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    I knew, even before I became a midwife, that when I knew, even before I became a midwife, that when the time came to having babies, I wanted to breastfeed. 🥰 Over the years, I have seen so many women struggle so much and need help and support, so now, I feel even more lucky that we seem to be managing so well on our own breastfeeding journey. 💕 Evie is a little Milk Monster and seems so settled feeding too (as this photo from Saturday morning - just 7 days old - shows!) 👶🏼 No, it’s not been easy, but it is already such a hugely rewarding and wonderful experience and something I hope I will never take for granted! 💕 I’m sure there are more challenges to come, but so far, I am loving it, and I think she is too! 🥰 It is definitely a choice and not for everyone, and I fully acknowledge that I am very lucky that it seems to be going so well; and that I am so well supported by my wonderful husband @matt.griff90 - honestly, couldn’t ask for more! 💕
    Cannot get enough of these two - needless to say, Cannot get enough of these two - needless to say, Evie is absolutely smitten with her daddy, and her daddy is completely in love with her. 🥰 Could stare at them all day! I didn’t know I could love you any more @matt.griff90, but seeing you becoming a daddy; I love you more every day! 🥰
    To be looked after in labour by your colleagues is To be looked after in labour by your colleagues is one thing; to be looked after in labour by your friends is something else! 🥰 Labour with Evie was by far the hardest, most intense, most challenging, most empowering, most scary and most exciting thing I’ve done in my life; and I can honestly say that despite the rollercoaster that labour is, I truly felt that both me and Evie were safe and so well cared for throughout (and after!) thanks to the amazing work of these three incredible women; @kerrymartin797, @_ellie.stokes and Donna (who I don’t think has insta!) 💕 They supported me through contractions alongside @matt.griff90, they took some absolutely stunning photos, they reassured me when I genuinely didn’t think I could do it, they helped me in so many ways both during labour and after, they monitored Evie throughout making sure she was coping ok (and nearly joined me in the pool in doing so!😂) and advocated for my birth choices no questions asked. They even taught matt how to change a newborn nappy as Evie arrived before we had a chance to have our “baby care” antenatal class! ❤️ The word “midwife” means “with woman” and these incredible ladies truly were 100% with me throughout and I cannot thank them enough! 🥰💕🥰
    Our perfect little girl 🥰💕🥰 Our perfect little girl 🥰💕🥰
    I always knew that @matt.griff90 would be amazing I always knew that @matt.griff90 would be amazing in labour; after all, he looks after me and supports me in everything I do already, so why would labour be any different? 🥰 Labour was totally different. This was so much more than support, he was my absolutely rock throughout, even in moments where he was struggling too; telling me that I could do it even when every fibre of my being told me I couldn’t. ❤️ He was my rock, my strength, my advocate and the absolute best birth partner I could have imagined! (He’s not laughing at me in the first picture, but more my apparent newfound potty-mouth in labour!) 🤬 Thank you @matt.griff90, my wonderful husband, and now daddy to our perfect little Evie - I didn’t think I could love you any more, and then you helped me do the most powerful thing I’ve ever done, and for that I love you even more that I could ever imagine! 🥰 Photos taken by our wonderful midwives, who will be getting the next mention, once I’ve got some well earned caffeine in my system! 🥰
    We have some exciting news to share! 🥰 This is We have some exciting news to share! 🥰 This is our perfect baby girl, Evie, who was born last night at 22.25 after a very intense and very quick labour, weighing 7lb 9oz, nearly 3 weeks before her due date! 💕 We are back at home now, very tired but so delighted and enjoying every minute of snuggling up with our baby girl! 💕👶🏼💕
    Still feeling completely overwhelmed from all the Still feeling completely overwhelmed from all the love at our baby shower yesterday! 💕🤰🏼 Baby girl has been totally spoilt with all her prezzies and we truly had the absolute best time! Our baby is just going to be the luckiest girl around with such amazing family and friends who love her so much already! 🥰 Pregnancy hormones definitely at a peak! Thank you all so much for coming!! 💕🥰💕
    The best day today celebrating our Baby Shower wit The best day today celebrating our Baby Shower with special friends and family! 💕🤰🏼 We ate fantastic food from @allaboutthecooks and delicious cake from @cakesandbakes_bycharlotte - yum!! 🥰🎂 It was so lovely to catch up with everyone and baby girl has been super spoilt with so many prezzies!! 🎁 We are so lucky to be surrounded with such wonderful friends and family - thank you all for coming and sharing such a special day with us! 🤰🏼🥰💕
    Dealing with the heat in pregnancy has been a whol Dealing with the heat in pregnancy has been a whole new challenge this week. 🤰🏼 Despite cold drinks, ice cream, fans, light clothing and all the rest I still find myself struggling at the moment in this heatwave; with the worst yet to come! 🥴 I need to keep reminding myself that my body is doing something incredible; I’m literally growing a human, and If that means I need to sit down a bit more or take a few more breaks in my day or tick off a few less things on my to-do list each day, that’s ok! 😊 Sending ice cold hugs to any other pregnant mamas out there; it ain’t easy right now, but we’ve got this!! 💕Around a month until your due date now little one; we can’t wait to meet you! 🥰 [photo from last week when the temperature went up again, but I’m literally wearing the same outfit again today; just trying to keep myself and bump cool!] [please forgive the drying rack in the background!]
