and lots of warm deep baths. (Sex is a whole other subject to be covered another time!)

Hurray it’s the third trimester. You are getting to the point when you will soon be able to leave work. People notice you are pregnant so you get seats on trains and lots of attention at work. Tea is brought to your desk by friendly colleagues and your appetite has returned in force. The only p

Having your first baby is so exciting. Once you have got over the shock that you have actually managed to get pregnant (not always as easy as it sounds) you then marvel at feeling sick for 3 months! Perhaps the books were all written so long ago that women didn’t hold down jobs that were essential to keep the bank account afloat? Certainly getting on a train feeling ‘grey’ was never my preferred choice or being sick early morning at a main line London train station where people simply moved away from you! No wonder someone came up with those t-shirts saying ‘baby bump on board’! Not to mention the end of the day when shattered and not looking remotely pregnant to the outside world, you get on a packed homeward bound train and have the joy of standing for the next 20 minutes! Never mind back home you have the gorgeous partner who is ready for his dinner, it can only get better!

Many people say that you then bloom in the 2nd trimester. I think this is those few women who don’t get up early each morning to wash their hair and then go to the job they love, feeling totally shattered. ‘Blooming’ means being nearly pregnant. People think you might be but it’s a tough call and they could be making a dreadful mistake. How many children say those dreaded words very loudly, ‘Look Mummy that lady has a baby in her tummy’ when we know she is simply slightly overweight. The only possible solution for any working mum to be is to be in bed by 8pm each night in this trimester. Forget cooking, shopping, housework etc and just think work and sleep- and lots of warm deep baths. (Sex is a whole other subject to be covered another time!)

Hurray it’s the third trimester. You are getting to the point when you will soon be able to leave work. People notice you are pregnant so you get seats on trains and lots of attention at work. Tea is brought to your desk by friendly colleagues and your appetite has returned in force. The only p

preferred choice or being sick early morning at a main line London train station where people simply moved away from you! No wonder someone came up with those t-shirts saying ‘baby bump on board’! Not to mention the end of the day when shattered and not looking remotely pregnant to the outside world, you get on a packed homeward bound train and have the joy of standing for the next 20 minutes! Never mind back home you have the gorgeous partner who is ready for his dinner, it can only get better!

Many people say that you then bloom in the 2nd trimester. I think this is those few women who don’t get up early each morning to wash their hair and then go to the job they love, feeling totally shattered. ‘Blooming’ means being nearly pregnant. People think you might be but it’s a tough call and they could be making a dreadful mistake. How many children say those dreaded words very loudly, ‘Look Mummy that lady has a baby in her tummy’ when we know she is simply slightly overweight. The only possible solution for any working mum to be is to be in bed by 8pm each night in this trimester. Forget cooking, shopping, housework etc and just think work and sleep- and lots of warm deep baths. (Sex is a whole other subject to be covered another time!)

Hurray it’s the third trimester. You are getting to the point when you will soon be able to leave work. People notice you are pregnant so you get seats on trains and lots of attention at work. Tea is brought to your desk by friendly colleagues and your appetite has returned in force. The only p

tes! Never mind back home you have the gorgeous partner who is ready for his dinner, it can only get better!

Many people say that you then bloom in the 2nd trimester. I think this is those few women who don’t get up early each morning to wash their hair and then go to the job they love, feeling totally shattered. ‘Blooming’ means being nearly pregnant. People think you might be but it’s a tough call and they could be making a dreadful mistake. How many children say those dreaded words very loudly, ‘Look Mummy that lady has a baby in her tummy’ when we know she is simply slightly overweight. The only possible solution for any working mum to be is to be in bed by 8pm each night in this trimester. Forget cooking, shopping, housework etc and just think work and sleep- and lots of warm deep baths. (Sex is a whole other subject to be covered another time!)

Hurray it’s the third trimester. You are getting to the point when you will soon be able to leave work. People notice you are pregnant so you get seats on trains and lots of attention at work. Tea is brought to your desk by friendly colleagues and your appetite has returned in force. The only p

it’s a tough call and they could be making a dreadful mistake. How many children say those dreaded words very loudly, ‘Look Mummy that lady has a baby in her tummy’ when we know she is simply slightly overweight. The only possible solution for any working mum to be is to be in bed by 8pm each night in this trimester. Forget cooking, shopping, housework etc and just think work and sleep- and lots of warm deep baths. (Sex is a whole other subject to be covered another time!)

Hurray it’s the third trimester. You are getting to the point when you will soon be able to leave work. People notice you are pregnant so you get seats on trains and lots of attention at work. Tea is brought to your desk by friendly colleagues and your appetite has returned in force. The only p

and lots of warm deep baths. (Sex is a whole other subject to be covered another time!)

Hurray it’s the third trimester. You are getting to the point when you will soon be able to leave work. People notice you are pregnant so you get seats on trains and lots of attention at work. Tea is brought to your desk by friendly colleagues and your appetite has returned in force. The only problem now is you are just huge! Those cakes you spent years avoiding have just been too tempting and everyone is commenting that you must be having a boy as it is all facing forwards- no that’s just those cakes! Sleep that has been great for the past three months is now lost again in the sheer discomfort of trying to find a position for the bump and you to sleep comfortably. At this stage, if you are expecting a summer baby, you also have the joy of being able to wear clothes that show all! ‘All’ being your arms that have suddenly got ‘bingo wings’ and ankles that seem to have doubled in size. All that advice on how fantastic having a summer baby is and no one ever mentioned how great a big woolly jumper looks with designer pregnancy jeans versus a thin summer frock! Never mind, not long now.

As always you get to the end of your pregnancy and remember that you actually have to give birth! Don’t worry it’s only usually a day or two in the whole experience and soon you will be back to your old self! But of course with a beautiful baby and again no sleep!

Don’t forget to send your announcement cards online. You can do these in the middle of the night, whilst breastfeeding your newborn and ensure all your friends and family join in the joy of your beautiful new baby.