Well, here I am. I've been on maternity leave for around about 2 weeks now. I'm not bored, I have plenty to do. Today has been grey and dreary though. Yuck! Its only just after 3pm and I'm thinking about turning the light on already!
We went to the cinema last night to see Children of Men which was really good! Unfortunately for the last 45 mins I was having Braxton Hicks contractions - not sure if it was because there was a baby crying thru some of it, or while Kee was in labour maybe it was sympathy contractions (!) but they were making me quite uncomfortable... Theres not much leg room in the cinema we went to. I thought we had missed the movie as it wasnt being shown in any of the big cinema's, but then Gareth's Mum said she'd seen it advertised at the Harbour Lights cinema, and it turned out that the last ever showing was Monday night - excellent!
Unfortunately Gareth found some large chocolate bars on offer in the shop before we went last night, and as we couldnt finish it all last night there was a considerable amount left today... well, there isnt any more!!! After waking up with horrible hip pain this morning - so bad I'm still not out of my pyjamas mid afternoon - and feeling really tired, I've been looking for an energy boost and pain releif... Paracetamol didnt touch the pain, luckily it doesnt hurt unless I stand or walk so if I stay sat down I'm ok...! But after being really good and eating raisins & an apple for a snack, and having some pasta and pesto for lunch, I ended up chowing down on two lines of dairy milk orange crunch... as if I havent put enough weight on with the baby! :S
So this close to the end, I thought I'd be thinking about relaxing and chilling, reading books and playing sims2. No, I'm still trying to get the flat sorted! We've done all the furniture moves we needed to - Gareth was great about that. We've got rid of bags of rubbish, recycling and paper, moved the furniture around and got rid of some other boxes, and we have the swinging crib up together, as well as the changing unit in the bathroom with the baby bath on. It's by no means tidy, but we have all the essentials, and I've washed dried and ironed all of the baby clothes so if she came today we'd be prepared!
However, a friend mentioned to me the other day that after you have a baby, it is possible to go and stay at a birthing centre with midwives so that you can get help and support with breastfeeding and stuff. Ever since, I've been thinking about doing that. It would mean that Gareth would be able to finish off the tidying and preperation at home, and I would be able to relax somewhere nice and clean and tidy, with proffessional help at hand if I needed it. Goodness knows I've missed out on a lot with regards to my pregnancy and the NHS. The midwives for Thornhill all left when I was about 20 weeks, from what I can gather they all walked out because its such a hard area to work in, but I have no idea if thats the real reason. The NHS got one midwife in to cover the 5(!) that left, and eventually got a second one in who is now my current midwife. Unfortunately the shortage of midwives has meant that Gareth and I have had none of the parenting or antenatel classes we should have done, and at 38 and a half weeks I still havent had a tour of the maternity hospital or any of the birthing centres. I have no idea where to go when I'm in labour, I'm 'booked' into the princess anne but goodness knows where I'm supposed to go when the big day arrives! I've called myself to try and get a tour, but they just havent bothered returning my calls and I'm starting to feel again, like I am being ignored by the NHS because theres nothing wrong with me! Which is great that theres nothing wrong, but they really dont have much going for them in the way of customer service... ah well!
Right, I'm off to cheer myself up with a game of sims2. I'll probably be here tomorrow again, hopefully in slightly less pain though!
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