Hiya all
I did farrrrrr toooooo much yestreday. Thought I'd go with DH to Ipswich, he had a meeting and I thought I could have another lovely day swanning around the shops etc. Well We got there late, it took about 2.5 hours, much longer than normal, so DH couldn't drop me into town, he said I could wait until after the first meeting and then he'd drop me in, but I thought we would feel like real weirdos with me sitting in a car showroom for an hour. So I decided to walk! I had not much idea where the town was, but knew where the railway station was and thought 'oh it can't be far' it turned out to be abouy 2 miles in total. It was actually a lovely walk. Then stopped and had a costa coffee brekkie for an hour and then walked around Ipswich stopping every now and then from 9am until 3pm. At 3 I'd had enough and knew DH should be finishing soon, so thought I'd head back - was thinking of stopping at an easy pick up place about half way. Then preggie hormones kicked in and I decided 'oh, stuff it' and walked the whole way back, DH wasn't ready so I then walked past the dealership and further on to a McDonalds where I sat - until I nearly fainted and had to prop myself up in a corner. By the time DH arrived I was in a right state. Managed to relax in car on way home, but then had to go straight for delivery suite visit.
Anyway this morning I got up with DH at 6, but promptly went back to bed and have only just got up - I obviously needed it - reckon I walked about 6-7 miles yesterday! Think I may need to realise I need to slow down!
Anyway- onto better news, the hospital visit was great - some VERY weird couples there though. Saw where I'd be giving birth and the wards etc, they have an absolutely brill pool and the midwife said it hardly ever gets used. People in our region apparently don't think highly of waterbirths. She was actually trying to convince us to give it a go, WTF. I thought it would be a mad rush through the doors, ie, in labour - arrive at hospital - another women arrives at same time and we both sprint up the stairs to the birthing pool door!!!!! They also had great birthing balls and beanbags etc.
One women was waiting with us in the meeting room, just standing with her husband as we all were and when the midwife asked us if we were all there for the tour, this women said 'Oh is that what this is' to which her husband replied, 'no my wife has been having regular contractions for the past two hours'No need to say they were whipped off pretty quickish - was quite funny though!
On the tour we also saw a common room area we could use, and in there I got a fab greeting of 'It's Mrs 'Enthusia' (insert real name here, one of my kid's mum's other daughters(who I had worked with) had just given birth. That stopped the whole tour as we admired the gorgeous little baby, it was a little surreal though, and we got a few odd looks!
We also say the operating theatre - bloody hell that looked scary! Don't fancy ending up in there - but if I do at least it will be for a good reason.
The birthing rooms themsleves are lovely, quite large and all have ensuite huge baths. There is only one ward for afterwards with 5 siderooms that can be hired on a first come first served basis. Does anyone know whether hiring your own room for after the birth is better than being on the ward. The MW said she thought the ward was better as you get to meet the other new mums, solidarity and all those kinds of things, but do you actually get a chance to have any rest, as won't their babies wake yours and yourself? Anyone had any experience of this? The MW said that first time mums can stay in hospital as long as they want, but usually 2 nights is the right amount of time, 3 minimum if you had a c-section.
Right anyway, better stop boring you all now and get on with something else!
Beks - did you want to arrange a meet-up around you, considering there are quite a few around your area?
ChaCha - glad dentists went well, hope blood is nice and easy too.
JenJam - well done on the photo!
Right off I go, I can hear you snoring as I sign off
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