Public Announcement

[ailbhe]

It gives me great pleasure and a small attack of butterflies in the stomach to announce that I am pregnant again. The new baby is due in August. I think there's only one again. (Currently, I also think it's a girl).

Everything is going fine so far, except that my maternity swimsuit doesn't fit very well. Still, it covers more of me than my other swimsuit, so the fact that it fills with air and billows out underwater will just have to be seen as free amusement for the patrons of Rivermead Leisure Centre.

I shouldn't be announcing this for another week at least, since I'm not quite 11 weeks pregnant yet, but I can't seem to manage that. Last time I waited until 12 weeks to actually announce it and it nearly killed me.

The really good news about this pregnancy is that I've got my old midwife, who knows exactly what happened last time, and is willing to accompany me when I go to hospital for antenatal appointments and for the actual c-section.

The only slight downside is that I can't treat my little inflammation until I'm not pregnant anymore. But honestly, that's not a big deal.

I have been signing up for loads of free marketing gumf. People love sending pregnant people free toiletries and teensy weensy tubs of Sudocrem. It's oddly addictive.

Comments

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I am so pleased for all of you!

I wrote a birth plan for my scheduled c-section, and would be happy to share it with you, if you'd like. Or answer any questions you may have.

[ailbhe]

Adding you to the Super Secret Pregnancy Filter R1T3 N0W.

http://ailbhe.livejournal.com/tag/secret+filter

There's a post about my own attempt at a scheduled section birth plan. It's not terribly coherent or calm sounding though. I'd love to see yours. (Now that I've shown you mine and all...)

[perceval.livejournal.com]

I have another CS birth plan to offer, if you'd like to see it. I also made a point of reading up about the actual procedure. I can recommend a book called "Obstetrics in Focus" - cheap, cheerful, loads of pics and with great info on recommended practice.

[ailbhe]

Yes please, der more der merrier.

[perceval.livejournal.com]

OK, just posted it in my journal -

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OK, just posted it in my journal - <a href="http://perceval.livejournal.com/197782.html"january 31</a> entry.