Pregnancy #7September 21, 2006 3:25 pm

All on my own & other cliches

I feel completely isolated, it is probably my own fault. I am so vulnerable at the moment, I’m keeping things together somehow but I’m just crying inside. I do not want to be the needy, neurotic friend so I can’t tell anyone that … and because that’s all I’ve got to say at the moment I can’t tell anyone anything. I hate being weak and pathetic and I’m stubborn. So here I am all on my own & not doing brilliantly. 

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Pregnancy #7September 15, 2006 9:12 pm

Ooooh good :)

I was going to rant about the how spoilt I’ve become by my rather exceptional medical care & the horror of being flung back in with the great unwashed but then I got my latest results back & I’m too happy.

I hadn’t blogged it but I’ve been having while not major at least concerning platelet issues - naming they were falling way too fast. A bit of a bummer for someone on fairly aggressive anticoagulation therapy with a c-section booked for less than five weeks (oh fuck) who would really like to be conscious when the baby is born. Anyway after fiddling with my dosages I’ve had a small increase in my platelets, I would have been happy for a stayed the same so an increase is fantastic.   

Happy, happy, happy.  

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Pregnancy #7September 13, 2006 9:35 am

34 days

34 days … 34 days.

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Pregnancy #7September 8, 2006 7:43 am

Oh shit

33+3 … we have so much to do & despite being a staunch member of the ‘babies don’t need that much stuff’ club I’m starting to panic.

  • Car seat - nope, we’ve chosen one & do have the money for it though.
  • Pram - nope.
  • Sling - nope, going to wait until J is home, I won’t be able to sling for a good few weeks post section anyway.
  • Cot - in pieces in the loft somewhere, no mattress, no room to put it up because there are too many boxes in our room (can’t unpack the boxes yet because no storage).
  • Baby clothes - have a large box full, not sure of what because we have nowhere to put them.
  • Nappies - have a few but seem to have lost the most containing most of them.
  • Breast pump - yup, but can’t find the steriliser.
  • Cot bedding/blankets etc - think we’re okay here but I wanted to try a swaddling blanket (I’ll probably end up forgetting about it).
  • Hats - baby has loads of hats.  
  • Bath stuff - have a baby bath chair somewhere, I’ve never bothered with all the baby bath stuff.
  • Changing mat - nope but I found the changing mat cover.
  • Hospital bags - not packed, no lists made.  
  • Postnatal stuff (pads, breast pads, clothes etc) for me - nope   

Of course this is overshadowed by the fact that we still don’t have plumbing in the kitchen or any electricity downstairs tra la la!

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