that I wouldn’t go over and that I could have the natural birth that I so deeply wanted. Sadly my body had other plans for me, painful plans at…

I have worked with the lovely people over at CaseApp a few times now . I have also been lucky enough to work with their sister company StickerApp also . The people over at CaseApp have very kindly contacted me again asking if I would like to review some more of their awesome products . As their products are really well made we didn’t actually need anything . But as it’s the season to be kind to one another and share things . I asked them if I could offer it to my readers to which they agreed straight away. Just to give you an idea of what we have…

You’ll be snorting with laughter if you play with these piggy games for Christmas.  The original party animals, Pass the Pigs, use hilarious pigs for dice. Will you roll a sider or start makin’ bacon? Having fun with friends, on the road entertainment, or just chilling out – the game is on for every pig in the parlour! Fantastic fun for the whole family, Pass the Pigs is so easy to play. Simply throw the 2 piggies up in the air and see how they land. Compare the pigs landing positions with your scorecard and earn points, the first to 100 wins. Pass the Pigs comes in a handy travel…

Incontinence or bladder leakage can affect people of all ages although it is more common in the elderly. There are a number of potential causes of incontinence or bladder leakage but one common factor associated with the problem is its effect on the mental wellbeing of many sufferers. Incontinence is a problem that affects many people and this includes people from different age brackets. The condition is more prevalent in older people, with more than one in three people aged over sixty suffering from incontinence. The condition is so common amongst older people that specialist companies such as Hartmann Direct now provide a wide range of incontinence products. What is…

Hello I’m Faye from Glossytots and I am here writing for the lovely Jess. Today I will be talking about my new found worry in life. Is a second child supposed to put the fear factor into your life? Erin is now 5. She is desperate for a brother and a sister (I don’t think I can go that far- especially as I have to have IVF). Matt and I would like to add to our little family, but this does bring elements of “fear of change” for me. Currently Erin resides with her Dad 6 nights over a 2 week period- every other weekend and 3 nights 5.30pm-8am. That…

When you think of having Christmas dinner . Do you think about someone stressing in the kitchen because the potatoes wont go right. Or the turkey wont fit in the oven because yet again dad ordered one too big for the oven. Well not me when I think of Christmas dinner. I think about going out to a nice restaurant and having it all done for me. I’m not the worlds best cook if I’m honest.I couldn’t think of anything worse than spending half the morning in the kitchen cooking. I want to be there to witness Ava open all her presents. I don’t want to be told that she…

Today is the day when we finally get some answers. Since Ava started walking I noticed that her feet turn in a little. To start with I wasn’t too concerned as she was little and I just thought it would be something she would grow out of. As she got older more people started to comment about it and this is when I started to get a little more concerned. As a child my feet turned slightly in also and my mom had to seek medical advice to help me . So I suppose it was bound to be passed on to at least one of my children. At first…

.Ahh today I have been for my first membrane sweep, sadly it was unsuccessful as my cervix is still too high . Thankfully this time around they are starting to do things a lot earlier and I have an appointment next week to try again .In the hope I wont go over due. With Ava no one touched me until my due date.Then as I wasn’t really dilated so they couldn’t do anything. Then left me to literally the last moment.  To then they left me on an induction ward for a whole day twiddling my thumbs. I know people are probably reading this and thinking .He will come when…

I know it wasn’t that long ago since I had Ava but I really cannot remember what labour was like . I know it hurt a hell of a lot and I just wanted it to be over . But for the life of me I cannot remember what the run up to it was like. I’m sure when it happens in a few weeks time it will all come flooding back to me . As I like to be prepared for any occasion I thought I would ask some fellow parent bloggers about their labour . So how did they know they were in labour ? What signs did…

The video in this post was provided by Smart Cells and Netmums Being pregnant and a parent I’m always looking at new things that are available. Or that may be available in the future to help benefit my children . I have recently been introduced to the idea of collecting stem cells at birth. This is something I didn’t know too much about .The more and more I read about it the more it interests me. You may be thinking what the hell are stem cells ? Stem cells have the potential to develop into a ;

There are many things that toddlers learn and you think gosh that’s adorable . But most things make you think god I wish they would just be quite. We are having at the moment no to everything even if she actually means yes . So in a morning I will give her the option of different breakfast items .To which she says no to every single one so I put them back. This then turns into the worlds biggest breakdown throwing herself on the floor , running away screaming . Then when she finally calms down she comes to the cupboard and picks exactly what I was trying to give…

I cannot believe that this time next week i will be finishing work to start my maternity leave . This time around I haven’t been so excited shall we say to finish . I’m not sure if it’s the thought of being at home with two kids or the fact that I feel like I was just getting back into work . I only returned back to work in January of this year after taking over 12 months off with Ava. I went back to work to a whole new position. So I feel I have been ;

When I was pregnant with Ava I did a birth plan like you do with every pregnancy . But there really wasn’t any point to writing it as nothing I wanted happened due to having an emergency c section . As I like to put it all my birth plans just went out the window. So when I was told today that I was going to write my birth plan with my midwife. I really just thought what is the point in this . I think because of my birth with Ava I’m just don’t think this one will be easy and that saddens me . I would love to…

I’m 34 weeks today and have been to the hospital for a scan . So it only seemed right that I did a little update about how things have been going on . I haven’t been doing these every week as one my pregnancy isn’t that eventful and two who wants to read every week that I’m tired and just want to have had him now. So today we went to the hospital for a scan . Now normally you don’t have another scan after 20 weeks unless there is a problem or some complications. I was asked to return to the hospital to have another scan due to my…

Hoo farm holds a special place in my heart. I have such fond memories of going there when I was a child . Me and my brother used to go with my mom’s friend and her daughters who are now in their late teens !! I remember going around lambing season and feeding the lambs and holding baby chicks. There is a picture somewhere of me with a chick on my head .If i ever come across it I will show it you all . So when I had a child I knew I had to take them to Hoo Farm. I just so hoped that It hadn’t changed from…

As I said in a post the other day I’m really not organised at all for this baby to come, I haven’t even thought about my hospital bag. In fact writing the post made me realise how laid back about it all I am being this time. Also it was nice to see from comments that I’m not the only one that is laid back to second time around. I think I’m starting to struggle with not being organised as I’m normally ultra organised. So I thought it was about time I made a list of things I needed to get for my hospital bag. Even though it wasn’t that…

II really need to start getting organised for baby number 2. I think at this point with Ava 31 weeks pregnant .I had brought the whole of next baby department, ticked of lists of essential products that we needed, and more than likely packed my hospital bags. This time around we have decorated his room and he has enough clothes to last him a week maybe. The beautiful organised room that was on Instagram the other week is now been transformed into toy storage. As it has all of Ava’s Christmas presents in there.including a fan that really needs to go to the tip but that’s a lot of effort.…

I’m always on the look out for new and exciting toys to entertain Ava with. At the moment she is loving animals so when we were offered the Magicube safari and polar animal set to review I knew they would be a winner. It even keeps grandparents entertained which is a bonus. My dad sent me this picture just moments after me leaving him and Ava to explore the Magicubes.   As soon as Ava got the box’s out she was excited the bright and vibrant packaging is really inviting. In fact I had to put one aside so she could just look at the one set .unlike most toys…