Hi All,
It has been a while since I have posted and I attempted to post one last week, but haven't got a clue where it has gone, so time to start again :-)
Just wanted to say I have enjoyed reading all your blogs over the past couple of weeks, especially with the new arrivals. Oxiana, good luck, I hope your baby comes soon!
Since my last post a few things have happened:
I had a scare when I hadn't felt the baby move for a day. I was at work and decided to call the midwife who told me to go to my nearest hospital to get checked out as I work in Central London and my hospital is around 2 hours away in Surrey. My manager came with me in a taxi to the closest hospital, and I was under the illusion that central London hospitals are likely to be the best ones - I was completely wrong. I can honestly say it was the worst experience of my life and I would rather make the 2 hour journey home to my hospital than be taken to the hospital that we went to. On arrival we had to wait for the midwife to talk to us in reception because she was too busy trying to impress a bunch of executive board members. When she did finally take the time out to see me, she had the worst attitude I have ever been subjected to. I explained that I hadn't felt the baby move and that I had been advised by my midwife to go there and get checked out. She just looked at me, sniggered and said "Unless you're bleeding or dying there's nothing I can do for you, you have to go to your own hospital." I took a deep breath and explained that my hospital was 2 hours away and reiterated the fact that my midwife had advised me to go there.. she then repeated "there's nothing I can do for you, I don't know who you are, so you need to go to your hospital where they know you". If it wasn't for the fact that I was concerned about my baby I would have given her a piece of my mind but I just made the journey back to Surrey. My partner met me half way and took me to my hospital where I was seen instantly, the baby's heartbeat was monitored and I was instantly reassured that my baby was fine. The midwife also confirmed that the central London hospital were wrong for not seeing me, and all they had to do was at least listen for a heartbeat. I was totally shocked by the difference between my hospital and the one I had visited, and the pure fact that the midwife showed little, if no compassion - it baffled me. But the main thing is baby is ok. A word of advice for all mums, if you can, try and carry your medical notes with you if you work far from your hospital as it may help to get seen by a different hospital... as long as its not the one I visited!
On a better note, it was my birthday 2 weeks ago and I turned 23. I had a nice relaxing day and long weekend as it fell on a Friday so I took a much needed day off work. I spent the morning at home with my mum where she went through her yearly ritual of telling me what stage she was at throughout the day 23 years ago. It was good to hear it this year as it gave me an insight into what I will be subjected to in less than two months.... eeek! My boyfriend then took my mum and I to lunch which was nice and the rest of the day was spent relaxing and getting pampered. I noticed that everyone made a conscious effort to get me presents rather than for the baby, it made me laugh as I would have been happy either way. My parents also finished decorating my room and there are now allocated spaces and storage for baby. Even though I will be moving out in Jan/Feb, my parents were adamant that my room was redone for the baby's arrival as we hadn't decorated my room since we moved in 3/4 years ago. They also made a point to get me blackout curtains which I am taking full advantage of at the weekends when I get better lie ins... although its more for the baby.
I am still working full time. I was initially due to finish in 3 weeks time and take the 4 weeks off before the baby as holiday before my maternity pay kicked in. But then I worked out my maternity pay and was shocked by the drastic drop that I decided to not take all of my holiday and get paid for it instead as it equates to an extra months pay. So I am now due to work up until the 29th October... and baby is due on 7th November. My manager has made it clear that if I need to leave any earlier then I can, which is good to know, but at the moment I am fine, and sometimes forget I am even pregnant.. which everyone finds weird. They have started looking for my replacement who will start next month so I will have a few weeks handover period with them which I think my team are really happy about.
I had my 32 week scan on Thursday and the baby has now turned round and is head down. S/he is still growing nicely, and is the middle of average for all measurements. We managed to catch a glimpse of baby sucking its thumb which was so cute. It was the first proper opportunity we had to find out the sex as for once the baby was awake but although my partner wanted to know, I still didn't want to know and mother's word is final so the sonographer didn't even look. However, during our shopping trip that afternoon my partner made a point to highlight how we were limited in the amount of clothes we could buy because everything is pink and blue in the shops... however I still managed to spend £60 in H&M on cute unisex outfits. As well as clothes we got a moses basket and rocking stand, a bumper packet of baby wipes and a plastic bed sheet for when my waters break. We could barely shut the boot on my little hatchback by the time we finished, but it felt good to finally start buying things, it makes it more real as I still don't think it has hit me that I am having a baby.
I think that is about all so far. I have given up dairy to decrease the risk of the baby getting eczema. So I am now having soya milk in my tea and cereal and no more chocolate. The baby is becoming more and more active and I am finding it fun to see my belly moving with the baby. I just can't wait to meet him or her, to see what s/he looks like, acts like and to just officially get the mummy title. I will be going to antenatal classes in the next couple of weeks so I am looking forward to meeting other mums who are the same stage as me, because at the moment all of my friends either had their kids 3 to 4 years ago, or are living the single, care free lifestyle lol.
Anyway on that note I am going to get ready for another early Monday at work and eat some ice cubes because I am so hot right now lol!
I hope you are all well and coping with your pregnancies and good luck to those due in the next few weeks.
Take Care,
C xx
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