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

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

European citizen carrying a British baby in a Brexit world…

This is not a political post, although it easily could’ve become one. I’ve decided to leave the political debate outside of my baby bubble. However, ignoring politics all together would be impossible even if my job didn’t require staying up to speed on current events – simply too much is going on! No doubt the Read More

Baby in the pipeline

My life is about to change. Forever. In fact, it already has! Something changed the moment we decided to start trying for a baby. I’m excited, I’m scared, I’m absolutely overwhelmed with emotion – and I’m not even pregnant yet! I am Finnish-born London-bound, deal and six-pack chasing City Girl with passion to become the Read More