• To say that I am afraid is the understatement of a lifetime. <em>Petrified</em>, <em>terrified </em>and <em>horrified</em> are better adjectives but even they don't come close to describing the fear that is slowly but surely permeating Pleasantville.

    10 Weeks and counting … crap crap crap!

    To say that I am afraid is the understatement of a lifetime. Petrified, terrified and horrified are better adjectives but even they don't come close to describing the fear that is slowly but surely permeating Pleasantville.

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  • My 22 week anomalies scan happened 7 weeks ago and I am still haunted. The word <em>anomaly</em> is enough to put the fear of potential 'mutancies' into any normal run of the mill mom.

    The dreaded anomalies scan

    My 22 week anomalies scan happened 7 weeks ago and I am still haunted. The word anomaly is enough to put the fear of potential 'mutancies' into any normal run of the mill mom.

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  • Half way. And how do I feel? Um ... the same as I felt a month ago, <em>and</em> the month before that <em>and</em> the month before that. In fact, the same as I felt <em>six</em> months ago.

    Half way and just a tiny bump

    Half way. And how do I feel? Um ... the same as I felt a month ago, and the month before that and the month before that. In fact, the same as I felt six months ago.

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  • It always seems like such a romantic idea - lying next to your lover in a bed of soft green grass, staring up at the sky, listening to birds chirping and bees buzzing...

    What’s in a name?

    It always seems like such a romantic idea - lying next to your lover in a bed of soft green grass, staring up at the sky, listening to birds chirping and bees buzzing...

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  • When I think MOTHERHOOD, I think of the scene in <em>Look Who’s Talking</em> when Kirsty Alley tells John Travolta that giving birth is like "squeezing something the size of a watermelon out of an opening the size of a lemon."

    Save the Vag!

    When I think MOTHERHOOD, I think of the scene in Look Who’s Talking when Kirsty Alley tells John Travolta that giving birth is like "squeezing something the size of a watermelon out of an opening the size of a lemon."

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