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    I am so excited to share this one with you guys; definitely a labour of love - this is part one of our nursery transformation! Our third bedroom has been Matt's office for the last 18 months and now it has been transformed from a plain white box (literally as it was when we moved into our new build house in September 2020) into the perfect nursery for our baby girl! Tune in next week for Part Two including the building of all our nursery furniture, putting up the new curtain pole and some shelves, and adding the STUNNING decals to finish off the room - as well as the big reveal! - FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO MDF, filler, and everything matt used for the custom panelling (which he did himself) as well as all rollers, paint trays and brushes - B&Q - https://www.diy.com Paint - Valspar Sweet Genius (Pink) - https://www.valsparpaint.co.uk/colours/pre-selected-colours/reds/sweet-genius/ Paint - Valspar Magic Touch (Off White) - https://www.valsparpaint.co.uk/colours/pre-selected-colours/whites/magic-touch/ - Camera and Editing: Filmed on: Canon G7x Mark ii - https://amzn.to/3ycA4pl Mini handheld tripod: https://amzn.to/35v9QmX Edited with iMovie Sound Effects and Commission-Free music from Epidemic Sound - Get a 1 month free trial here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/uicrji/ - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rosiegriff1n Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rosiegriff1n Blog: http://www.agirlonajourney.com Email: girlonajourney1@gmail.com - A bit about me: I am 32 years old and live with my wonderful now-husband who I married in June 2021! I am also currently in my third trimester of pregnancy, expecting a baby girl in August 2022. I am a tea-drinker, a foodie, a dog-mum to a beautiful Sprollie called Murphy, and a lover of theatre and music. I qualified as a Midwife in September 2019 and have been working as a fully qualified Midwife at a UK hospital since October 2019. I run a blog over at http://www.agirlonajourney.com, in which I have documented my training to be a midwife as well as all things lifestyle, food and wedding. I continue to post regularly on there so please do check it out! - *All views are my own* *Links included in the video or description may include affiliate links*
    NURSERY TRANSFORMATION VLOG - PART ONE | Transforming our 3rd bedroom from an office to a nursery!
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    I am so excited to finally share our babymoon vlog! We went to Pelagos Suites Hotel (Link below) in Kos, Greece, for a week when I was 26 weeks pregnant. Our first trip abroad since the pandemic and our last before the arrival of our baby girl!! I've finished work for maternity leave now so am looking forward to sharing a lot more pregnancy related content with you all, including our nursery transformation, packing my hospital bag and more!! - MENTIONED OR FEATURED IN THE VIDEO Pelagos Suites Hotel - https://www.thomascook.com/holidays/greece/kos/lambi/pelagos-suites-hotel-28064/ Maternity Bikini - https://www.seraphine.com/en-gb/navy-white-stripe-print-maternity-bikini-with-foldover-bottoms/ Maternity Swimming Costume - https://www.seraphine.com/en-gb/nautical-tie-back-maternity-swimsuit-22/ Striped Maternity Dress - https://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0959066008.html - Camera and Editing: Filmed on: Canon G7x Mark ii - https://amzn.to/3ycA4pl Mini handheld tripod: https://amzn.to/35v9QmX Edited with iMovie Sound Effects and Commission-Free music from Epidemic Sound - Get a 1 month free trial here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/uicrji/ - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rosiegriff1n Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rosiegriff1n Blog: http://www.agirlonajourney.com Email: girlonajourney1@gmail.com - A bit about me: I am 32 years old and live with my wonderful now-husband who I married in June 2021! I am also currently in my third trimester of pregnancy, expecting a baby girl in August 2022. I am a tea-drinker, a foodie, a dog-mum to a beautiful Sprollie called Murphy, and a lover of theatre and music. I qualified as a Midwife in September 2019 and have been working as a fully qualified Midwife at a UK hospital since October 2019. I run a blog over at http://www.agirlonajourney.com, in which I have documented my training to be a midwife as well as all things lifestyle, food and wedding. I continue to post regularly on there so please do check it out! - *All views are my own* *Links included in the video or description may include affiliate links*
    KOS BABYMOON VLOG | Our Babymoon to Pelagos Suites Hotel, Kos | 26 Weeks Pregnant
