Pregnancy Diaries

Dad's Pregnancy Diary: Once more into the breech?

By James Moore, Apr 25, 2012

The last few weeks of pregnancy are a topsy turvy waiting game. And as Easter came and went we realised the clock was ticking loudly to B-Day and we began to wonder if, unlike our last child, this boy was getting himself in right position for delivery - head down.

Dad's Pregnancy Diary: Pains, trains and automobiles

By James Moore, Mar 30, 2012

It couldn't last...with just over two months to go our relatively peaceful household has descended into chaos, even before the baby arrives. First our two-year old fell ill with a bad virus, then I got it too and then my wife's mother, who travelled up to our house to help, got it worst of all.

Dad's Pregnancy Diary: Boosting baby?

By James Moore, Feb 28, 2012

The thing about having children – and going through pregnancy – is that you find yourself doing some really rather odd things. Well, at least I do. Last week, for some reason, my first son and I gathered in close round the now ballooning bump singing 'Oranges and Lemons' to his Royal Roundness.

Dad's Pregnancy Diary: Bumping along

By James Moore, Feb 6, 2012

"Why is the baby kicking? Kicking's bad!" said my son, when our unborn second started some gymnastics inside his mother's tummy last week. This is just one of the many questions I have had difficulty answering from my two and a half year old as we count down the weeks to our new arrival.

Dad's pregnancy diary: A question of sex

By James Moore, Jan 17, 2012

There has only been one topic of discussion in our house this week – sex! Once upon a time it might have been about where or how to do it. These days conversations about sex are almost solely about whether our baby is going to be a boy or a girl.

Dad's pregnancy diary: A heartening sound

By James Moore, Dec 13, 2011

NINE out of 10 fathers are now present at the birth of their child. In my dad's day it was very different. He was at my birth, but can't recall anything much about my mum being pregnant. Perhaps he was too busy painting everything in their first home a nice shade of 1970s purple to notice.

Dad's pregnancy diary: The 12 week scan

By James Moore, Nov 28, 2011

It may be a grainy, flickering image – but I reckon watching your unborn baby on a monitor at the 12 week scan beats any TV show ever!

Dad's pregnancy diary: Sympathy pains

By James Moore, Nov 14, 2011

The second instalment of our new pregnancy diary - from the dad's point of view... "One in the oven"; "up the duff"; "preggers"; "in the family way". There are so many silly phrases used for expecting a child.

NEW Dad's pregnancy diary: The Blob

By James Moore, Oct 31, 2011

Our dad-to-be shares his pregnancy ups and downs as he prepares to be a father

Week 36: Birth-day

By Farah Ishaq, Aug 9, 2011

Dumped when pregnant and facing motherhood alone, follow mum-to-be Farah Ishaq's bumpy journey to motherhood. On 30th December V arrived!

Week 35: The countdown

By Farah Ishaq, Aug 2, 2011

Dumped when pregnant and facing motherhood alone, follow mum-to-be Farah Ishaq's bumpy journey to motherhood. This week she is given a harsh deadline...

Week 34: Scans and steroids

By Farah Ishaq, Jul 26, 2011

Dumped when pregnant and facing motherhood alone, follow mum-to-be Farah Ishaq's bumpy journey to motherhood. This week she prepares for a premature baby