Bump Shoot

I finally got round to doing a quick two hour bump shoot...and I'm so glad my friends made me do it. Because modelling is my job, shooting outside of work is never looked at as a fun thing to do. However, this was a so worth doing, and I actually loved shooting bump and being able to artistically direct the shoot so it was very much my style. I shot with a very good friend of mine Hanna Hillier, click on her name to check out her website, she is AMAZING. To be fair she's a beauty/fashion photographer so I love her very much for doing these shots for me !

If anyone isn't sure whether to do a bump shoot or not, I would strongly suggest doing it, because as my good friend said, once the bumps gone, its not coming back so having them as a memento is really cool. Obviously you don't have to go full nudey rudey if you don't want to, I just wanted some beautiful classic pregnancy pictures as well as some more edgier ones. Also, you don't have to shoot full nude, I was wearing a thong and just photoshopped it out ! I also didn't fork out for hair and makeup, I wanted to look like ME, so I just went with my hair pretty natural and my everyday makeup...of course if you want to go all out, go for it, its a good excuse for a pamper morning!!

Here is a sneak peak of some of my favourite shots...

Birth centre or Home birth

Ok, so over the last few weeks I've been having a slight dilemma. Where to give birth...

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Hello month 9 ... wow! What can I say. This has been the most beautiful, empowering and intense experience of my life. Everyday, from the day I found out, my body has not ceased to amaze me, and no doubt this will continue until, during and after birth.

Little Wrigglers

Does your babies really have a movement pattern in the third trimester ? Well isn't this the million dollar question. From 28 weeks your midwife will tell you to get to know your little ones movements and get checked out for any reduced movements or change in the pattern. Now quite honestly this is easier said than done!! My bubba has a very loose pattern in terms of what times s/he is most active, however what I have noticed is that when I'm active s/he is still-ish and when I'm sat still & peacefully s/he will start wriggling around. As well as this, when I eat or drink thats more than likely to start the movements off again.

34 Weeks

Well wow, 34 weeks down, 6 to go. I haven't written a weekly update every week for the fear of boring you all since this final stretch is all about nesting and getting everything ready for baby, which I must say I really only started this week !!

Hospital Bag Essentials

With my due date creeping up on me quickly, I thought it was about time to speak about what to pack in your hospital bag. Now since I can only go off what I've researched online I thought I'd reach out once again to my squad of new mums & find out what their top 5+ hospital bag essentials were... these aren't all the standard must haves, but any extra things they thought were worth taking !!

Peanut

Hi ladies, so I thought I'd share the great experience I've had with the app PEANUT. The easiest way to describe this app, is tinder for mums-to-be and mums. Living in the city and being one of the first of my group of friends to have a baby I was looking for ways to meet like minded women who shared similar interests and were also pregnant or had just had a baby. Lots of women go to NCT classes to purely meet women in their area who are expecting, however I couldn't justify spending £300+ just to meet other mums-to-be. So after a little research I found the app peanut. So you basically make a profile, enter you neighbourhood, your kids ages/ or weeks into pregnancy, 3 things that best describe you, photos (if you want) and a short bio. Then you basically swipe through other women's profiles and either pass or wave. If you both wave at each other it will bring up a chat so you can start a convo and meet up if you get along.

Baby Shower

On Sunday I had my baby shower, and it was everything I wanted it to be ... I was lucky enough to have it planned for me so I just had to turn up and enjoy! I really am so blessed and lucky, baby got completely spoilt by my beautiful friends and family.

Group B Strep Test

It came to my attention a few weeks ago about a test that is not available on the NHS and rarely mentioned or spoken about by midwifes or healthcare providers. This is the Group B Strep test. I delve a little further into what is it, why its worth doing, and how you can test yourself for a mere £35.