Midwives and Soups
I never put down my own predictions... lol. Ok so;
IF/WHEN MY WATERS BREAK: Yes - 2 hours after my contractions start.
DATE I GO INTO LABOUR: 9th July.
HOW LONG I'LL BE IN LABOUR: 6 hours.
DATE I GIVE BIRTH: 10th July.
TIME OF BABY'S BIRTH: 0508.
BABY'S WEIGHT: 6lb 9oz.
Midwives today!! 36 + 1... Midwife we're seeing right up til baby's birth is a lovely woman called Lynne, who is awesome. She's got our sense of humour - so it's great cause she know's how to take me. lol. Oh! - and Sammy is currently around the 6lb mark already! So my prediction may be too little... heh.
Beginning to think that maybe i'm not going to get my waterbirth - i'm doubting if the birthing pools are going to be up and ready in time for Sammy boi getting here. They are in and working, but they still need to be checked by the health visitors and all the boxes need to be ticked and signed off before people can start popping baby's out in them. haha.
I'm not actually too bothered though - as long as i get my Rankin Unit birth i'll be thrilled.
Lynne says i'm still enemic - my iron count is 10.1 so i'm hanging on to the low risk by the skin of my teath. eek. If i was to fall bellow 10.0 then i'd be looking at the CMU in Paisley. At least i could still use their pools i guess. But i do not want to have a Paisley birth.
Anyway, because Lynne says she likes me cause i'm funny, she's not sending me away. She's going to take more bloods at 38 weeks - if i last that long. Even if i dont gain too much, as long as i don't go bellow 9.9 she'll keep me in. I've been 10.1 for about three months though, so i don't think i'll go any lower. It's just because i was a 12.0 when i went in at the beginning and they don't want me to be too lethargic and tired for going home with baby; they do expect a certain amount of blood loss. I'll just have to keep going with the Iron tablets and Lactulose. lol.
I MADE MY OWN SOUP TODAY!!! Imaine; me... making soup!
The StepWell people where in the lobby at the hospital selling brown bags of foods for a quid each. So i got a wee bag of 5 pieces of fruit and a bag of carrot and orange soup ingredients and a step-by-step on preparing it and cooking it. I made it all myself, and surprised my Dani with a home cooked soup and sanny for her dinner when she got in from work.
It was fecking lovely! I'm well proud of myself.
Thin i've found a calling in soup. Cookies are next. lol.
xxx
IF/WHEN MY WATERS BREAK: Yes - 2 hours after my contractions start.
DATE I GO INTO LABOUR: 9th July.
HOW LONG I'LL BE IN LABOUR: 6 hours.
DATE I GIVE BIRTH: 10th July.
TIME OF BABY'S BIRTH: 0508.
BABY'S WEIGHT: 6lb 9oz.
Midwives today!! 36 + 1... Midwife we're seeing right up til baby's birth is a lovely woman called Lynne, who is awesome. She's got our sense of humour - so it's great cause she know's how to take me. lol. Oh! - and Sammy is currently around the 6lb mark already! So my prediction may be too little... heh.
Beginning to think that maybe i'm not going to get my waterbirth - i'm doubting if the birthing pools are going to be up and ready in time for Sammy boi getting here. They are in and working, but they still need to be checked by the health visitors and all the boxes need to be ticked and signed off before people can start popping baby's out in them. haha.
I'm not actually too bothered though - as long as i get my Rankin Unit birth i'll be thrilled.
Lynne says i'm still enemic - my iron count is 10.1 so i'm hanging on to the low risk by the skin of my teath. eek. If i was to fall bellow 10.0 then i'd be looking at the CMU in Paisley. At least i could still use their pools i guess. But i do not want to have a Paisley birth.
Anyway, because Lynne says she likes me cause i'm funny, she's not sending me away. She's going to take more bloods at 38 weeks - if i last that long. Even if i dont gain too much, as long as i don't go bellow 9.9 she'll keep me in. I've been 10.1 for about three months though, so i don't think i'll go any lower. It's just because i was a 12.0 when i went in at the beginning and they don't want me to be too lethargic and tired for going home with baby; they do expect a certain amount of blood loss. I'll just have to keep going with the Iron tablets and Lactulose. lol.
I MADE MY OWN SOUP TODAY!!! Imaine; me... making soup!
The StepWell people where in the lobby at the hospital selling brown bags of foods for a quid each. So i got a wee bag of 5 pieces of fruit and a bag of carrot and orange soup ingredients and a step-by-step on preparing it and cooking it. I made it all myself, and surprised my Dani with a home cooked soup and sanny for her dinner when she got in from work.
It was fecking lovely! I'm well proud of myself.
Thin i've found a calling in soup. Cookies are next. lol.
xxx