DIARY

You know how, back in ye olden days, women who were about to give birth would basically just withdraw from society for a few weeks, and stay in bed, attended ...

We have a date, people! I actually wasn't expecting to be told this for another couple of weeks or so, but on Tuesday morning I had a appointment with my midwife, ...

This week I happened to overhear Terry on the phone to his brother, who'd presumably asked how I was doing. "She's very tired, and pretty grumpy, really," said Terry, "But ...

I'm writing this post at 9pm the night before it goes live, and my main pregnancy symptom for this week could be pretty much summed up with the words, "Holy ...

So, week 28 has been kind of a rough-one, anxiety wise. I'm just going to get that out of the way up front, so that when this post takes a ...

Week 27 of this pregnancy has been a pretty significant one for me - for no other reason than that it's the final week of the 2nd trimester. In fact, ...

It's been another one of those weeks where, every time someone's asked me how far along I am, I've had to stop for a few seconds and think about it, ...

Alternative title for this post: "I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell." Or, at least, that's the official verdict from the psychiatrists I saw at my first perinatal counselling ...

Last week, on, "Amber Worries About Everything, OMG, When Will This Woman Calm Down?!" I had the cold, and was convinced it would kill my baby, even although every single ...

What can I tell you about week 22 of my pregnancy? Er, other than the usual, "Sometimes the baby moves a LOT, and it's awesome, but other times he doesn't seem ...

I couldn't think of a title for this week's post (Other than the highly imaginative "Week 21 Pregnancy Diary," obviously), because, the fact is, I've reached a totally unanticipated point ...

(If your mind didn't just automatically add the words, "We're livin' on a prayer," to that headline, then I don't even know how to relate to you, sorry...) So, it's 8am ...

I've been sitting here with the blank page of this post open in front of me for about 20 minutes now, without having a clue what to write in it, ...

Guys, we have a heartbeat! (Er, the title of this post kinda gave that away, didn't it? Now you know why my career as a suspense writer never took off...) A proper, ...