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Times Series journalist Caron Kemp blogs about first-time motherhood. |
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Music to its ears?
Posted on 8:20am Monday 21st July 2008
Apparently around now the baby can start hearing sounds. I have heard that if you read the same book over and over to the child it might end up becoming its favourite story even before it’s born.
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Time to teach a bedside manner
Posted on 8:10am Thursday 17th July 2008
Perhaps I am more sensitive in my pregnant state but this week my doctors have really annoyed me.
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Let the nursery commence
Posted on 8:04am Monday 14th July 2008
This weekend myself and my husband decided it was time to seriously consider transforming the spare room into a nursery. So, after getting some dodgy measurements for the dimensions of the room (remember to be consistent with centimetres or inches and that opposite walls should really add up to the same length) we took ourselves to look at wardrobes; stage one of the makeover process.
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The bit of both baby
Posted on 9:33am Thursday 10th July 2008
Being a curious person I am so keen to know the sex of the baby, despite opting not to find out.
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Wowee
Posted on 9:23am Monday 7th July 2008
Wow wow wow. This weekend played host to one of those incredible moments that I’ve been talking about and hoping to experience. I actually felt the baby kick, properly. Not little bubbles popping or butterfly motions but a big fat proper kick.
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The 20 week scan
Posted on 8:35am Thursday 3rd July 2008
I have just experienced one of those defining and pivotal moments in the pregnancy period. Yesterday I went, husband in tow, to the 20 week scan.
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The big moment
Posted on 8:33am Monday 30th June 2008
One of the most exciting things that pregnant people wait for is the moment the baby kicks for the first time. It’s like the moment a bride-to-be finds THE wedding dress; a pivotal and highly emotional point in the process.
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To know or not to know?
Posted on 8:34am Tuesday 24th June 2008
There’s a bit of a debate in my house as to whether to find out the sex of the baby (before it’s born).
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Fashion disaster baby
Posted on 8:33am Tuesday 17th June 2008
When I look back at my baby photos I am quite appalled at how badly dressed I was.
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Bargain baby
Posted on 8:24am Thursday 12th June 2008
I don’t think I’m a snob. Although perhaps some of my friends will say otherwise. But since I grew out of the hand-me-down wardrobe more than a few years ago, I have opted not to buy second hand.
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