In case you're interested.......

For those who missed the news I snuck into the comments on this post a few days ago, I am pregnant. Oh so pregnant and craving Cornflakes and cupcakes like a crazy woman. I'm doing a weekly blog about pregnancy and all things parenting over at Essential Baby.

Some of you have asked why I'm not doing that kind of post here and I guess my answer is that I'm aware that not everyone who likes to hang here on Mamamia is a parent or is even interested in that kind of personal stuff.....

But don't be jealous - I'll only be posting one long-ish piece there once a week and here daily as usual. And if you want me to, I can link to my EB post from here like I have today.

Here's a slice of this week's.......

The Great Gender Balance Debate

Mia Freedman is a journalist, author, media personality and mother of two kids aged 10 and two. She’s currently pregnant with her third child. While trying to juggle the demands of work, a toddler, a tween and a pregnancy, she drops the balls often. Sometimes, she even feeds her children cereal for dinner. Here, she’ll be blogging about pregnancy, motherhood and asking all the important questions. Like “Why is Nicole Kidman not showing when I really am and she’s due before me?”

I don’t know if I’m having a boy or a girl. Really, I don’t. And you know what? I honestly don’t care. But that’s probably because I already have one of each.

Look, I don’t mean to sound smug when I say that. I’m not bragging. It’s not like I DID anything to engineer a son and then a daughter. It’s not a skill I can put on my CV (‘Mia can gestate a penis AND a vagina!’) or a trick I can wheel out at parties. It was just luck or fate or chance or whatever you want to call it.....

You can read the rest here.....

Comments

[Eve]

I think it would be great if you posted a link to them all here, or gave an update like this, or just posted them here too...
I find it interesting that you didn't seem to want to share these blogs with the MamaMia readers... Maybe you see your MamaMia audience as different to the Essential Baby audience? I dunno. But I, for one, am interested to read whatever you write and find your blogs on parenting and pregnancy to be honest and helpful. I wish you would feel comfortable sharing more! As it is such a big part of your life and you write so well about it.
Are you going to share approx. when you're due? Is it true that some women show quicker during their second or third etc pregnancys? Cause I thought Nicole Kidman wasn't showing much 'cause it was her first...
Anyway, congrats! Hope you're feeling well and that your little one is healthy.

[kelly]

love, love, love todays colour. Stop now, this is it!

[Anna]

Mia! Congrats!!

I love your Sunday Column.

[Jiji]

Congrats Mia! May you have an easy breezy pregnancy and a healthy glowing child at the end of it :)

You look gorgeous in the picture on the Essential Baby website by the way.

Wish you all the best.

PS: I really liked yesterday's colour ;)

[Dusk]

Congratulations Mia! Wishing for you a healthy, happy and Cornflakes full pregnancy!

I understand why you've kept topics separate but I'm a parent too (albeit of hell monsters...er, sorry...teenagers) so I'm interested in that side of your life. I'll be following the links to your parent hood.

Love the colour of the banner...it highlights your pic, which is already gorgeous.

Dusk

[Cerry]

Congrats Mia! I hope everything goes okay, and baby ends up happy, healthy and cute.
But why did you have to mention cupcakes? Now I want some, and I'm SOOO tempted to skip the English essay I should be writing to bake some (clearly, I'm putting a lot of effort into said essay atm).

[Heidi]

Mia, you are a very lucky girl.

I read your EB blog, and you mentioned you have a 10 year old, which means that, just speculating, you were probably in your mid-20's when you had him? And whilst there is something really bloody nice about being a young mum, I fantasise about having a child in my mid-30's, because I reckon I'd be the coolest, most laidback mum ever.

When I had my first child, I was 24 and SO ridiculously lacking in confidence. If the early childhood nurse said, "Time to start on solids now, start with pear", I'd be in the organic fruit shop in double quick time, choosing unblemished fruit for my precious bubba. I played Mozart constantly and got rid of the television, because I read somewhere that they have harmful rays. (I am deadly serious by the way). I got some silk and dyed it pink to drape over my baby's bassinet, to give him that still-in-the-womb feeling.

Basically I was a total looney and then when my second son arrived 12 months later, I was half demented with exhaustion and lethargy, brought on by trying too hard to do everything perfectly (living in Bondi will do that to you).

(Just an aside, there was a mum in our mother's group who used to make homemade hommous and serve it with organic carrots sticks, which she'd cut up using a ruler in order to make sure they were all of exact same length).

But if I had a child now? I'd be drinking champagne every night, taking the baby to bed with me, breastfeeding for as long as I felt like, watching bad daytime telly, and really just enjoying my baby.

And lucky you, Mia! You are going to experience that blissful joy once more. Congratulations.

[Dataceptionist]

Love todays colour, loved yesterdays too.

Its your blog Mia, if you want to post baby news go for it, but I would be a teensy bit disappointed if the entire blog became baby related, even though I'm sure it will be tempting!

Ilove whatever you write though :)

[danielle]

Oh Mia, please don't feel you can't share you journey here. I can't wait to follow your pregnancy and read all of your articles. If their over on essential baby I might miss them.

[Eliza]

I'm with Danielle!
I don't think all the post would be baby related, but if they are, so what Dataceptionist?! I don't think Mia would do that, if she were so inclined she probably would by now. (plus it is called Mama-Mia, surely not a coincidence that she is a mother?)
Looking forward to hearing about your pregnancy, Mia, hope you share the journey with us :-)