Baby Leonardo is finally here.. and he could not be more precious!
Falling in love again..
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10 reasons why I could be pregnant forever
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I cannot help but look at myself in the mirror and just LOVE this perfect round bump!
I am literally in love with it as it looks so perfect and I feel so good! I will be 22 weeks next Tuesday and I wish this time of my life could last much much longer! Why is pregnancy only lasting 9 months?!?! Such a pity..
Anyway these are my reasons why I love being pregnant:
- The look in my relatives faces when I gave them the news was priceless
- I have never been sick or being nauseous (sorry Kate I know it must be terrible experiencing this hyperemesis gravidarum)
- I don’t have swollen feet or ankles (not yet at least)
- Boobs are definitely much MUCH bigger!
- The feeling of my baby’s little kicks is precious
- Looking at Bee kissing my bump goodnight is the cutest thing EVER
- Looking at my bump and realise there is a tiny person
- Listening to my baby heartbeat
- Indulging in my cravings without feeling guilty (especially capers at 12am!)
- NEVER feeling alone
Awww I’m so in love!
Mommies jumping off the space
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The other night I watched an amazing, touching, emotional documentary about Felix Baumgartner the man who jumped 24 miles in a rapid descent to earth from the edge of space.
I found it interesting to watch how the documentary showed his real fears and his feeling in the preparation of the jump and it was emotional to see how even tough brave men can feel fear to embrace the unknown.
Only toward the end of the program I started to think that yes he did something really amazing BUT don’t women do something INCREDIBLY amazing and challenging, unknown, scary and unique when they give birth? It think it goes unnoticed as it happens so often that it is now kind of taken for granted. And I can tell you there is nothing expected in giving birth!
So I decided to draft a few reasons why giving birth can be compared to this historic freefall and be probably even more challenging:
– Felix had years of preparation to be fully ready for the jump and he had a bunch of professional people giving him support. We mommies get 4 antenatal classes;
– Before the official jump Felix had 2 test jumps we don’t get any test birth;
– Felix suffered from claustrophobia due to his pressurized suit. Pregnant women can suffer all sort of symptoms sometimes constantly for 9 months.
– It took 4 hours for the capsule to reach the edge of space. It can take days for a woman to reach her total dilation and be ready to push;
– The actual jump from the space lasted just over 4 minutes. The actual pushing stage can go on for hours;
For my next birth I’m planning to ask Redbull to sponsor me.
Baby avocado
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Here we are, I promised you a post about what happened in the last few weeks and why I have been taking away from my blog and been concentrating elsewhere.
In a way I spent the last few weeks looking after a vegetable garden as it seems I have gone through different stages of growing both vegetables and fruits. I have to say it has been quite tough and worrying at times but finger crossed I’ve reached a stage where I can now relax and just wait for the results of what I have “planted”.
For my birthday my husband gave me an hydroponic system which is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil.
I wont need to buy live herbs plants every two weeks as this system is tested to ensure you full grow plants that last FOREVER. Brilliant just brilliant especially if like me you like cooking using the unique taste of fresh herbs.
You would probably think.. that’s not a big deal to be worried about and it is definitely not a good reason to neglect a blog. True but I HAVE NOT finished to tell you.. I’ve been busy growing something else..
So first I was growing a poppy seed. After two more weeks it was an apple seed, then a sweet pea, a blueberry, a raspberry, a green olive, then a prune, a lime, a peach, a lemon, an orange and you can now BREAAAAAATHE .
I told you I’ve been busy growing a full bunch of vegetables and fruits or at least that was the feeling when I was reading… MY PREGNANCY UPDATES!
YES!
I’m expecting a Bubu 2… and I could not be happier!!!
It is funny how you can forget so easily how you felt the first time so this time around I was freaking out as I didn’t have any symptoms whatsoever (some would say lucky) and I was thinking that something wasn’t right..that’s why I didn’t feel like writing anything on my blog as my mind was just obsessed to thing about the baby and I wasn’t sure I wanted to see my worries written somewhere.
Now I’m 16 weeks pregnant and going back to vegetables comparisons, my little baby is the size of an avocado which is 4.6 in. To be honest I’ve never seen such a small avocado but hey I believe avocados here are different from the ones we got in Italy 🙂
Will keep you updated! On both baby and vegetables 😉
