After this baby arrives I'm going to...

[Isabelleforyourbicycle]

Eat all the banned cheese with a decent sized glass of red wine
Go to Yo sushi for some raw fish

And later...
rejoin my badminton club
Take my DD ice skating for the first time (thanks Frozen...)

Obviously these won't be immediately after the birth but I'm making my post birth bucket list.

What is, or was, on yours?

I am going to:

Paint my toenails
Shave my legs properly
Drink a nice bottle of Merlot all by myself
Go for a nice long walk without feeling like I'm going to pee myself
Sleep whatever way I want without pillows propping me up
Touch my toes

Eat nandos chicken liver- in the hospital,

Drink a rather expensive bottle of champaign we were given to toast the start of the new journey we are on

Have hot Camembert cheese & crusty bread with red wine

Drink homemade strawberry daiquiris

Wear very high stiletto heals

Have HOT HOT bath

Have drunken sex with DH

Go to the roller disco

Go to a theme park with big scarey ride before kids go back to school

Do roly polys all over the bed, just because I can.
Sleep all night without getting up for the loo (ok I accept I will be getting up for other reasons!)
Nice cold glass of bubbly.
Go for a walk at my normal racewalk speed instead of snail speed.
Wear my normal clothes again!

^ All of the above ^

Went out for dinner last night and the 2 starters I really fancied were the baked Camembert and the pate

DP had the Camembert despite never ordering such a thing in his life before. I'm sure he was winding me up while I had my sad prawn cocktail.

Hopefully I'll regain some of my lost intellectual capacity. Its been months now since I could concentrate properly or read a book.

I'm also going to:
-sleep without pillows between my legs
-turn over in bed without wanting to cry from the effort
-stop waking in the middle of the night for a snack
-stop vomiting on the way to work, that'll be nice

only 4 weeks to go!

Baked Camembert is not off the menu - especially not if you find a pasteurised one (readily available at Tesco).

I was surprised that the guidelines had loosened a bit since my last pregnancy a couple of years ago. Lots of cheese is allowed and baked Camembert is definitely a-ok.

Baked Camembert is not off the menu - especially not if you find a pasteurised one (readily available at Tesco).

I was surprised that the guidelines had loosened a bit since my last pregnancy a couple of years ago. Lots of cheese is allowed and baked Camembert is definitely a-ok.

How did I not know this??? It looked so good and I didn't think I could have as much as a dip! So so gutted. Must get myself off to tesco!

Kisses ImAMonkey

I've thought of more, (inspired by my latest cough/cold...)

Drugs - lemsip, the strongest cough mixture on earth, the medicine cabinet can open again and will be mine, all mine!

I'm fairly sure that providing it's baked all the way through you wouldn't need it to be pasteurised, but since you can buy brands that are, you may as well do so. You'll probably find any of the major supermarkets stock an pasteurised one.

Having said all this I've discovered this morning that I've piled on 12kg in 28 weeks, so I really ought to lay off cheese altogether...Comforting myself that my maternity clothes are all size 10 so it must just all have gone to my giant boobs.

Stop being the designated driver at every family do! And say cheers to myself when I sip my second glass of presseco

I have a bottle of verve cliquot champagne ready for after baby is born. First meal has got to be rare steak with chips and bernaise sauce.

I'll probably have to wait for this but the thought of it is definitely keeping me going. Oh and sleeping on my belly!

Get tipsy with my best friend in the sun drinking aperol.

Feel the clothes I used to wear fit back on my body

Slather runny cheese all over a whole box of Carrs water biscuits

Dance

Eat a raw steak and red wine with DH

Not shit pure acid

I went into Zara today and realised I have been out of the fashion loop for almost 10 months now... A good part of a year.
So looking forward to wearing actual fashionable clothes not just high waisted pregnancy jeans and standard Breton striped top.
Bring on summer!!!! Pretty dresses! Heals! Tailored tops and blouses that aren't necessarily a-line (assuming i don't look like a deflated puffer fish).

I will enjoy being able to bend down without looking like a giraffe trying to drink from a pond.

and be independent when it comes to putting on shoes & tying laces

Have good sex with dh, haven't had any this pregnancy and he soooo deserves it, he's been so patient and has taken very very good care of me.
So longing for some quality time with him.

zing giraffes indeed

Glass of red wine...maybe even mulled wine since it's a xmas baby)

Fried egg butty

and most of all...returning to pole fitness classes

Drink a second glass of wine. And a massive booze+booze cocktail like a gin martini.

Raw oysters and crusty baguette with a whole pot of pate smeared on it.

Start running again, had to give up as felt like I was going to faint even when going barely faster than walking.

I'm a bad pregnant woman, figure since I've been eating runny eggs for the past 30 years without keeling over I'm not going to have any trouble now. Same with rare steak and sushi (although haven't been eating them quite as long as my parents weren't posh enough to use them as weaning foods)