Comments on: impatience

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:21:39 +0000

Hi Catherine,

Firstly I’d like to say I’ve just read your book and loved it, your writing style is great and look forward to reading your first novel. A quick question..I am currently living with a Frenchman in London who wants to return to Paris. I of course will need to get a job and I remembered you did some sort of course to allow you to be a biligual pa…you said you did in England and I wondered what the actual course was called and where you did it….obviously any other advice on surviving living in Paris would gratefully be recieved…

Congratulations on your new pregnancy…

Kindest Regards

Penny

By: Piece of Chocolate

Piece of Chocolate — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:46:29 +0000

Not that long to go Petite! I’m the same age as you, and also in a new (good and loving) relationship after the break up of the last (mine was a marriage though). I found my current partner through an online dating site, after having gone through the inevitable number of “dates” where you just want to head stright for the toilet and out through the window, if at all possible. (I could write the proverbial book too, only never as skillful as you can). I have 2 kids already, but being with someone, with whom I feel so at ease and happy makes me broody. And there is the point I’m wanting to make: You might get impatiant and fed up now, but try to cherish it. I cannot have another baby with my partner, because years ago, during his previous marriage “they” decided that “they” would not have any more kids, which led him to have a vasectomy. You are so blessed to be expecting a little boy with the man that you love… It’s not like that for all of us. With second or third times round comes baggage of course, but even though you can be very happy with the package as a whole, and not mind about the baggage, sometimes it can include items which are hard to come to terms with. Sometimes I feel robbed of exactly the thing that you are going through just now… just enjoy it. It might be the last time…

On a more joyfull note>> very much looking forward to your new book! Been looking for it, but as I’m out in the sticks in the Scottish Borders, I guess I’ll have to wait till the actual release date (which is very soon now anyway).

Good to see you are still posting the occasional post here as well!

Bon courage!

By: Steve G

Steve G — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:20:41 +0000

It was a pleasant surprise to check and this time find a new entry. Each time you post you bring happiness to all of your readers. It is very unselfish of you to do so, despite the travails of the final months of your pregnancy. I have noted that fewer comments on the last two entries are made by men. We feel so awkward in what seems definitely a woman’s world at the moment. Nonetheless we think of you and pray for you and your family, including the “to be” one. Thanks for writing.

By: Dionne

Dionne — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:39:15 +0000

Hi Petite!

Long time reader, first time submitter! You were in last night’s (25/8) London Paper but here’s the article online:

http://www.thelondonpaper.com/staying-in/books/qa-catherine-sanderson-aka-blogger-petite-anglaise

I shall cut the article out and place it in your new book when I buy it at lunchtime today!

Thanks for all the great stories!

By: Lancashire Lass

Lancashire Lass — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:18:27 +0000

Casting my mind back the carnal gymnastics occured in first and second trimester, can definitely recommend horror movies and gangster films to while away the hours.

By: Lancashire Lass

Lancashire Lass — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:50:20 +0000

Picked up Petite Anglaise after reading a review for French Kissing & just finished hopping from post to post on your blog. Love it!

For your last trimester I prescribe swimming, carnal gymnastics and your fave TV show (it was The Sopranos for me) back to back.

All the best chuck,
Lisa in Lancs x

By: Francaphile

Francaphile — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:11:44 +0000

Hi, just wishing you good luck on the final (uncomfortable leg) of the pregnancy. Moving to Paris, I came upon your blog and spent two days of my precious time here glued to it. You inspired me to start my own in which I reference you.

At one stage I say ‘I hate her’ but trust me its meant lightly and to be taken with a pinch of salt and a big bunch of sour grapes! Great writing, great stuff! Lookng forward to more posts.

By: 3boymum

3boymum — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:57:28 +0000

Definitely worth trying a Chiropractor as Tasha recommended. After my first 2 pregnancies suffering, I visited a Chiropractor on my 3rd, fed up with constant vomiting and getting ‘stuck’ in agony. After half an hour of lying with the Chiropractor’s hand under my bottom, he announced that when I stood up I would feel light-headed as he had manipulated my pelvis to release the nerve. He certainly had and I have never suffered since.

Make the most of the last 10 weeks, at least you always know where he is!!!

By: Elise

Elise — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:52:56 +0000

Hello Petite,

Just wanted to cheer you up and say that my copy of French Kissing has arrived (thank you Amazon) and although I haven’t started reading it yet, I know already that it is fabulous.

Best wishes to you all….

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:22:38 +0000

Hello! Love your blog…. :)

I’m a yoga instructor, deal regularly with sciatica myself, and have helped other mom’s-to-be with it – try sitting upright in a dining chair, cross the ankle of affected leg over the other thigh and gently press the knee out to the side while actively softening your bum. This’ll stretch out the piriformis and other hip muscles that tend to tighten up during pregnancy and irritate the sciatic nerve. When it stretches enough that you don’t feel a stretch from doing this, start to lean forward slightly to find the deeper stretch.

I hope that helps!