Hi everyone,
Well have finally got to the end the thread. What an epic.
maveta - the spanish are funny about the hospital thing, aren't they? i got lucky when i had ds that ther was no one sharing my room after the birth (2 beds in room). but i know from other friends that if someone's in there, they have the world and his wife visiting all the time. it seems like everyone you've ever met is welcome. aaahhhhhhhhhhhhh.
but like someone said about italian hospitals, they do rely on a lot of family help. when dh broke his foot he went to casualty in the middle of the night (broke it playing football that evening). i stayed at home because we didn't want to wake the kids and he took a taxi. the nurses wheeled him round in a chair for x rays, plastering etc, then took him to the front door and said - right, we need our chair back now. he asked if they had any crutches and they told him he'd have to go to a different building in town the next day to get them!!! they also told him not to put ANY weight on the plastered foot. so he had to hop all the way to the taxi rank which took him about half an hour. i woke up at four with the sound of someone squeakily hopping down our hall. hilarious (for me anyway). obviously he should have had several relatives to help him home!
well, we had an early start here as i had to take DD1 to dentist because she has a hole in the back of a baby molar. poor thing. she was in agony while they filled it, and of course i had the other two with me too as dh away. think that's put them all off dentists for life!!
now trying to have a relaxing morning although DS desperate to go to the park. have palmed him off with lego.
hope you're all well. i feel HUGE. cannnot see where 11 weeks of growth are going to fit.
1b3 - sorry you didn't get to see the sexes, but dts sound v sweet all curled up together.