Gem's Chit Chat

So as of today I am 23 weeks and 5 days pregnant and have been thinking a lot recently about pregnancy and how it is completely different to how I expected it would be. I do find it strange for women that you spend a large proportion of your younger years doing everything you can to not get pregnant and then there is a shift and all you can think about is having a family and whether you will be able to get pregnant or not. My husband and I have been together for 5 years and married for almost 2, I think having a family is something which both of us have always wanted, but have held off as we had other things we wanted to achieve first. So after finally moving into our amazing family home last year and me getting the promotion I'd been working towards in work, we started talking more seriously about when would be the right time to start 'trying'. After a lovely Christmas and New Year, as well as celebrating my 30th birthday we decided that rather than 'trying...

So, I've been contemplating starting a blog for quite sometime, but for some reason or other I have always managed to talk myself out of it. I'm not sure whether its just me but there is something quite intimidating about putting your thoughts out there on the internet for all to see....however, my brain also has the thoughts of 'who is actually going to be interested in what I have to say?'. The truthful answer to that question is probably no one. However, the more I thought about the reasons behind why I wanted to start a blog the more I thought does it actually matter if no one else reads it? I am the queen of over thinking and have always pondered whether writing down my thoughts and having my own space to reflect on the various things which are going on in my life would be somewhat therapeutic. So there you have it, this blog is my own little experiment and if anyone actually does decide that my ramblings are in anyway interesting then that is j...