Win a BabySteps Scratch off Pregnancy CalendarMy Mills Baby

“When you’re hugely excited about something, and counting down the days, it seems to take forever to happen”

Never a truer word was said.

When I think about my pregnancy, I was plagued by a mix of anxiety and excitement. I was apprehensive about every midwife appointment, frantically jotting down questions beforehand and babbling away throughout the sessions. If I was bad throughout my first pregnancy with Dex, having had an emergency c-section, I was even more nervous when Heidi was growing inside me.

I’d go so far as to say that both pregnancies were hellish. I felt like my body was morphing beyond all recognition, I was shattered and the responsibility of sustaining a life was frightening. I know I’m still responsible for them now they’re proper little people running around my lounge and fighting over the tv remote, but somehow it felt weightier when they were camping out in my belly.

Although making my pregnancies fun would have been a tall ask, I really like this cool idea from Splash-Brands. They design all manner of quirky gifts, but this has to be my favourite.

The BabySteps Scratch-Off Pregnancy Calendar helps you countdown the days until you meet your new baby. You scratch a field off daily to reveal facts, tips and trivia about your pregnancy. It’s a neat alternative to app trackers and can be stowed away when baby arrives and kept as a memento of your pregnancy. Having something visual on the wall also helps your partner and wider family share in the excitement.

One new field is scratched off every day, from pregnancy week 9 to week 38 (weeks 5 to 8 are always uncovered), which means there’s some 236 days to uncover. There’s information about baby’s development, astonishing general facts and helpful tips from experienced mothers and midwives, all of which relate to the particular pregnancy stage you’re at.

Arriving in an attractive gift-box, it would make a fab gift for an expectant mum, especially as they’re so reasonably priced at £12.90 from Amazon. To find out more, head to Splash-Brands.com, or check out their other gift ideas on Facebook.