GP check up, flu vaccine, more baby shopping and getting feminist about birth has been what’s happening this week.
My Pregnancy Vlog
My To Do List
- Book Whooping Cough Vaccine
Pregnancy Problems
- Morning sickness
- Tiredness (need for afternoon naps)
Pregnancy Recommendations
- Tommee Tippee Steriliser from John Lewis £29.49
- Lansinoh nipple cream from John Lewis £9.95
- Give Birth Like A Feminist by Milli Hill published by HarperCollins in paperback
Exercise
- Walking
- Pregnancy Yoga
- Dance Aerobics
Diet
Sadly this baby seems to like carbs, fats, protein and strawberries. Being sick almost every morning is not fun, and I don’t realise how hungry I am until I start to eat and then I’m like the hungry caterpillar.
How I’m feeling
GP appointment for my 24 week check up all went well; everything normal no problems. Went back to the surgery later in the week to get my flu vaccination but will give myself a break for a couple of weeks to get whooping cough vaccination. I was all geared up to feel terrible after the flu jab but I was fine. Came home and had a quick nap afterwards to rest my arm but it didn’t really hurt.
Went out with friend to see The Taming of The Shrew at The Barbican and I actually got a seat on the tube for once. They’d done a role reversal of men’s and women’s roles so it seemed apt I was reading Give Birth Like a Feminist on the tube with my ‘Baby On Board’ badge on the way there.
A couple of mum friends came round and genuinely wanted to look at all my baby purchases so far and talk through my outstanding To Do List. It was so much fun to show off my new pram and all the bits and whether they faked it or not, it made up for me not being able to drink during our regular girls’ night in.
I’ve started my hospital bag list so I can start buying what’s needed and putting aside things I’ve already got little by little. I’ve put few luxuries for pregnancy and labour on my Christmas list for my family so I can pamper myself a wee bit in the third trimester.
Pregnancy Tip
Watching comedy at a gig, a play or on TV gives you a much needed boost. There’s always so much scary stuff on the TV and in the news, having a laugh lifts your spirits. #24weekspregnant #pregnancyproblems #mumtobe
About Amy
Amy Beeson runs Wordsby Communications and has a successful writing partnership with her mum Sarah Beeson MBE. Their latest memoir Our Country Nurse is set in a country village in 1975 and is bursting with stories of mums journeys during pregnancy and motherhood. They’ve also written nursing memoir The New Arrival and first year parenting guide Happy Baby, Happy Family. Amy is currently writing her first solo novel set in Wartime Staffordshire while Sarah pens advice for new parents on baby sleep, weaning and building a strong emotional attachment.