The day I missed a miscarriage… It was 2009, it was a Friday, the weather was unremarkable, neither hot nor cold with no wind to blow the petals off the roses in the garden. I was almost thirteen weeks pregnant with my third baby, I had turned a corner and left the exhaustion, the nausea and…
bb goes back to hospital
Logically I shouldn’t be worried about tomorrow; my rational mind tells me BB is not in any danger and is in the best possible place. I also know quite clearly that I am incredibly lucky to have such a beautiful healthy daughter who has to live with a small condition. But I do feel a…
one for the baby record book: first time in an ambulance…
Chaos, with a bit of excitement thrown in, mixed up with a spoonful of hyperactivity and you get twin boy’s mood at school pick up today. Hard enough to handle on a normal day but when you are en route to hospital its a bloody nightmare. BB had her longest fit to date today which…
electronically tagged!
Beautiful baby and I are on day release, we can leave the hospital during the day and can wander around berkshire freely but as the sky turns dusky and bb’s eyelids start to droop we have to head back to the ward before we turn into pumpkins. I imagine this is what life must be…
The ‘h’ plan – guaranteed to shed the lbs
I have discovered a new diet. Its called the ‘H plan’, it really works although some consider it extreme. Basically you need to have a child in hospital, the nauseating worry means you don’t feel like eating half the time and when you do feel a bit peckish the NHS cooking can manage to curb…