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"It wasn't until the following afternoon that I could finally hold
our long-awaited baby properly"

At 36 weeks I was measuring 39 weeks and as bubs was my third I knew she was going to be bigger than her brothers. By now I was having weekly OB checkups, and had been having Braxton Hicks since around 20 weeks, so I wasn't too concerned when around 39 weeks they were more full on.

At 39+5 I had some regular contractions but nothing strong ...

There's a phenomenon I have been seeing in clinic for years called the 21st century syndrome and it appears recent research is finally shedding some light.

A new study commissioned by Wagner has revealed that stressed out, overworked and rundown mums are compromising their own health, work and social life to stay home and take care of their sick children. 75% of women felt that their busy, stressful schedule was a major risk factor in getting sick compared to only 59% of men. ...

Hello Mamas With Style, how's it hanging?

I have been missing in action the past few weeks as I have been a little bit busy having a baby - yes that's right, for anyone who missed my last post - on 24 March I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Finn Charles, a little brother to my three-year-old, Zac Xavier.

Words cannot describe how in love we are with our new addition, and after much coo-ing and gushing (and writing up my pregnancy ...

When I turned 7 I had a birthday party. 6 girls came and 1 boy. 'Sam' lived around the corner from me and even at 7 I knew that he was a cool dude. And I was right. In amongst gifts of Dolls, Doll Clothes and Doll accessories, Sam gave me a 'Magic Marker Spy Kit'. I told you he was cool. I loved that kit - the marker was colourless but when used on the right 'spy' type of paper, messages and drawings magically appeared. Cool.

When Crayola recently ...

[SIZE=3]Its a Eurovision time of year! I love the Month of May, its my birthday and its the Eurovision. I remember as a little girl every May we would get take away (very rare in our house) and watch the Eurovision, cheering for our favourite country. I still watch it now and love the costumes and showiness of it all.

This year the Eurovision had it all - Russian Grandmothers, spaceman outfits (thanks Jedward) and Englebert Humperdinck. The winner this year was Loreen from Sweden singing ...