Category Archives: baby

Sunshine Days!

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Papa, Eden & Me

We’ve had some rare sunshine in the UK the last few days, with London apparently forecast to be hotter than California tomorrow!

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A Year Ago Today…

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Papa, Eden & Me

A year ago today everything was different.

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Eden – The First Six Weeks

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Papa, Eden & Me

Sorry I’ve been so bloody awful about keeping the blog up to date. At the moment days all just blur into one – but I’m taking the opportunity of Amy having a long weekend off work to get some catching … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas and Happy Due Date, Eden

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Just a quick one from me today. I promise I will be back with birth story and updates from our first ten days with our little girl. We’re just all caught up in baby haze at the moment, so blogging … Continue reading →

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38 Weeks and We Have a Plan!

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Sorry for being so crap at updating as of late! Life keeps getting in the way of very important blogging! You’ll be glad to know that I was discharged promptly after my night in hospital as the drugs brought my … Continue reading →

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My Fertility Specialist Magazine and Our Fertility Story

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

I was asked to contribute an article for the free, online My Fertility Specialist magazine, and I’m delighted to let you know that you can now read my article as the latest issue is now available. If you don’t know … Continue reading →

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Eighteen Weeks!

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Today we are eighteen weeks pregnant.

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Finding Out Who Is In There…

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

Yesterday (16+5), we had our gender scan. The countdown had been absolutely immense! Both of us were tired of calling baby “Chip” or “they” as people often said “are you having more than one?!”

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We Love You Doppler, We Do!

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

I guess this is kind of controversial. There’s been a lot of negative press recently about home dopplers and how women should not buy them. When I first saw these articles I was worried. We had always wanted to have a … Continue reading →

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Second Trimester

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Papa, Eden & Me

That’s right – SECOND TRIMESTER! We are now almost sixteen weeks into this pregnancy and I really have no idea where the time has gone.

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