Hi everyone! Greetings from Santorini where I’m typing away this post on a sun lounger by the pool – my absolute preferred writing setting so far! I’m propped up with pillows in the shade with my baby girl making my pregnant belly jump up and down (looks hilarious!) and her daddy grilling himself in the Read More
Tag: fitpregnancy
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
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
Summer holiday planning – Babymoon in Greece in August
It’s almost July and that means summer holidays are approaching! It’s our last kid-free summer and we really want to invest in our relationship and enjoy this time <3 On our wish list we had two main things: Babymoon just for the two of us Somewhere beautiful but within a short, direct flight from London Read More
First baby kicks at 16 weeks!
The most exciting recent pregnancy development by far is feeling the baby’s movements for the first time! I cannot describe the feeling – a mixture of amazement, wonder, disbelief, LOVE… The most bizarre yet wonderful experience. It did made me think of the movie “Alien” a bit though, sorry! 🙂 We are 16 weeks pregnant Read More
Prenatal yoga – baby and me all “zen”
Once I reached week 13 of my pregnancy I was finally welcome back to my yoga studio – yay! I could start the pregnancy yoga classes which are not recommended during the first trimester. Yoga is excellent physical exercise but for me it’s always been more of a mental practice, helping me to stop, breath, Read More
14 weeks – How are we feeling?
So far, I’m loving the second trimester!! <3 In addition to physically feeling better than during the first trimester, I can finally be openly happy about our pregnancy having told our friends and colleagues about it. I don’t enjoy keeping secrets, especially not something as huge as this! Imagine meeting a friend for the first Read More
Prenatal weight training programme – PT session 2
I mentioned earlier that I was going to have a session also with the prenatal personal trainer at the gym I joined, and indeed I did! Here are some thoughts about this experience and the strength training program we planned for my second trimester. The reason for meeting with two different prenatal PTs was that Read More
It’s public – I’m pregnant (and I have a blog)!!
On Halloween 2016, about 7 months ago, we decided to start trying for a baby. Soon after I started writing this blog but just to the desk drawer as I didn’t actually publish the blog or tell anyone about it. Just like I didn’t tell anyone about our baby plans. I didn’t know if either Read More