We are now five weeks in and, despite the happy title, this has been one of our most challenging weeks yet… … Read more
Tag: pregnancy
I Am Your Father – Part 11: Baby’s First Hospital Trip
It’s now the third week of m’boy being home and… well, it’s been an interesting week for us!… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 10: Baby’s First Week
So, after what turned out to be a fairly traumatic birth under difficult circumstances, I had a few days to recover and then we finally brought my son home.
I will now attempt to summarise what those first few days were like.… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 9b: Delivery
So, a quick recap. 10 Days overdue and knowing we had a chunky baby on the way, we finally found ourselves in a delivery room at the hospital. Labour was pretty intense and after dealing with unbearably painful contractions brought on by the hormone drip for what felt like an eternity (and that was just how *I* felt!), an epidural was administered and when it finally kicked in, we both got a little bit of rest.
This blog was initially … Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 9a: Labour
This is the first of a two-part “I Am Your Father” special, which will tell the story of what happened in the hospital when the time finally came for my son to be born.
I was labouring (no pun intended) under the ridiculous notion that I would be mostly superfluous and that I would have the time to ‘live blog’ the birth; making notes every-so-often as we went along.
What a sweet, naive, young man I was!… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 7: Well, F**k!
Ok, so it turns out that wasn’t my last pregnancy post after all!… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 6: The Final Countdown
Well, the due date is now just a few short weeks away and this will probably be the final post before our son arrives, which is not terrifying at all!… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 5: We’re in the Endgame now
Ok, we’re now 33 weeks into the pregnancy with around 7 weeks left until the due date. The last month has been fairly uneventful, but quite a lot has happened in the last week-or-so; we’ve been to our first NCT class, received some important deliveries and started making final preparations for our little boy’s arrival.… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 4: 28 Weeks Later
OK, we’re just over 28 weeks in, with just around 12 weeks to go until the big day. The countdown has well and truly started!… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 3: The Second Scan
This is only my third update in this series so far, but there hasn’t been all that much to report recently. However, a couple of weeks ago we went for the second, 20-Week baby scan, which is the one where you (can) find out the gender of the baby…… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 2: The Scan
So, the next big step on the way to becoming a parent is the infamous Scan. We had ours a couple of weeks ago and, as seems to be tradition, that is also the point where we finally started to tell our friends and family the news.… Read more
I Am Your Father – Part 1: The Secret
So, as I am sitting down to write this, my wife and I are just about to announce to our family and friends that we are expecting our first child.
[Pauses for applause and cooing noises]
Interesting times! I’m still not sure it feels real yet…… Read more