Pregnancy #7August 30, 2006 11:23 am

I’ve given up even the pretence that I’ll try and make this interesting. Less than seven weeks to go - C asks a couple of times a day how many days until he is born. My HB is crashing, just above 10 now despite 400mg of ferrous sulphate; I’ve upped it to 600 & will recheck in two weeks. With C is got down to 6.8 then I had a PPH - it took a year before I felt vaguely human again, I can’t go there. again.

We went to look at car seats, I’m debating buying a crib (we didn’t get one for C but have much less room in the current state of chaos), J is very active. I suppose all is well.

Pregnancy #7August 22, 2006 4:21 pm

Surely I can stay sane for eight weeks (?).

Antenatal appointment today - all was well, BP/urine fundus measuring a couple of weeks ahead which is fine, FH was strong & reactive & the midwife got a couple of big kicks. Took an FBC to see what my platelets & haemoglobin are up to. I have no complaints except the hideous heart burn.

I have the perinatologist next week & another growth scan, then fortnightly appointments until 36 weeks then it’ll be weekly.

We went on holiday last week, camping with friends by the sea. It was lovely, I was suddenly struck that I am quite pregnant. Very odd.

I finished knitting a couple of wool soakers & I want to make some bibs like Shelba’s next.

Pregnancy #7August 15, 2006 8:25 am

Contractions didn’t amount to anything except a whole night of worrying. Cervix is unchanged, not the longest in the world but ‘adequate’ (?). We & the doctors are still debating the steroid issue, ironically we discussed it at my last appointment and decided it wasn’t necessary, another set of BHs like that though & I’ll change my mind.

Unremitting DBTs ~ J always has a very active hour at about 6am and 10pm, not for the last two days though. C is anxious about him (lots of will he die/what will happen if he dies questions), that is by far the hardest thing that I have to deal with.

I need to sort out getting a carseat & pram thingie - C’s stuff has long since been donated. I have incredible inertia committing to it.

My friend had twins at 30 weeks, one didn’t survive. I know nothing I say will comfort her so why am I finding it so hard to write the ‘perfect’ condolence/congratulations card? She’ll be burying her son next week - how fucked is that?

My horrible, horrible cats just brought me a crippled baby vole, bastards.

I’m quite enjoying being the person who ruined Ingratiating Troll’s faith in humanity though, maybe I should get a T-shirt made.

Oh and why am I still jealous of the woman who has 12 blasts frozen? Will it ever stop?

Pregnancy #7August 12, 2006 11:45 pm

I’m having a hell of a lot of Braxton Hicks (at least I assume that’s what they are - painless tightenings?). I’m 29+5, I didn’t have any in C’s pregnancy & have no idea if they are normal or not.

Have been busy painting & unpacking boxes today, maybe I’ve just over done it a bit.

J is very active & HR is fine.

Pregnancy #7August 11, 2006 5:11 pm

I feel happy.

PPMOAugust 8, 2006 9:52 am

I’m feel downright …. chipper today.

Remarkable how dealing with someone else’s insanity makes you feel so normal.

Much better than antidepressants or counselling.

Pregnancy #7August 5, 2006 7:30 pm

Everything went well yesterday, I’ll probably mention it all at some point but I feel drained today (midwife, OB, high risk ob, anaesthetist, scan & haematologist).

Best part was the scan, I’ve never been scanned so late in pregnancy before, JW is getting chubby! Gorgeous fat cheeks! He is still a he and measuring on the 60th centile for pretty much everything. They estimated his weight at 2lbs 13oz (a mere 5lbs lighter than C at birth!), he has plenty of fluid & is active. 72 days to go.

Waiting for the scan was excruciating - the scan department is shared between obstetrics (mostly women from antenatal clinic), gynaecology (at that time of day women from the EPU, waiting to have their miscarriages confirmed) and the fertility clinic (baseline, follicle tracking & lining scans). It is fucking terrifying being where I am but I’ve been where they were many times more and it is hell.

Pregnancy #7August 3, 2006 10:05 am

Breakdown Tuesday - a day of such awfulness that I don’t really want to think about it, but lets just say there’s plenty of evidence my mental state is somewhat fragile.

Birthday party - we were supposed to travel to a friend’s party, I completely forgot about it until I found the ‘where were you?’ email two days later *sigh*

His Lordship - apparently knows his mother is a basket case & starts kicks approximately ten minutes after I begin my ‘he’s dead’ freakout, thanks baby!

My haemoglobin - still falling so the iron has been upped to three times a day, which might have explained my three hours of diarrhoea and vomiting yesterday (green shit).

Scan - tomorrow.

Baby stuff - We’ve set a date (hahahaha, small steps) to go and have a look (beginning of September).

(I’m trying not to connect the last two items with inevitable doom.)

My friend - facing a SR of her twin pregnancy in three weeks & the situation is devastating for everyone involved, she is well into her third trimester (in the UK a pregnancy can be terminated right up until birth under certain circumstances).

Boobs - have stopped growing alarmingly but as with C Leftie is far more into this pregnancy malarky and is producing masses (really) of colostrum whereas Rightie is rather stunted. Months of lopsided tits ahead. But finally! In my 7th pregnancy! After breastfeeding for well over a year! I have gravid nipples - darkly pigmented & huge, it never happened with C. 

House renovations - proceeding very slowly, it goes without saying that it won’t be finished when the baby is born (but we will have a functional kitchen).

Knitting - proceeding very rapidly (one of my anti-anxiety tricks) booties & cardies & soakers a plenty (all knitted but none blocked or assembled because that would just be reckless).

Umm yeah that’s it.