Feeling Attractive and Looking Good during Pregnancy

All pegnant women have to grapple with body issues, but everyone else sees a woman who is going to have a baby. The times have changed and privately or publicly, modern pregnant women think of themselves-and their condition- as sexy. It is all about being excited about pregnancy,feeling arrtactive and looking good.

Staying cool and comfortable is the most important thing when coosing your wardrobe As your pregnancy advances try to avoid restrictive clothing epsecially over your tummy. Invest in comfortable well fitting underwear, bras and swim suits. You don't want a pregnancy-weggie. Thanks to fluid retention, you will find your feet growing too. This is not the time to be strutting about in stilettos, wear comfortable flats or slip ons to relieve the problem of reaching your feet below that growing tummy!

One of the most impulsive things women do during pregnancy is changing their hairstyle and colour dramatically. I know I did and regretted it all too soon! Due to the presence of your changing hormones the texture of your hair may become thicker or thinner. Playing with your hair may feel like the last bit of control you have over your body that is raging out of control.

 Is it safe to dye your hair?
There are no conclusive studies on the subject of hair dye but most experts agree that you should NOT dye your hair during your First Trimester of Pregnancy. No one really knows whether using chemical dyes during pregnancy is completely safe or not, Ultimately the choice has to be yours. If colouring your hair makes you feel good, go for it. If you choose to colour your hair while expecting then wear gloves or go to a salon where there is good ventilation to minimise your exposure to the harsh chemicals. Alternatively there are vegetable dyes instead.

In addition to the teltail Rosie glow caused by the increased blood flow, pregnancy may cause some  unwanted skin changes. Make up can hide uneven patches of skin or rashes.

No matter what you wear I think that you look amazing.

EMPTY NEST SYNDROME!

My new website is about to launch called Ask Kiki All about PREGNANCY. Yes you have guessed, it is to fill a gap left by my youngest daughter who has just go into Art school in the UK and leaves home in September.

A cliche I know! I do have a great job after all working in an Obstetric clinic in the mornings, patient visits in the afternoons, teaching HyonoBirthing in the evenings and on call for up to 4 births a month but still. I was worried about my afternoons being empty!

 No school pick ups, listening to cheerful chatting, laughing and singing, having nobody to hound to do homework and worry about on a daily basis will be very odd.

And so I will be posting bi weekly Positive information about Pregnancy, labour and childbirth for you to read. 

WORKING THE ROOM

This is a lovely book of essays by Goeff dryer. He is a voice of contemporary literature.
The essays span ten years and give insight into the paintings of Turner, the writings of Scott Fitzgerald and the criticism of Susan Sontag to name just a few.
Dryer has mastered the art of the essay. He is a funny storyteller. I suggest that you read this book. I loved it.

Cats- Pecking order!

We have 3 cats and a dog named Merlin. People who see them always ask do your cats and dog get along? They do! Merlin likes being surrounded by cats and they in turn ignore him unless they want company. A more interesting question is do our cats all get along. The answer is that there is a pecking order and as long as they all follow the order they get along quite well.
Our eldest cat Chile is 12 and cranky with sore joints. She must be going deaf because she has taken to screaming loudly when chased by the other 2. The middle cat is a huge Main Coon called Sumo, he is 8 and swats the other two for fun occasionally. Generally he is very laid back and the observer! Our 3rd cat is Dragon is 1 year old an has all her kitten traits.. If she enters a room with Chile in it there is a lot of throaty growling from Chile and occasional hissing from Dragon. As long as Dragon follows the pecking order they all cope and can be found snoozing on the same bed together once in a while.
Life without pets would be very sad.!

Fictional Role Models for our teenagers

Do you really think that Bella Swan from Twilgiht is a good role model for our teenagers?
She spends all her time mooning over a boy, not just any boy but a vampire no less. She lets him stalk her and spends all her time trying to get him to turn her in to a vampire too. Not im my opinion a healthy persute for teenagers.

Don't get me wrong I love Vampire Fiction and have read all the Twilight books and seen the films. But having read and just seen The Hunger Games, which is very good by the way. Thers is finally a female teenage heroine that teenagers can relate to. She is fighting for her life for her family and against the system. Boys and girls alike can relate to her.

Welcome

Today I set up Creative Whims, a blog for allmy whims and a creative outlet.
What have you created recently?

I have just self published 2 books with Amazon.com.
One is vampire Fiction and a lot of fun called ONE GOD TURN. A new Vampire.

The other is a book with 12 POSITIVE Birth Stories for PREGNANT women who are preapring for labour and birth.
Why do all our firends and family insist on telling us birth horror stories as soon as they know we are pregnant?