Handbags and Gladrags

This stage in the pregnancy is a difficult time. Too early to have anything to show but too far gone to reverse the
full throes of 'morning' sickness and fatigue. Speaking of which, that girl sure can sleep!Over this Bank Holiday weekend, it seems she slept as many hours in the day as night. Certainly an unusual development for Cat since she is always the first out of bed and never usually tires. There is also another new development, something I call - Bad Things Paranoia. There is a scene in the Ricky Gervais Office Xmas special where the pregnant office colleague makes a big scene out of two working staff who are smoking next to her. They tell her
in no uncertain terms to get off and that they couldn't give two hoots about her pregnancy.It is true, that for most first time Mums-to-be, the new found status means that anything and everything must now involve her, and her unborn baby.For Cat, she is most anxious about the evils of cigarette smoke. We went out the other night to a restaurant and all
she could think about was whether anyone would be smoking. Later this week, she is due to meet up with her girly friends, again, she is very worried about lengthy periods sat in a smoky room.On the bus the other day, two rather rough looking badass men started lighting up next to her and she shouted at them that she was PREGNANT and NO could they PLEASE STOP SMOKING. They ignored her while I shamefully cowered in the seat.