Hi Everyone,
Sorry for my absenteeism yet again - I'm rubbish these days at most things... .
Anyway, many congrats to iggy of course, the baby laying finally made good! Phew! You must be over the moon for sure .
I have a story about hypnobirthing and just how radical it can be. My mother-in-law is a big believer in the power of hypnotherapy, so much so she actually had a full c-section using nothing but hypnobirthing techniques. I shit you not on this, it's the gods honest truth. She controlled everything, from the pain right down to the bleeding and it was so unusual 30 odd years ago she had a big audience in the theatre too. I dare say you'd not even be allowed to try this these days, but as a case of mind over matter, I think she wins this one! I will definitely be looking at the hypnobirthing techniques as part of my birth plan for sure, but perhaps not to such extremes!
Movements - I felt the first flutterings at at around 16 weeks, and since then they've got stronger and more routined, especially noticeable first thing in the morning and late afternoon. My belly flab nicely amplifies the kicks and punches too so if I look at my belly it really is like looking at jelly on a plate, which is quite amusing .
moo sorry to hear about self inflicted SPD - sucks, I hope you can get it sorted with some one adept and manipulating body parts with hands, or some such! I am quite jealous about you getting to do an actual hospital tour - ours don't allow it, all we get is a DVD - boo!
On the subject of hospitals et al, I self-referred to get a blood test done last week as I have been exhausted, and it appears I am anaemic. Joy! So off to get some iron tablets from the doctors this week.
Also, last week I had my doppler scan wot they do if they think you're destined to be get pre-eclampsia, all clear, but the consultant was most pissed that my MW hadn't categorised me as high risk due to my weight - to the extent where a shitty fax went to my GP telling them to do something now, followed up by a phone call made by me to the MW stating that the consultant was most concerned I'd not been referred, and in fact why had this not been done yet... cue a whole raft of reasons (most of which she'd have the answer to if she'd bothered to look at my file in any of the 12 weeks I've been on her case load) as to why, but ultimately she said she'd be sending the letter today.
God, it's so annoying! I really am going to have to do something about swapping MW, or just going for consultant-led care at this rate, I just feel like my MW is not up to scratch at dealing with me, or my high risk status. Anyone got any suggestions?
Any now I read all these horror stories about being deemed as high-risk and what that might imply for my birth choices and I'm sad. I suppose though I just need to put on my big girl panties and make sure I get what I want.
On a more positive note, most of the nursery furniture is arriving today so that's quite exciting, and I also managed to leave most of last months pay check in John Lewis at the weekend when I got all the cot linen and lots of other bits and pieces in a mammoth shop-a-thon. That cheered me up significantly, and I think I'm only a few things away from being ready for anything. I am glad for this because I think given a month or 2 I'll be too big/knackered/exhausted to do anything of much use. Roll on ML - I am taking myself out of action in 13 weeks, and I'm already counting down the days!