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    Here it is you guys, after a tough First Trimester, I wanted to share with you the things that really helped me through - my absolute must-haves, including some things you really wouldn't necessarily expect so early in pregnancy! I hope these recommendations help - can't wait to share more with you guys as this pregnancy progresses! Timestamps: (all products linked below): 00:53 Water - a good water bottle 03:20 Biscuits - Chocolate Digestives for the win! 05:27 Beige food - Instant noodles and Pasta 'n Sauce 07:04 Pregnancy Vitamins and Tablet Organiser 08:54 Hot Water Bottle 09:58 Maternity Clothes - Bras and Leggings 13:16 Murphy joining in the video! 13:39 Pregnancy Pillow - Bellamoon Products mentioned in the video: Sluxke 2.2L water bottle - https://amzn.to/36Zd8BR Chocolate digestives - https://groceries.asda.com/product/chocolate-biscuits/mc-vities-digestives-milk-chocolate/1000048178951 Instant Noodles - https://groceries.asda.com/product/rice-noodles/maggi-mi-2-minute-noodles-chicken-flavour/1000040730754 Pasta 'n Sauce - https://groceries.asda.com/product/pasta-sauce/batchelors-pasta-n-sauce-cheese-broccoli/1000138209147 Pregnacare Pre-Conception - https://amzn.to/3Dr7Qv6 Pregnacare Original - https://amzn.to/3tP6Ptw Tablet Organiser - https://amzn.to/3wP5cha Hot Water Bottle - https://amzn.to/3ISRU5y Maternity Bras - https://www.seraphine.com/en-gb/samantha-pack-seamless-bra-pack/ Maternity Leggings - https://www.seraphine.com/en-gb/overbump-bamboo-leggings/ Bellamoon Pregnancy Pillow - https://bellamoon.co/products/new-moon-4-in-1-pregnancy-and-nursing-pillow?variant=34045445144714 - Camera and Editing: Filmed on: Canon G7x Mark ii - https://amzn.to/3ycA4pl Mini handheld tripod: https://amzn.to/35v9QmX Edited with iMovie Sound Effects and Commission-Free music from Epidemic Sound - Get a 1 month free trial here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/uicrji/ - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rosiegriff1n Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rosiegriff1n Blog: http://www.agirlonajourney.com Email: girlonajourney1@gmail.com - A bit about me: I am 30 years old and live with my wonderful now-husband who I married in June 2021! I am a tea-drinker, a foodie, a dog-mum to a beautiful Sprollie called Murphy, and a lover of theatre and music. I qualified as a Midwife in September 2019 and have been working as a fully qualified Midwife at a UK hospital since October 2019. I run a blog over at http://www.agirlonajourney.com, in which I have documented my training to be a midwife as well as all things lifestyle, food and wedding. I continue to post regularly on there so please do check it out! - *All views are my own* *Links included in the video or description may include affiliate links*
    MY FIRST TRIMESTER MUST-HAVES | My absolute necessities to survive the first trimester
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    So excited to share this First Trimester update with you guys - I did try to vlog, but as you will hear in the video, I suffered really badly with nausea and vomiting and so the vlog sadly got abandoned! So, I've done a bit of a sit down chatty video sharing my experiences in the first trimester; highs and lows, early scans, anxiety, telling out families and more. Bit of a warning; I do mention sickness and vomiting a bit because these were pretty constant in my first trimester so don't feel like you need to watch if that is triggering for you. Likewise, if watching pregnancy related content in any form is triggering for you for whatever reason, please don't feel like you need to watch this - look after yourself first! 00:38 Disclaimer 01:21 Where I am now 03:04 Finding out I'm pregnant 04:03 4-6 Weeks 04:54 6 Weeks 06:30 7 Weeks - First Scan 09:05 8 Weeks - Midwife Booking 09:56 Second Scan 11:25 9-10 Weeks (more scans) 13:26 11 Weeks 14:10 12 Week scan and telling our families - Our announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjwID2ft974 Ultrasound Direct (where we had our early scans): https://www.ultrasound-direct.com/babybond-pregnancy-scans/ - Camera and Editing: Filmed on: Canon G7x Mark ii - https://amzn.to/3ycA4pl Mini handheld tripod: https://amzn.to/35v9QmX Edited with iMovie Sound Effects and Commission-Free music from Epidemic Sound - Get a 1 month free trial here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/uicrji/ - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/rosiegriff1n Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/rosiegriff1n Blog: http://www.agirlonajourney.com Email: girlonajourney1@gmail.com - A bit about me: I am 31 years old and live with my wonderful now-husband who I married in June 2021! I am a tea-drinker, a foodie, a dog-mum to a beautiful Sprollie called Murphy, and a lover of theatre and music. I qualified as a Midwife in September 2019 and have been working as a fully qualified Midwife at a UK hospital since October 2019. I run a blog over at http://www.agirlonajourney.com, in which I have documented my training to be a midwife as well as all things lifestyle, food and wedding. I continue to post regularly on there so please do check it out! - *All views are my own* *Links included in the video or description may include affiliate links*
    FIRST TRIMESTER UPDATE | How I found the first trimester, telling our families & early scans!
