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If you read my very last pregnancy update, you would have known that Evie was late. I shouldn’t say ‘late’ – the due date is just a guess date, really, and 95% of babies don’t come on their due dates….
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You know, for some reason I was quite convinced that this baby would come early. I don’t know why, but I had it in my mind that we wouldn’t quite make it to 40 weeks and we’d be holding our little…
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I’m not going to lie. Travelling while pregnant is definitely quite different compared to what I’m used to. I’ve been on a few trips since being pregnant and have flown in every single trimester, taking both long-haul flights as well as shorter domestic trips. Some flights…
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When you reach the point in your pregnancy when you need to pack your hospital bag, things definitely start to feel VERY real! I started to think about packing it around week 34 but it took me a few weeks…
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So I’ve officially been pregnant for eight months! Eight whole months. Wow. I feel like it’s both absolutely flown by but also like I’ve been pregnant forever. Weird, huh? Both this pregnancy and the season of ‘life before kids’ is coming…
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It feels so surreal to have ticked over into the third trimester. I can’t quite believe we’ve now entered the final stretch of this pregnancy – our little one will be here before we know it! This month we started…
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Now that I’m in the third trimester (whaaat), one of the questions I’m getting the most is what my maternity leave plans are. To be honest, this wasn’t something I really thought about at all during the first part of…
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And just like that, I’m in the last month of my second trimester! I’ve got to say, the second trimester has been altogether pretty lovely. Aside from hurting my back while I was in the USA and a few other niggles…
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Let’s call this month ‘the switch’. As you guys know, I’ve had my fair share of anxiety so far in this pregnancy. But once we’d had our 20-week scan and got confirmation that our little love was perfectly healthy, everything…
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I'm Rachel and The Department of Wandering is a travel and lifestyle blog. Join me as I journey through our world and navigate my new life as a mum.
