It’s a miracle. Sing hosanna! I have finally stopped feeling sick after six… count ’em… six whole months. The feeling of being permanently moored to the deck of a dinghy has finally vanished. I am ecstatic. I am beginning to feel ‘normal’ again

About Lucy A 35-year-old journalist, Lucy fell pregnant unexpectedly in August - much to the delight of long-term partner Chris. The couple went from the imminent prospect of a backpacking tour of Asia and South America, to the less imminent

I can’t believe that at 16 weeks I am still feeling seasick. Everyone tells you this is meant to pass at three months. “You’re obviously having a girl,” say other women I bump into. “They make you far more sick.” I don’t want to dwell on the sex

I have my 14-week appointment at the hospital. My partner comes with me and I'm grateful for his company and concern. I feel like a bad sailor in a storm – sick beyond belief. We get shunted from pillar to post at the hospital but eventually go

things when you are about to have a baby. We still need to buy a buggy but choosing one is like picking your life-long partner. We have been three times to buy one and have left empty-handed and exasperated, not to mention sick of the droning about travel

About Lucy Finding out that she was pregnant for the first time came as a surprise for 35-year old journalist Lucy. Nine months later she was ready to be a Mum but less prepared for the marathon labour that was to come first. But when Sophie