April 2017 - Walk with Suzie

28/04/2017

How to help your husband through your first trimester

I’m not all that experienced when it comes to pregnancy. I don’t know the best way to do everything (or anything) and I’ve not got it sussed. I’m still finding my way blindly through it, relying a lot on the advice and sensible words of friends, family and forums. And of course navigating my way through the first trimester with my ordered, logical, chaos-hating software developer husband has been its own form of fun and challenging.

But I’ve done the first trimester twice now. So I’m starting to get the hang of it. I’m hoping that I won’t have to do it again until I’ve made it successfully through trimesters 2 and 3 this time, but from my (limited) experience, I thought I’d pull together some “top” tips for helping your husband through the first trimester. Continue reading “How to help your husband through your first trimester”

28/04/2017

The Sound of Silence

How do you cope with silence? Do you like it? Does a silent room, or that moment when you’re walking and you suddenly realise you can’t hear any cars for once, feel you with joy? Or do you feel trapped by it, desperate to break out and make some noise? Continue reading “The Sound of Silence”

28/04/2017

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye…

This Thursday I had to do something I really didn’t want to do: I had to say goodbye to 2 people who have become a hugely significant part of my life. Of course, I’m not expecting this to be a goodbye, but rather a transition to a new phase, a long distance phase, of our friendship. But I’m really going to miss getting to do all the fun things we’ve done together, and just getting to share life together.

We’ve laughed a huge amount, introduced them to Surrey life (apparently, Latin reading competitions, Greek camp and your parents attending the queen’s cocktail party are not “standard” experiences), shown them the importance of avocados and halloumi in most meals and generally had a lot of fun together. And we’ve all learnt a lot from them as well. So, while these 2 wonderful people are very much on my mind, I’ve pulled together some greatest hits from what I’ve learnt through spending time with Michael and Amy, my favourite Northern Irish couple! Continue reading “So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye…”