24 Weeks Pregnant: Better Late Than Never

So... my husband has a blog, his friends have blogs and tonight I searched for other pregnant women's blogs and to my surprise couldn't find any!!! (already using too many '!' - that will become a habit). It was at this point I decided to start my own (late) pregnancy blog.

When I say I couldn't find ANY pregnancy blogs I am lying. I found one (http://www.emmasdiary.co.uk) but the postings were weekly and although I started to enjoy reading it I (bigheadedly - is there such a word?!) thought I could write a better one.

So here goes!

I am 24 weeks pregnant, I am 27, female (obviously), married, live in Surrey (that's all the info I can give on that one, I don't want to be sniffed out by freaks... erm), am a Graphic Designer and am at a really exciting stage of my life expecting my first child!

Unfortunately I am starting this blog late - I wish I had thought of it earlier. I have had the morning sickness, the anxiety, the heart palpitation's and shock! (although some mornings I am still in shock - good shock though). I am now experiencing the growth, wriggles and thinking about the birth. Eak!

I have so much to write - it's hard to know where to start! But as this is a blog I shall describe my day...

By now - 24 weeks 4 days, I have heard a few scary birth stories (why do mums enjoy telling first timers about those?) which have included a few premature birth stories. One friend described their son arriving at 30 weeks. It was at this point I thought 'sh*t' (can you swear on a blog?) - my husband and I haven't prepared... well... anything! We have a little baby suit which was a gift from Matt's (husband's name by the way) step mum and dad but that's about it. Hardly enough to be a super mum is it!? So in preparation today we went shopping, going to Mothercare and Mamas & Papas in Staines (as we were in the area). We were impressed with the Mamas & Papas shop and assistance but Mothercare was a bit naff. (My husbands blog goes into more detail on this if you are interested www.firetop.co.uk).

One of the things I could really do with at this stage of my pregnancy is a list of what I need as a first time mum. I have read magazines, looked online and read information books but I can't seem to find this info. Today I did! Inside the Mamas & Papas catalogue is a rather in depth list (obviously as they want to sell a lot of the items on the list!). They also have them online here.

I have concluded from our shopping visit today that two of the first things - and most expensive things we need is a cot/bed and a pram/pushchair. We are looking at the Pliko Pramette and the Eloise cot/bed.

OK, it is at this point of the evening (or more like morning) that I am realising how time consuming blogging is. I am getting tired now - I am pregnant after all! Time for bed.

Night night!