I’m back home! And by home I mean Finland 🙂 No number of years abroad will ever change the fact that this is where I was born and grew up. Where my hair colour is considered normal and where people know how to pronounce and spell my name! I’ve started my three week summer holiday Read More
Month: July 2017
It’s a girl!
Today was our big day, the anomaly scan! I was so nervous my tummy was in knots. I was so on edge with anticipation that I literally jumped when my baby gave me a good kick in mid-tummy while I was sitting on the train going to work. It was as if she was telling Read More
Fast-tracking Baby preparations – The Finnish Baby Box
(This is not a sponsored post) Last week I had the most wonderful surprise waiting for me at home – a special delivery from Finland full of tiny little baby clothes and other essentials! Whilst every expectant mother in Finland receives the so called “Baby Box” (or “maternity package”) as part of the state support for Read More
Half way assessment – how “fit” has my pregnancy been?
When planning our pregnancy I was very much hoping for a healthy and fit pregnancy. I really believe staying active and eating healthy during pregnancy could help to avoid some potential pregnancy problems and with the postnatal recovery. Having some physical strength on the labour day can’t hurt either! Of course it’s not always up Read More
Bump inferiority complex
I believe most women go through some sort of body image issues or insecurities at some stage in their lives, unfortunately (if you haven’t, good for you!). I know I have! Especially the major physical changes we go through during our teen years, pregnancy and when ageing can trigger some negative feelings about ourselves… Being Read More
Pregnant employee – From an asset to a liability?
Fatigue, nausea, aches and pains, endless doctor appointments at inconvenient times and restrictions on travel – a pregnant woman is hardly the employee of the year… Or that’s how I’ve been feeling at least. But has pregnancy really made me a worse employee? My first reaction was “yes probably” but then I started thinking. Worse Read More
What has pregnancy done to our relationship?
Disclaimer: reflects mummy’s views only (also, a bit cheesy) 🙂 Short answer – it’s made it stronger. When we decided to start a family (about nine months ago) I felt like we had a solid foundation for our relationship and the kind of friendship/partnership I haven’t experienced before. And I’m glad we did because although Read More
Disappointments…
I haven’t talked about our Project House for awhile. I had a very different post in mind, to be honest. One where I would announce we had finally bought a house and were going to move after summer! We’ve been looking for a house in London for nearly a year now, have bid on numerous Read More
Enjoying the honeymoon trimester – 17 weeks pregnant
Without getting all scientific here, I’ve always believed that time cannot be constant, at least not in the way we experience it. From the positive pregnancy test until the 12-week scan, time was passing so slowly… I was counting days to get passed the “red zone”, would have sat my legs crossed all day if that Read More