not really coping with being pregnant and lifting dd and her wheelchair.

[Hangingbellyofbabylon]

I'm 29 weeks and now really feeling it when I have to carry dd2 (3.5). Getting the wheelchair in and out of the car pulls on my back and my bump and I really don't think I can manage much more without really hurting myself. And as if it wasn't bad enough everytime I pick up dd1 from school the bastards park all over the only bit of double yellows so I end up having to walk for ages to get to school and dd has to go in her wheelchair, whereas if I could park close she could just about manage to use her kaye walker for that distance which would save me getting the wheelchair out of the car. I feckin hate the lazy bastards and feel like slashing their tyres. Today the police patrolled the school area so they all moved off then a minute later when the police went they just all returned as usual.

And.. my stupid midwife reckons that if I asked social services they would supply me with a taxi twice a day so I didn't have to lift the wheelchair or dd. Don't bloody believe it, it's taken us over 6 months just to get social services to fit a cheapy handrail in the bathroom.

Nuff said.

[brandy77]

poor you :0(

could you speak to the school about using the staff car park? seems totally ridiculous that you cant park right at the back door as your child is wheelchair bound

[Hangingbellyofbabylon]

it's a weird school in that there is no staff parking at all, I have no idea where all of the poor teachers have to park and probably have to lug loads of stuff for miles. I have just written a letter to the traffic department at our council and I think I will talk to the police as this problem is not going to go away.

[jetcat32]

maybe worth having a word with the head or the education dep? I know its not the same scenorio(???) but when i was heavily pregnant, and then just after my CSection when i couldnt drive, the education dep picked up DD1 to get her to school, and then i got some money from SS to pay for taxi home. My DD wasnt in a wheelchair though.

I didnt have to have a full assessment from SS, but if you are already involved with them, it should simply be a case of asking if it is possible.