Pregnancy is a new thing for me. With it has come all kinds of more or less surprising and not always pleasant symptoms – I’m still waiting for that pregnancy glow! What I really didn’t expect was ending up with GREEN hair! Ok, in fairness, it’s not a direct result of my pregnancy. But indirectly Read More
Month: June 2017
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
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
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