Isabel was born at 10:32 on November 14th weighing 7lbs 11oz. We came home last night, and she's settling in nicely. Anyway, I just wanted to write a quick post to say thank you for the massive response to her arrival. The cards, e-mails, facebook...

I am in the unfortunate position of being due to give birth today, and yet have had not so much as a twinge. This means today will undoubtedly drag, and I have to find some way of occupying my time. Rather than do something constructive — such as...

I've had the majority of my antenatal care through the local midwife-led unit. It's a very relaxed atmosphere, a great team of midwives who're all there for you and make you feel like you're the only woman in the world currently having a baby. Clearly...

I feel I should start this post with a series of finger exercises as I may be here a while. Anyway... Let's start with the move. We picked up the keys on Friday 9th October. Although there'd been some discussion in the days previous about the place...

Er, not really, it's only me. Hi. Jem. You may vaguely remember me... I have a lot I could waffle on about. I won't, though, because if I start now I'll go on and on and before you know it, it'll be November and I'll be going into labour (although I...