Fret not, Worra. I was fortunate enough to fall ill at a weekend, where I could rest properly, and feel worse on a Monday, when I could see a GP and get straight on antibiotics. I'm aware of how big a part luck played.
Yes, lying in bed all day for days and days on end when you're physically but not intellectually suffering is horribly boring. I'm very glad to have a telly in my room, and a Sky Movies subscription!
For those wondering about the state of my digestive tract ... Unfortunately my prediction was correct. DC1 has bounced back immediately [yay] [sod] so I'm contemplating sending them all for lunch with PIL and going back to bed on my own with last week's Night Manager and Call The Midwife.
Reading through these posts: Mother's Day is so loaded, isn't it? DH has got MIL a "... from your favourite child" card and it's just incomprehensible to me how someone could joke about that. Obviously hilarious from an only child, but otherwise I just don't get it.
and 
to those without current supportive maternal relationships, whatever the cause. And particular 
to those who would like to be the supportive maternal part of a relationship but are prevented by circumstances.
Today I am 
on behalf of a friend with a small baby, because people keep wishing her a happy first MD as a mother herself. She lost a baby in 2013 and too few people remember. I think she was glad of my message during her night feed.