"A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months,
in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die." - Mary Mason
Being pregnant can be the most exciting, wonderful time, the scariest, most worrying time, or the time when you just feel sick and fat. Whichever it is for you, whether it is your 1st time or this is your 4th child, welcome to online mum.
I’ve posted this video for 1 reason only – it is so funny!
Every time I watch it, it makes me laugh so much. She sings about the ‘joys’ of childbirth, in a way that is true yet is funny. You may have seen it before, but you never tire of watching a classic again!
Myself and my boyfriend wanted a baby, so this was easy for us. We watched the pregnancy test together and waited for that little blue line. If on the other hand becoming pregnant has been a bit of a shock and telling him is the next big shock, how can you go about it? Read more »
Online Mum chats to first time dad Dan. He has a young son and lives with his partner. I wanted to know how he felt about becoming a dad for the first time. Was he scared or happy did he worry or just breeze through his partners pregnancy?
There is no reason why you shouldn’t still have your holiday just because you are pregnant. However you do need to check out some extra things, and take more precautions. In ALL cases, take advice from your doctor or midwife. It is ALWAYS better to be safe than sorry.
What do contractions feel like? I had no idea. I asked a friend of mine who had 2 children. She said it started off feeling like period pain. That seemed easy!
I woke up at 6 in the morning 9 days after baby was due, with an achy period pain. I can’t really describe where the pain was, it was kind of between the top of my legs and bottom of my belly. After a minute or so it went. Half an hour later it returned. The same pattern carried on, I just thought I was achy. My partner said “You are in labour” I was sure I wasn’t. But he was right. The pain got slowly worse, and felt like my insides were tightening and loosening. You could tell when it was going to happen. It built up. Read more »
