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The Donna-ness I was afraid of is the reason I have been reinstated at Erinsborough High with all my friends! Yay….! That and my crazy mother-in-law-to-be (can I say that, yeah I can… I’m having Dec’s baby) handcuffing herself to Mr Simpson! I don’t know which one I like better, Mum throwing garbage all over his head or Rebecca’s in-your-face strategy. Got to hand it to them both, it was gutsy behaviour.  Equally grrrl-power moments I think. Wouldn’t you agree?

Well it’s been officially confirmed. Dec is moving in with us. Mum freaked out when Dec asked me to move out with him, and the compromise was him moving in with us! Poor Dad, it’s been a lot for him to take in. Well, we’re gonna be parents, and parents are supposed to live together aren’t they. Seems perfectly logical!

One thing that has been bothering me a lot though is everyone wanting to have a piece of me, it’s like my life is all of a sudden up for grabs on the public domain. I have rights too you know, the freedom to decide what is RIGHT for me!

Anyway, I was googling the meaning of 'Girl Power' and there seems to be 10 Golden Rules you’ve got to put into action before you can be honoured with the badge!

1. Be positive
2. Be strong
3. Don’t let anyone put you down
4. Be in control of your own life and your own destiny
5. Support your girl friends
6. and let them support you, too
7. Say what’s on your mind
8. Approach life with attitude
9. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can never do something because you’re a girl
10. Have slumber parties and have FUN.

Cool huh.

For those of you who have been replying to this Blog, and one girl in particular who is having problems with her so called friends bullying her, re: note written to me in last week's blog.  The above Golden Rules for Girl Power apply here: Stay strong and don’t let anyone put you down, not EVEN your best friends! And follow rule number 7, “Say what’s on your mind”! Talk to them, tell them their behaviour is hurting you.  Good luck.

Oh and what about Sam turning up the day before Libby and Dan’s wedding, carrying Dan’s baby!  It’s crazy!  I would die if I had to deal with an old girlfriend of Dec’s having his baby. Not that that would happen, cause…well we were each others first… but you know, thinking about it, it would be really hard to deal with, I wouldn’t want to go there. Thankfully I won't have to!

I’m ten weeks this week, and still no bump to report. I’ve trashed all my preconceived thoughts about pregnancy. I had no idea! Really - none!

I keep checking but nothing has changed – I’ve been talking to other women on a site about pregnancy and one girl told me I’d probably see subtle changes to my waist line around 14 weeks, but it could be a while until I start to look like I’m pregnant, maybe even as much as five months. I look at my tummy every day in the mirror but nothings going on. At ten weeks, I’m still as flat as a tack.

It’s pretty scary. My life is about to spiral out of control and my body is going to do things I never thought possible.  And the whole loss of freedom is freakin me out too.   

Didge x