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    I knew, even before I became a midwife, that when I knew, even before I became a midwife, that when the time came to having babies, I wanted to breastfeed. 🥰 Over the years, I have seen so many women struggle so much and need help and support, so now, I feel even more lucky that we seem to be managing so well on our own breastfeeding journey. 💕 Evie is a little Milk Monster and seems so settled feeding too (as this photo from Saturday morning - just 7 days old - shows!) 👶🏼 No, it’s not been easy, but it is already such a hugely rewarding and wonderful experience and something I hope I will never take for granted! 💕 I’m sure there are more challenges to come, but so far, I am loving it, and I think she is too! 🥰 It is definitely a choice and not for everyone, and I fully acknowledge that I am very lucky that it seems to be going so well; and that I am so well supported by my wonderful husband @matt.griff90 - honestly, couldn’t ask for more! 💕
    Cannot get enough of these two - needless to say, Cannot get enough of these two - needless to say, Evie is absolutely smitten with her daddy, and her daddy is completely in love with her. 🥰 Could stare at them all day! I didn’t know I could love you any more @matt.griff90, but seeing you becoming a daddy; I love you more every day! 🥰
    To be looked after in labour by your colleagues is To be looked after in labour by your colleagues is one thing; to be looked after in labour by your friends is something else! 🥰 Labour with Evie was by far the hardest, most intense, most challenging, most empowering, most scary and most exciting thing I’ve done in my life; and I can honestly say that despite the rollercoaster that labour is, I truly felt that both me and Evie were safe and so well cared for throughout (and after!) thanks to the amazing work of these three incredible women; @kerrymartin797, @_ellie.stokes and Donna (who I don’t think has insta!) 💕 They supported me through contractions alongside @matt.griff90, they took some absolutely stunning photos, they reassured me when I genuinely didn’t think I could do it, they helped me in so many ways both during labour and after, they monitored Evie throughout making sure she was coping ok (and nearly joined me in the pool in doing so!😂) and advocated for my birth choices no questions asked. They even taught matt how to change a newborn nappy as Evie arrived before we had a chance to have our “baby care” antenatal class! ❤️ The word “midwife” means “with woman” and these incredible ladies truly were 100% with me throughout and I cannot thank them enough! 🥰💕🥰
    Our perfect little girl 🥰💕🥰 Our perfect little girl 🥰💕🥰
    I always knew that @matt.griff90 would be amazing I always knew that @matt.griff90 would be amazing in labour; after all, he looks after me and supports me in everything I do already, so why would labour be any different? 🥰 Labour was totally different. This was so much more than support, he was my absolutely rock throughout, even in moments where he was struggling too; telling me that I could do it even when every fibre of my being told me I couldn’t. ❤️ He was my rock, my strength, my advocate and the absolute best birth partner I could have imagined! (He’s not laughing at me in the first picture, but more my apparent newfound potty-mouth in labour!) 🤬 Thank you @matt.griff90, my wonderful husband, and now daddy to our perfect little Evie - I didn’t think I could love you any more, and then you helped me do the most powerful thing I’ve ever done, and for that I love you even more that I could ever imagine! 🥰 Photos taken by our wonderful midwives, who will be getting the next mention, once I’ve got some well earned caffeine in my system! 🥰
    We have some exciting news to share! 🥰 This is We have some exciting news to share! 🥰 This is our perfect baby girl, Evie, who was born last night at 22.25 after a very intense and very quick labour, weighing 7lb 9oz, nearly 3 weeks before her due date! 💕 We are back at home now, very tired but so delighted and enjoying every minute of snuggling up with our baby girl! 💕👶🏼💕
    Still feeling completely overwhelmed from all the Still feeling completely overwhelmed from all the love at our baby shower yesterday! 💕🤰🏼 Baby girl has been totally spoilt with all her prezzies and we truly had the absolute best time! Our baby is just going to be the luckiest girl around with such amazing family and friends who love her so much already! 🥰 Pregnancy hormones definitely at a peak! Thank you all so much for coming!! 💕🥰💕
    The best day today celebrating our Baby Shower wit The best day today celebrating our Baby Shower with special friends and family! 💕🤰🏼 We ate fantastic food from @allaboutthecooks and delicious cake from @cakesandbakes_bycharlotte - yum!! 🥰🎂 It was so lovely to catch up with everyone and baby girl has been super spoilt with so many prezzies!! 🎁 We are so lucky to be surrounded with such wonderful friends and family - thank you all for coming and sharing such a special day with us! 🤰🏼🥰💕
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