Want to hear my crazy-incredible BIG (and getting bigger by the week) news?!

Sooooo….a few people have noticed my strange absence over the past couple of months, both from social media and from regular blogging.

Well…here is the reason why!

Nope, this cute little pooh bear outfit that a friend gave me is not actually for me to wear. (I tried…wouldn’t fit).

It’s for the teensy, currently apple-sized, creature growing like crazy in my belly.

That’s right…I’m having a baby!

15 weeks along now and the last couple of months have been crazy, amazing, scary as hell, wonderful, stressful….and freakin tiring. Holy moly the fatigue has been incredible! And the ‘baby brain’ – thank god for understanding clients who have forgiven the few brain-to-calendar hiccups.

So what does a G.R.I.E.F. Specialist do when she gets pregnant?

Well she thinks about death even more. Which means thinking about life even more.

Being pregnant makes me think more about death in terms of pregnancy – why we often do the whole don’t-tell-anyone-in-the-first-trimester thing and what that’s really about, what miscarriage really is to us, and why we use the language we do around the death of unborn babies-in-the-making. So there are a few things I’m inspired to write about….which I can start to now that I have the energy to do more than just eat and shower!

It also means there will be some changes coming in my work….so watch this space, I’ll be updating you with my plans and some great opportunities for you later this week.

It’s taken me a while as I hadn’t yet announced it publicly, but I’m so glad to finally have shared this with you!

Much love to you,

from Kristie and mini-me-to-be

xxx

Chantel January 12, 2015 at 8:17 am: Congrats Kristie! All the best in the months to come.
Chantel January 12, 2015 at 8:17 am: Congrats Kristie! All the best for the coming months.
Kristie West January 12, 2015 at 8:44 am: Thanks Chantel! xx
Fi January 12, 2015 at 9:07 am: Fantastic news! How exciting! Look after yourself and eat chocolate, which, I believe, is the answer to baby brain!
Kristie West January 12, 2015 at 9:10 am: Aha I knew there had to be a good excuse in there somewhere for more chocolate. Thanks Fi!
Angela Sherman January 12, 2015 at 9:20 am: Wow, congratulations Kristie!! So happy for you. 🙂 xx
Jon Underwood January 12, 2015 at 9:30 am: That is amazing! Congratulations x x x
Nora Miller (@nmillaz) January 12, 2015 at 1:27 pm: Kristie, that’s brilliant! I am so happy for you. You will make an amazing mother. Enjoy every minute, even the crappy ones (literally and figuratively!). 🙂
Debra Williams January 12, 2015 at 2:51 pm: Congratulations, Kristie! Wishing you and your little one the very best. I pray all goes well for you and your child each step of the way as this beautiful miracle of life develops within you. Take care.
Lois Nagle January 12, 2015 at 4:25 pm: I had wondered where you were and was concerned you were depressed. Thank you for sharing your good news. We all care about you even though we have never met.
Kristie West January 12, 2015 at 7:38 pm: Thanks Angela! xx
Kristie West January 12, 2015 at 7:38 pm: Thanks Jon!
Kristie West January 12, 2015 at 7:39 pm: Haha thanks Nora! xx
Kristie West January 12, 2015 at 7:40 pm: Thanks Lois!
‘Depressed’ is a random and interesting guess. I hope you’re ok. xx
PAT January 13, 2015 at 3:58 am: CONGRATS–BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND THE BEAUTIFUL BABY!!
Kristie West January 13, 2015 at 6:20 pm: Thanks Pat 🙂
Kristie West January 15, 2015 at 5:19 am: Thanks Debra! xxx
Nick January 16, 2015 at 11:51 am: Happy days!