Category Archives: Dealing with pregnancy

I’m a morning person — or have been till the last couple of days anyway. I used to be able to function on about four hours sleep a night. I’ve now learned that those four hours need to be four … Continue reading →

It seems baby has inherited my penchant for early morning action. S just woke me up to tell me (it’s 4am here). Contractions five minutes apart, lasting for 45 seconds. Sam saying going on how painful they are now, she … Continue reading →

Last night I was off at Bangkokian H’s birthday party and within a half hour of getting there was chatting away to S (not my S) who is due on Dec 5 and having her baby at the same hospital … Continue reading →

Last night we caught up with old friend C from Rome who is out here on a short trip. C is also pregnant (with her second bub) though a few months behind S. We met for pizza and spent the … Continue reading →

Running on from yesterday’s topic, I really should have listened to my body telling me I didn’t need that last beer I had last night. I’d headed down to the backpacker’s quarter at Khao San Rd to catch up with … Continue reading →

I was wading through another baby book today — “Baby Love” and was struck how on so many occasions the author would go through a dozen different solutions to a problem only to finish with something like “Listen to your … Continue reading →

Apologies for my ultra-slackness of late! We had out latest session at baby-school the other day which centred around problematic births and covered all the main issues — drugs and their side-effects, the whens, hows and whys of C-sections and … Continue reading →

This is my first 5.47am post. Period-like pain and a very sore back. Baby has definitely moved down. This isn’t supposed to be happening yet! Will keep you posted.

S’s friend S from O arrived in Bangkok today bringing a host of gifts, including a pram — Thanks! What she also brought up was “The post-baby conversation” a book that covers “What new parents need to say to each … Continue reading →

Today was another session of baby-school at Samitivej — not nearly as good as the first class, though we did get to see a video about dealing with labour pain. Put together in at 1980′s in Adelaide we got to … Continue reading →