CIAO EVERYONE!

MY NAME IS ZOE AND I AM 29 WEEKS PREGNANT, HURRAH!

MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND ALESSANDRO AND I ARE LIVING IN ITALY BUT FLYING HOME TO GOOD OLE ENGLAND FOR THE BIRTH OF OUR FIRST CHILD. WE CANT WAIT!

WERE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR 4D SCAN NEXT WEEK.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL EXPECTENT PARENTS

XXX

SAT 16TH FEB

31 WEEKS AND HEARTBURN HAS HIT!

WE HAVE OUR 3D SCAN ON TUESDAY SO WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT MILLY IS INFACT A GIRL!!! AFTER ALL THE PINK GIFTS AND DRESSES WEVE RECEIVED LETS HOPE OUR 23 WEEK SCAN WAS CORRECT!

BUMP IS GROWING RAPIDLY NOW WHICH I LOVE AND SHE IS STILL MOVING.

WE LISTEN TO HER HEARTBEAT DAILY WHICH IS SO REASURING.

CANT WAIT TO MEET HER.

XXX

7TH MARCH 2008

34 WEEKS AND STILL BREECH!

BUMP IS A GIRL, AMELIA !

OUR 3D SCAN WAS BRILLIANT, I HAVE FALLEN EVEN MORE IN LOVE WITH OUR ANGEL! SHE IS SOOOO BEAUTIFUL......I COULD BE A LITTLE BIASED THOUGH!

I HAD MY ANTI D INJECTION TODAY WHICH WENT WELL CONSIDERING THAT AFTER TUESDAYS BLOOD TEST I FAINTED 3 TIMES!!!! OH THE SHAME!!!

MILLY IS STILL IN BREECH POSITION AND HAS SO FAR NO INTENTION OF TURNING. WE DISCOVERED THAT SHE WAS IN BREECH POSITION ON THE 19TH FEB SO THATS ALMOST 3 WEEKS AGO. I THINK SHE IS HAPPY WHERE SHE IS! WE WILL DISCOVER IN TWO WEEKS IF WE MUST BOOK A C.SECTION OR NOT. ALL WE WANT IS A HEALTHY AND SAFE ARRIVAL, EITHER WAY!

XXX

27TH MARCH 2008

37 WEEKS PREGNANT

HURRAH! AMELIA HAS TURNED HEAD DOWN AND DROPPED A LITTLE,BUT ALAS SHE IS NOT YET ENGAGED.

WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT WE WILL SOON BE MEETING OUR LITTLE PRINCESS, WE CANT WAIT.

I AM DRINKING MY RASPBERRY LEAF TEA TO PREPARE MY UTERUS(?) AND MUNCHING ON MY PINEAPPLE BUT TO NO AVAIL!

SHE WILL MAKE AN APPERANCE WHEN SHE IS GOOD AND READY.

IM FEELING RATHER UNCOMFORTABLE AS MY TUMMY IS STRETCHED TO ITS LIMIT.......LETS HOPE SHE ARRIVES ON TIME OR I WILL POP!

OUR HOSPITAL BAGS ARE PACKED AND WAITING BY THE DOOR, JUST IN CASE!!!

OH ITS SOOOOOO EXCITING.......COME ON MILLY!

XXX

14 APRIL 2008

40 WEEKS PREGNANT!

YES, THATS CORRECT.....40 WEEKS, STILL PREGNANT AND NOT A TWINGE IN SIGHT!

WE HAVE TRIED LOTS OF LONG WALKS, EATEN LOTS OF PINEAPPLE AND HOT CURRIES, DRUNK GALLONS OF RASPBERRY TEA AND SHE IS STILL SITTING HIGH UNDER MY RIBS, LITTLE MONKEY!

SHE IS JUST TOO COSY IN THERE!

I GUESS ITS JUST A WAITING GAME NOW.

SEEING OUR MIDWIFE TOMORROW SO FINGERS CROSSED FOR SOME NEWS.

WE CANT WAIT TO MEET OUR LITTLE ANGEL!

XXX

22ND APRIL 2008!

41 WEEKS PREGNANT!

WELL, WERE STILL HERE!

UNFORTUNATLY NO BIRTH STORY TO TELL AS YET!

WE SAW OUR MIDWIFE TODAY WHO GAVE ME A MEMBRANE SWEEP WHICH WAS SUPRISINGLY UNPAINFUL.

SHE ALSO BOOKED ME IN TO BE INDUCED NEXT SUNDAY!!!!

YES THATS NEXT SUNDAY!!!! SO I WILL BE 10 DAYS OVERDUE BY THEN,

AHHHHHHHHHHH!

HOPEFULLY OUR LITTLE ANGEL WILL MAKE HER GRAND APPERANCE BEFORE THEN!

I AM OFFICIALLY THE LONGEST PREGNANT WOMAN ....EVER!

XXX

28TH APRIL

42 WEEKS!!! HELP!!!

AHHHHHHH!

YES, ITS TRUE, THIS IS OUR 42ND WEEK AND WERE STILL PREGNANT!

WE WERE BOOKED TO BE INDUCED LAST NIGHT BUT WHEN I PHONED TO CONFIRM A BED WE WERE DECLINED.

FINGERS CROSSED FOR TODAY.

OUR PRINCESS HAS STILL MADE NO ATEMPT TO APPEAR ON HER OWN, HELP, HELP, HELP!

THE NERVES ARE ALSO STARTING TO KICK IN NOW.

FINGERS CROSSED SHE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW.

YOU SEE, WERE STILL OPTIMISTIC!!!

XXX

MAY 7TH 2008

AMELIA ANN'S 1 WEEK BIRTHDAY!

HURRAH, HURRAH, HURRAH,HURRAH!

MILLY FINALLY ARRIVED LAST WEEK ON THE 1ST OF MAY, ONLY 2 WEEKS OVERDUE!!!!! SHE WAS JUST TOO COSY IN THERE!

AFTER CHECKING INTO THE HOSPITAL ON MONDAY , BEING GIVEN HORMONES TO START ME OFF,SHE STILL WAS DETERMIND TO DELAY HER GRAND ENTRANCE!!!!

ANOTHER 48 HOURS LATER SHE WAS STILL A NO SHOW SO WATERS WERE BROKEN AND HORMONE DRIP INCREASED.

FINALLY AFTER A GLORIOUS EPIDURAL THE ACTION BEGAN.

BEING BLESSED WITH THE MIDWIFE FROM HEAVEN MILLY WAS OUT IN EIGHT PUSHES TO GREET HER PROUD DADDY!

WEIGHING 7LBS 10 AND 14'.

UNFORTUNATLY A LITTLE WEEZY AND BLUE SHE WAS TAKEN TO INTENSIVE CARE WHERE SHE REMAINED FOR 3 DAYS, THEN ONTO THE WARD WITH HER MUMMY AND DADDY.

NOW OUR PRINCESS IS FINALLY HOME AFTER OUR WEEK LONG STAY AND WE CAN BEGIN FAMILY LIFE.

MUMMY IS FEELING GREAT. STICHES NO PROBLEM, CHEST BIG ...... WELL, JUST BIG!!!

SHE SURE LIKES TO EAT!

SHE IS SOOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE JOY AND ADORATION AS I DO WITH MY NEW LITTLE FAMILY.

WISHING ALL YOU NEW MUMS AND MUMS TO BE ALL THE LOVE AND LUCK IN THE WORLD!

MUMMY,DADDY AND AMELIA XXX