Delivery Suite It was 5:30am on 28th December 2019. The midwife came through to Pebbles to take her onto the labour ward and into a delivery suite, and I was called shortly after. I was in the room with Pebbles at 6am. Up, showered, out and at the hospital in 30 mins. Impressive, if I … Continue reading The Birth Of Baby Rouan: Part Two
Pregnancy I had a strong idea of what to expect of the birth and Pebbles had a strong idea of how she wanted the birth to go. Natural birth, in hospital, no epidural – I had no idea I was marrying a masochist. She wanted it to be as natural as possible, to feel as … Continue reading The Birth Of Baby Rouan: Part One
Today is 28th February (as of writing). We got the keys to our first house on Valentine's Day. Hence the silence on this blog. We had our offer accepted on the house mid-June 2019, and since then have been fighting tooth and nail to keep the sale from falling through while being messed around constantly. … Continue reading It’s Been A Hectic Couple Of Weeks
I want nothing more than to be as involved and supportive as possible in Rouan's life, but life doesn't share the same desire. I took three weeks off when Rou was born - two weeks paternity leave and a weeks annual leave added onto the end of it. I did this to preempt a situation … Continue reading It’s Easy To Feel Helpless – But It Gets Better
Short answer - really bad. Long answer - reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally bad. Every single piece of advice from other parents that comes your way before the baby is born, is a form of, "get ready to be tired", or, "best get banking that sleep". I had a basic understanding of what it was going to be like, … Continue reading Sleep Deprivation – How Bad Is It?
First off, when I say "our pregnancy", I mainly mean Pebbles' pregnancy. I didn't have to change my diet, didn't suddenly have a weight dragging down the front of my body, my hips weren't trying to separate like Britain from the EU - I essentially got off scot-free (there's a Scotland independence joke in there … Continue reading What Our Pregnancy Was Like
There is no amount of advice or practice that will fully prepare you for becoming a dad, but the more you try to learn beforehand, the easier it'll be. So here are 5 things I never expected and wished I had prepared for a bit more thoroughly. 1) Birth is emotional When Rouan was born … Continue reading 5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Becoming A Dad
Welcome to the first post on this blog! Thank you very much for giving it a quick read! I'll use this post to explain more about what I'm doing and why. As it says in the 'About Me' section, I recently became a Dad (hell yeah I'm capitalising that) for the first time. Since then … Continue reading And we’re off!
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