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Week Thirty Six: Houston, we are engaged and ready for launch

September 10, 2010by Ben Wakeling 1 Comment

This week began by a trip to the hospital. Jess’ hands and feet had swelled so much her toes looked like they warranted their own biceps, and as well as […]

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Although she has a point.

Week Thirty Three: I’ll fetch the oil

August 20, 2010by Ben Wakeling 4 Comments

Jess had a midwife appointment this week, in which – after much very painful looking pinching and groping – the midwife told her that our baby had got his act […]

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fatherhood, parenting, pregnancy
Yeah, I know this is Christopher Walken, but this is a good indication of how their faces would have looked.

Week Thirty Two: “He just slipped out…honest.”

August 13, 2010by Ben Wakeling 2 Comments

This week we attended an antenatal home birth class down at some Quaker centre in the local town. Jess had concerns about being the largest pregnant woman there, and rightly […]

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Also, her face will probably look like this upon entry to said land.

Week Eighteen: No, sir, that’s the umbilical cord…

May 7, 2010by Ben Wakeling 21 Comments

This week we went for a private sexing scan, so we could find out what we’re having (restricted to either a boy or a girl, of course, unless something really […]

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I want a hold!

The fibs kids tell

A conversation with my baby daughter

A day in the life of my two-year-old son

Little Horrors

Santa's Watching You

Five Things You Will See At Every Nativity Play

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20 years from now

Three days on MacGregor Ward

The horror of playgroups

Potty training: easier said than done

How fortunate we are

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