Yesterday I wrote about the heartbreaking truth of my pregnancy. A lot has happened since then. I spent Wednesday in hospital (Massive thank you to Sarah who blogs at Mum of Three World for looking after my twinningtons – you may have quite literally saved my life!). I went in for a scan to find […]
Pain
Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception
It turned out that my body did NOT want to behave itself and on tuesday I got taken to theatre for a general anaesthetic and an “Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception” (ERPC). This operation is also performed in the instance of miscarriages, in which case the name of the procedure is particularly upsetting and quite heartbreaking. […]
The Gory Birth Story
Induction 13th May 2012… We arrive at the hospital at 10:00 am for my induction and spend 3 hours waiting around as they sent us to the wrong ward and we had to wait for a room on the delivery suite. Once there, things got moving quickly, my obs were taken, I was examined as 2 […]
Counting Sheep
As I sit here at my dining table, at 2:48 am sobbing into a tray of fresh pineapple, I feel I need saving from myself. All I want to do is pick up the phone, ring triage and beg. I want to beg and beg and beg for them to induce me early because I am […]
Look at my giant wingnuts!
I’ve started to become aware that as my pregnancy is drawing nearer the end, I am beginning to moan rather a lot, like a bitter old fogey about the aches and pains I am putting up with. I’m pretty sure my friends, family and hubby must be getting sick of hearing about the following: * The […]