Pregnancy Aggro
17 August 2010, 19:35
- To the man in the hospital carpark who beeped me to get my park - just because I’m pregnant does not mean I won’t give you the finger.
- To the bitter old man who yells abuse at anyone who parks a centimetre over his driveway - I don’t ordinarily use the word “Weirdo” when biting back at vitriolic and unnecessary streams of abuse, but jeez, it felt good to do so. So bite me. It could have been much worse considering my current state of fecundity.
Permanent Link | CommentsI can't feel it in me waters!
15 August 2010, 10:38
I was at Coles today and perusing the aisles quite happily, when a lady a little further up the aisle yells out:
“Look out!”
This was followed by a man who worked at Coles, shouting:
“Be Careful!” in a most urgent tone.
I look down and see that I’m standing in the middle of a massive pool of what looks like water.
My first thought is:
How did I not notice that my water’s broke? I don’t, ahem, feel wet or anything. How did this happen? Was I so enthralled by the packet chuck cheese that such a momentous occurrence went unnoticed?
Then I look behind me.
A broken bottle of vinegar is on the floor.
None Hail Caesar!
13 August 2010, 19:40
Headed to my appointment with Dr. Morokoff (aka highly skilled and easy on the eye neurosurgeon) last week, fully expecting him to be v. conservative when it comes to my mode of labour. I was pleasantly surprised. He reckons a Caesar is not necessary as he considers me “fully cured”! That the aneurysm has been fully clipped by his nimble fingers and thus a normal labour poses no more risk to me than any other woman.
Apparently, a clipped aneurysm has an extremely low incidence of rebleeding, unlike a coiled aneurysm which is more likely to fail. I’m still nervous about the actual birth, particularly the bearing down bit, but the OBs have assured me they won’t let me push too much, just in case.
The Mercy anaesthetist has advised an early epidural to offset the chance of high blood pressure which may or may not have been a contributor to the aneurysm in the first place. At first I was a bit put-off by this, but then the thought of having a comparatively pain-free birth is, ahem, rather lovely.
I made like a hero in my first birth accepting now’t but gas - I aint got nothing to prove now, no sirree. Give me that sweet catheter bearing anaesthetic goodness, oh yeah.
Wobbles
12 August 2010, 19:30
Feet are wobbling like crazy. So gross - like big tubs of jelly vibrating beneath the skin every time I take a step.
Have discovered that the symptoms I had with Scout I haven’t had with this pregnancy, and vice versa. So the wobbles and carpal tunnel syndrome have been features of this pregnancy, along with the hideous morning sickness that I only had mildly with Scout. But I’m not getting the leg cramps I had with Scout, or the weird pigmentation on my face.
Word Count
8 August 2010, 19:33
Asked Scout how many words she thought she said per day - “One hundred thousand million twenty hundred thousand million twenty hundred.” I reckon she’s close.
