Susiemcbeth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 136 )

• Meet Treat!

  

  What do you do with an old pair of trousers, an even olderpair of PJ bottoms that your dog has kindly eaten the butt out of (don’t ask)and some needle and... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Year, Another Adventure!

  

  I am sitting here on the sofa, laptop on lap with my twinssitting in their bouncy chairs in front of me. Indigo is sound asleep in a milkcoma and River is... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• To Whom It May Concern

  Dear Santa,Hope you are well that you have remembered to add Indigo River's names to your list (the nice one - though I do realise it was looking a bit dice... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Burst of Sunshine in the Cold of Winter

  

  So the most gorgeous thing happened to me a couple of days ago. Indigo and River smiled at me. Not a tiny little windy half-smile like they have been doing for ... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Getting to Know You...getting to Know All About You...

  

  I’ve been taggedby the awesome Erin (@PhoenixMrsB) to complete the following ten questions. Here are the rules:Answer the ten questions.Tag someone to do the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The 20’s Called and They Want Their Trumpet Back

  

  Greetings from the mystical land of Sleep Depriva! A place where REM sleep goes to die and sleeping for longer than a couple of hours is grounds for getting... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Welcome to the World Indigo & River!!!!

  

  Well my last postabout being a ticking time bomb turned out to be very true. My lovely beautifultwins were born by emergency caesarean section on the 17... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Feel Like a Ticking Time Bomb!

  

  I am now 35 weekspregnant and it feels great to have reached this week. I have read about somany twin pregnancies that have not lasted nearly as long, so I am... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mind the Bump (Vol. 4)

  

  I am now 34 weeks pregnant and just when I thought Icouldn’t get any bigger – I did! It amazes me that my belly will keep ongrowing. I feel like a house under... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Back to School

  On Saturday, me and Rob went to our first antenatal class.It was a butt numbing 3 hour long session, split into four parts. The firstpart covered labour, from... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sweet September

  

  I woke up this morning wondering if this will be the monththat I will get to meet my twins. The doctors have all said that it is unlikely that I willget past th... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hello Sickness My Old Friend...

  

  It is like I have been visited by the ghost of trimesters past. My morning sickness and heartburn has returned with a vengeance. So not fun! Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Susie & the Beanstalks

  

  I am now 32 weeks pregnant and I had my penultimate growth scan today and I am happy to report that the mystery over the sex of twin 1 has been solved.Twin 1... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Little Miss Sunshine

  

  I have had such a lovely week. The twins have been kicking up a storm inside my belly as usual, letting me know that yes, they are definitely in there. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Listen with the Twins...

  So, quite often I like to play music to the twins. Although I don’t usually play them the stereotypical Bach or Mozart or any of the other classical giants, I d... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mind the Bump (Vol. 3)

  

  I am now 30 weeks pregnant! My bump is bigger and more awesome than ever (it feels a bit like, and looks a bit like I have swallowed a giant dinosaur egg - I... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Know You’re Pregnant When... (Vol. 3)

  You sit down at a booth in a restaurant and find that your bump can’t fit behind the table (at the same time both awkward and embarrassing!! Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down

  Well I hate to break it to you Mary Poppins but this time you are wrong!Yesterday I had my Glucose Tolerance Test (“GTT”) to check whether I had gestational... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Tip of the Hat to Victorian Modesty...

  

  I am now 28 weeks pregnant and I had my 2nd growth scan today. I was really hoping to settle the question of whether twin 1 is a boy or a girl. Alas... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dip Me in a Vat of Toxic Substance - I'm Done!

  Can you turn into a super villain from lack of sleep? OMG! Since Sunday I have been waking up at 3am due to being too uncomfortable to sleep (due to the complet... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION