To TTC or not to TTC, that is one of the many questions...

Dear god! Why are we even having this conversation? We must be out of our minds to even consider it.

It gets better. The bit that stuck with me was when she is sent to have a shower, post birth. She feels what has happened to her lady-bits and faints.

"It has been 45 minutes since I realised that I could not do this any more,' she writes of her wait for an epidural anaesthetic, 'that the pain I had been riding was about to ride over me, and I needed something to get back on top, or I would be destroyed by it, I would go under - in some spiritual and very real sense, I would die."

Shudder!

Making Babies

Indeed! I was at a mag which was the sister publication of You and Your Wedding which then got relaunched as Cosmo Bride, hence the Cosmo connection.

Being a beauty ed is FAB - the freebies are incredible! It's even better than being a travel ed as you don't have constant jet lag and have to spend all your time at 5 star hotels smiling politely at PR people.

OMG, Cosmo Bride???? Seriously, C, Ive been a mag addict since I was 12! My dream would be to sod cardiovascular research and do in depth foundation tests for In Style. Maybe in my next life! Or the one after that because next time I want to be a ballet dancer.

Just looking at reviews and looking forward to reading it. I think... Will Google the one you mentioned too HP (although won't order it just yet, might get carried away!)

I have it in my basket on Amazon, and didn't know whether to read it or not. I do have 'Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood' by Anne Enright. It's in the same vein, and is a bit controversial too. The description of labour and the lack of sleep is chilling.

I'd be very interested in hearing your thoughts on it, confused. I should warn you though, it is not exactly therapeutic reading for ditherers! I pull it out and have a read whenever I get too green for my own liking!

Too much for a wedding mag, unfortunately. Work a bit for Cosmo Bride and it's even too much for that!

Red soles I like. Not that I own any, mind, but I do love the look. Only wish I could wear heels in a effortless way instead of looking as if I have my mum's shoes on...

I'd rather have the Louboutins, black patent round toed court with lipstick red soles

Go ahead, pinch away, there is a lot if source material you could base it on! One of my favourites thread quotes is 'Id like a baby but I also like having full control of my bowels'. Or maybe that's a bit much for a wedding mag?

Have just bought it on Amazon. Watch this space...

Because it's ever so slightly disturbing and I wondered if any of the other ditherers had come across it. It's Naomi Woolf's account of her pregnancy, childbirth and the impact becoming a mother had on her identity and her marriage.

looks interesting

Nope but will Google it now. Why do you ask?

Out of interest, has anybody read Misconceptions by Naomi Wolf?

Manolo's are the SATC shoes, not Louboutins. Dah-lings

Am liking your idea and am going to steal it immediately. Beats writing about the differences between buffets and sit down meals (my brain has melted I think!)

Am currently watchhing the prog on the Blitz so bit distracted.

No. It's crap. It lists all the good points to being a parent, then all the bad points (which I totally knew) and then says 'ok, good luck with your decision'. I wanted them to simply answer the question they posed in the title.

Also, don't go into bookshops, buy from Amazon. Then DH doesn't need to know. Although I'm pretty sure mine wrote 'no' under the book title.

You see I am totally unsuited for the glamour role, I have no idea what shoes have red soles and briefly thought HP wanted 100 pairs of the same shoe.

What's "Do I Want to Be a Mom"? Should I read it? DH usually steers me out of the baby section in the bookshop.

According to general life-plan dogma, the next step after the wedding is the baby

When I was buying wedding mags I would have been very interested in a comprehensive article on The Next Step, subheading 'when should you have the baby talk?'. In fact, I would pay good money for an entire book on the subject. In fact I did, if you'll recall, my 'Do I Want To Be a Mom' waste of £7.99. And it didn't even tell me what to do!

Is there a career path for you to follow? Eg work up the editor jobs?

I could totally be said character, except I hope Confused would type me as 100% more beautiful and the owner of many pairs of a certain red soled shoe.

I's definitely read it. I take it our heroine is a slightly unhinged 30 something female bench scientist who spends slightly too much time online?

Hey, that's the appeal. Far more interesting than unattainable glamour.

Unfortunately.

Not sure I would want to be a character in said piece, concerned that general public might think me unhinged rather than glamorous.

Area of expertise is weddings - plenty of mileage but plenty of people doing same thing. Also, while I do some freelance work it's not nearly enough to keep me in the manner of which I'd like to be accustomed...

As for the Carrie Bradshaw likeness - I'd kill for her ability to look amazing in a pair of knickers and a vest top, but not alas, for her writing ability...!

There is a lot of milage in the 30 something baby dilemma and I can give it a go, but not holding breath (seem to be doomed to write about seating plans and / or bridesmaids forever more!)