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a normal baby!

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RaraAvis · 30/03/2010 13:03

today i'm starting to feel all the joy of yesterday being sapped out of me by the aches and pains of pregnancy and general everyday small stuff, so i thought i'd sit down here and write about it to bring it back a bit.
i'm on tablets i have to take and so i was categorised as high risk, i've had extra scans for abnormalities and a scare about diabetes. i was told the baby was too small then too big, i was told i'd go into labour early, my bp dropped and i've also had a complete medication overhaul with no one knowing which symptoms are the tablets or the hormones. beyond all the medical stuff i've moved four times, i've split up with my husband once and we havn't lived together for months, i'm currently at my mums whilst moving AGAIN!
but none of that matters cuz yesterday i was signed off from the hospital and back over to community midwives! my baby's in the upper normal!!! he's a little big but everythings fine! no more abnormality scans it looks like everythings going to be alright! i'm just so happy, i think you spend the rest of your childs life trying to push them above average but to be told by a doctor that they're normal is the best news i've ever had!
i realise this post is in danger of becoming a little sickly but i just wanted to relive it and to say to all the pg women struggling through that a healthy normal baby is the best thing ever and it makes all the sickness, heartburn (every other niggle, discomfort and outright agony) worth it! and he's not even born yet!
well done anyone who made it this far, life is good!!!

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BikeRunSki · 30/03/2010 13:09

I am not pregnant but that is brilliant news. It sounds liek you have had a lot on. Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy .

5DollarShake · 30/03/2010 13:17

That's so lovely!

I honestly think the word 'normal' is just the best word ever when it comes to pregnancy - you don't need 'amazing' or 'special' or 'above average' or anything like that - 'normal' is just magic!

RaraAvis · 30/03/2010 14:12

thanks, yes i think thats it isn't it? normal is the best thing ever!

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shipsladyg · 30/03/2010 16:06

COngrats. Keep celebrating even the small things. And I agree with you 100% about "normal"

pagwatch · 30/03/2010 16:11

Many, many congratualtions .
I agree entirely with your sentiment.

Personally though I much prefer the word average.

I have a child with severe issues and I hate anyone describing him as not normal. hate it.
He certainly is not average though

So I join you in being happy at having a great thing - an average child
( I have two of those too )

RaraAvis · 30/03/2010 16:31

sorry i didn't think of it like that, i meant more in the terms of a normal pg rather then being high risk. i havn't met my boy yet but i doubt he will be average either! feel an idiot now but thats what i meant.

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pagwatch · 30/03/2010 18:32

No No - don't feel stupid. thats not what I meant!

I do know what you mean .
I had DS1 who is really clever. I was not really prepared for the maths I couldn't understand from about age 8 and having to help him with latin, not to mention all his quiet contemplation of the meaning of life.
Then I had DS2 and he has severe disabilities and was quite challenging but gorgeous and lovely.
Then 6 years later we tried again and had DD. Straightforward baby, straightforward child - beautifully, blissfully , gorgeously average.
Average, straightforward, routine.... all really good and all very undervalued
Some of the happiest, most fulfilled and positive people in the world are average.

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