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The final stretch
Literally. Stretch. It feels as if my skin could stretch no further at the moment, but I’ve got another 5-10 weeks of this left yet. I am approaching the massive, cumbersome and grumpy phase now. No matter how I sit, … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Hyperemesis, incontinence, Osteopath, Pregnancy, Toddler
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Well this is a first.
I went back for a re-dip of my urine to check for Gestational Diabetes. And it was fine. This is massive news. Huge. This is the first thing that has Not Gone Wrong with this pregnancy so far. Amazing! It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Birth, Hyperemesis, Pregnancy
Tagged anaesthetist, baby, birth, blood test, breech, caesarian section, cannula, cannulation, delivery, doctor, Gestational Diabetes, GP, induced, induction, itching, labour, Law of Sod, limbo, low placenta, midwife, monitoring, Obstetric Cholestasis, odds, passimism, pelvis, pessimistic, pills, placenta, placenta praevia, planning, pregnancy, RCOG, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, scan, senior, sickness, stress, sunroof, toilet, transverse, wee
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Laughter is the best medicine?
Saw the midwife yesterday. 28 weeks now. Baby is still breech, blood pressure absolutely fine, no protein in urine, but I did have a trace of glucose. Therefore it’s back to the midwife in 2 weeks to see if there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Birth, Children, Hyperemesis, Pregnancy, Toddler
Tagged 28 weeks, appointment, blood, blood pressure, Boy, braxton hicks, breastfeeding, breathe, breech, elective, fear, glucose, Glucose Tolerance Test, GTT, happy, induction, midwife, needle, pathetic, pregnancy, prochlorperazine, prognosis, section, sick, sickness, stemetil, Toddler, urine, wimp, Worst case scenario
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Cleaning the kitchen sink again
24 hours of thinking every cough was going to result in being sick. In the end I was in the kitchen fetching the toddler’s breakfast and it was a sneeze that got me. I managed to clean the sink whilst … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Hyperemesis, incontinence, Toddler
Tagged accident, clean, cleaning, potty training, sick, sink, wee
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No. No no no no no.
It’s been a bit of a shit week here so far. And it’s only Wednesday. Monday has seen the Boy come down with a nasty case of conjunctivitis. Wrestling eye-drops into him has been a less than fun experience. Seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Hyperemesis, Osteopath, Pregnancy, Toddler
Tagged anti-emetics, conjunctivitis, consultant, drugs, eyes, failure, GP, hyperemesis, Magic Stars, midwife, pelvis, placenta, sick, sickness, sink, sleep, sniffing, Toddler
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Milestones and millstones
Now I have reached the fabled 20 weeks, I am wondering whether I really am half way, or actually way closer. If I were to give birth at 37 weeks, then I’m actually over half way. By quite a considerable … Continue reading
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Double indignity
It seems that my lungs and throat wish me to remain under house arrest. I had a really good day today. This morning I went out to a friend’s house with The Boy to meet her new baby, Louisa. Sat … Continue reading
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Humiliation
What a crappy start to the day. My darling boy (who usually sleeps in until 8.30 or 9am) decided to wake me up at 7.30m today. The immediate result of such a loss of sleep was for me to throw … Continue reading
Posted in Birth, Hyperemesis, Pregnancy
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4 months.
I am 17 weeks today. Which, to my mind, is 4 months. That sounds further along than 17 weeks. So I’m going with it. I saw the GP on Monday with my list of woes. Possible UTI, annoying cough, dull … Continue reading
