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15.Our.Race.Horse

This week I had another midwife appointment and it was the first time that I heard our baby’s heartbeat on the Doppler and OMG I am in...

14.Hello.World

Week 14 was a big one - Full pace with excitement that went to 100 real quick! Firstly I officially survived the first trimester and this...

13.Emotions.In.Overdrive.

Wow I know they say that pregnancy is an emotional roller coaster but week 13, WOW. Hitting the 13th week combined with a pink moon...

12.Nics.First.Scan.

I have been waiting for week 12 to come along for what feels like forever, a lot of big milestones happened this week and I can't...

11.Fifty.Shades.Of.Grey.

Don't get too excited I'm not going all Ana & Christian on ya :P Not that type of blog haha! But for real who knew there were actually 50...

10.Testing.My.Strength.

This week has been pretty horrific for me - I'm prone to migraines but I have now experienced my first cluster. 6 Migraines in 5 days and...

9.The.Best.Secret.Ever.

I have two beautiful, amazing, kick-ass best friends - Meeks & Alf and you thought we collectively would have learnt by now that you...

8.Conquering.The.Crossing.

So this week was Easter and a long weekend was exactly what I needed - A few days away from trying to cope in the corporate world while...

7.My.Midwife.

Choosing a midwife can be hard, and the crazy thing is they book up so fast to the point where it leaves you wondering if people book...

6.Heartbeat.

This week everything for me became real, although the symptoms are all there seeing your little home inside me and the flicker of that...

5.The.Hangover.Begins.

BOOM bang on 5 weeks the nausea kicks in - I knew it would happen as lets just say my bodys way of dealing with things is headaches & to...

4.Welcome.Nana.&.Poppa.

The exciting thing this week was telling our immediate families the news, for the Hekkens side this will be the first grand-baby so you...

3.That.Holey.Shit.Moment.

Who would have thought two pink lines could change your life in an instant. As soon as they appeared I peed on another 3 sticks just to...

2.Baby.Making.

Laymans terms - Week 1 is calculated from the first day of your last period, marking the day of a new cycle - This means your are...

1.Learning.Those.Three.Letters.

Who would have known there is firstly 3-letter acronyms for everything in the baby making world and secondly that making a baby isn't as...

0.Hi.I'm.Ash.

A born and raised an Auckland girl making her way through life and the path it leads me down. As a little girl my dream was to grow up,...

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