Mediocre Mum

Tag: pregnancy

  • How old is too old?

    ‘My neighbour just had her first baby at 49’ my mate said last week.  My jaw hit the floor; initially I thought she must be insane and can’t imagine how exhausting that would be.  I was a slightly older mum and was classified as geriatric by the NHS being nearly 36.  A friend of mine…

  • How did you tell your other half you were pregnant?

    Parts of this may horrify some of you.  I never planned on having children and believed that the batteries in my biological clock were well and truly dead.  However, on Christmas Day 2006, after we drank our way through everything in the house including the duty free cupboard we got a bit carried away! Late…

  • Embarrassing Moments

    Here is my contribution to @urbanvox’s most embarrassing moments meme.  It’s an old post so hopefully it’s okay. After having my daughter, to say I was self conscious about my body would be an understatement.  So when I was invited to my best friend’s Hen Party in Spain, the thought of putting on a bathing…