It’s been a YEAR!

So... this is awkward!

It’s amazing how much time you DONT have when you have a baby!
No exaggeration at all... where the hell did the time go?

Well, Jakes now 1, I get married in 8 months, I’m back at work and life is the same but oh so different!

I have some ideas that I want to do as I have now spent the last year being a mum I feel I have more to offer.

Watch this space!

I’ll be back full force... I hope! 2018 will be the year for Being Mummy Allen.

I'M BACK!

So, I am back!!

It took me a while to decide whether i wanted to do blogging again as babies take up a lot of time so i didnt really have the ability to do it!

But never the less the past 5 months have been a crazy whirl wind; Jakes getting so childlike now which might sound weird but he's not so much potato baby; he rolls over and enjoys tummy time, laughs at his toys and giggles like there is no tomorrow!

It has been a truly remarkable experience and now I'm back doing this I want to change up how I go about my blog; I want it to be a Mummy blog but at the same time I want to expand and do different things in hopes i get more interest and a mixture of followers.

Hope that doesn't make me sound braggy; but i have 3 months left till i return to work and I want to make them count!

Ive got ideas...I hope you can get behind me!

Thanks

Kerry xoxo

New Mum Tips

As a new Mum I could do with having some pointers just to help me get through the first few weeks!

My tips for the first month after baby is born

• Rest your body; find a position which is comfy and lay there for an hour.

• Let other people get you a cup of tea.

• CRY! Don't bottle it up because it will make you feel worse.

• Share the load; babies are demanding

• Start a new TV show!

• Go for a walk... you may not feel like you can move your legs but the sooner you do the better.

• Wear make up for you! If you get a moment put on some foundation and lippy just to make yourself feel good.

• if you're not breast feeding make up the formulas after babies first feed and keep them in the fridge,

• They cry... don't feel bad... I have found myself crying too at the same time. 

• They grow fast... dress them in your favourite baby grows before its too late!

These are just a few!

Hope you find them helpful

Thanks

Kerry 

Baby Is Here...

Good MORNING!!

So, I had a baby...i went into labour on Tuesday 3rd Jan 2017; i started to get lower back pain and period type pains which started in the morning, i honestly thought they were just body aches from having such a huge baby in my tummy.

My contractions began tuesday night and i called the midwife unit at the hospital and they told me to have a bath and try and get some sleep! I managed too but when i woke up my contractions were every 20 mins apart and MY GOD they hurt! I kept thinking any time now i am going to be having them 3-4 mins apart and i can go to hospital and have a baby!

That wasn't the case, they went down to 10,9,7 then 5... then back up to 60 mins! That wednesday was the longest day of my life. 

I went to hospital to get checked out and i was 1CM DILATED!? I was so upset and in so much pain i couldn't sleep and just cried if i am honest.

On the Thursday I was due for an induction at 11am and i went in and was told they would hold off as i was already in labour.

Unfortunately i don't remember much more aside from being given 2 shots of pethadine (which was so helpful.... i slept) and waking up Friday morning being told i was going to the delivery suite and i was straight on the gas and air!

Fast forward again a few hours and i had my waters broken... I was so high from the gas i really don't remember much more then i suddenly threw up and i wanted to push!

I pushed for two hours and then the doctor came in to assist with forceps and at 21:22 Friday night i had my beautiful baby boy who weighed in at 9lb!

I have now decided i am going to use this space as my post baby diary with my personal experiences.

Wish I remembered more!

Kerry

Going over your due date & A new blog direction

Well, i'm still pregnant which makes me so sad because i am now 41 + 3 an i cannot believe the baby hasn't arrived yet!

During the Christmas period i had the best time but it was also not celebrated how we wanted as we were waiting for the arrival... turns out that wasn't the case!

So after a quiet end of the year we come into 2017 still baby-less!

I have now been subject to two sweeps which are the most uncomfortable thing i have ever experienced in my life and my induction has been booked!
From reading the leaflet it seems straight forward but i am absolutely petrified now! I have spent the past 41 weeks waiting for this moment and suddenly its dawned on me i am going to have a baby by the weekend... I hope!

But as i am coming to the end of my pregnancy I thought it would be a nice idea to change up my blog and now focus on being a Mum and how I can save money and sharing this with everyone!

Lets see how it goes!

Thanks

Kerry

39 Weeks Pregnant

So, i was being dramatic and my cousin said to me i should continue this blog so i am!

having a baby isn't just the pregnant stage its also the having the baby and then what happens afterwards!

I am now 39 weeks and 2 days pregnant which means i am actually in the home straight of having this baby and i wish it would happen right now!

Other then the aches and pains of my body changing preparing for labour, its very exciting feeling him move around and how low i can feel his movements too!
He's still not settled though and by that i mean his limbs are everywhere still and he doesn't feel like he's ready to come out which is nice to think i have made a nice home for him for the past 9 months but enough is enough and he has a lovely home and family to come and meet!

I am going to post a section about how i have surprised myself personally and how pregnancy just keeps throwing me curve balls!

Check back in soon,

Kerry x

38 WEEKS and saying bye to blogging....

So, today marks may 38 weeks of being pregnant so baby can come at any time which is so scary but so exciting at the same time.

but i think i am going to stop blogging now...


as it comes to the end of my pregnancy i don't feel this blog has taken off but hopefully i will get some inspiration to continue and do something else...

thanks if anyone has read continuously.

Bye for now and wish me luck

Kerry xoxo