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Wednesday, September 10, 2003

c-section confirmation tomorrow - 08:11 PM
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by this time tomorrow, i'll know for sure if i'll be having a caesarian. i have my obstetrician appointment in the city tomorrow at 11:45. he'll be doing his own ultrasound & an internal examination to determine where the second placenta is, or if there are blood cells in the path of the baby's exit.

if he decides a c-section is necessary, i imagine he'll tell me right away. i then imagine that he'll book me in for it for as soon as possible over the next few days.

so, if a c-section is the way to go, by this time tomorrow, we'll know exactly when our baby will be arriving into the outside world. i would prefer a natural birth, but knowing exactly when bub will arrive is kind of cool, too.

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bottom wipes - 08:03 PM
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today i made twenty-seven bottom wiping cloths out of the flat nappies which i bought a month or two ago. eighteen from terry towelling nappies & nine from flannelette. they turned out quite nicely, i think. not that they're terribly difficult to make, but still, i'm pleased with them. i did three layers of zig-zag stitching, folding the edge over once. i could have done just two passes of zig-zag, but since i was using coloured thread, three showed the colours better. i don't think baby will care, but if it amuses me just a bit (which it does), then it was worth the extra thirty seconds to go around a third time.

i made them the same size as the disposable wipes which i bought, so that they'll fit into the containers to be nice & handy & so i can either keep them wet with my own camomile tea bum wipe solution, or else wet them down a few at a time.

i'd like to make that many more again, i think, because depending on how often i wash, there might only be enough for one day at a time. i guess it depends on how grotty bubby's bum is at the time. time willing, i guess i'll make some more on friday.

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good nap - 12:32 PM
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i've just woken up from a solid two hour nap on the couch. i really needed that.

i seem to be able to find better positions for my hands on the couch so that they don't hurt so much. maybe i should consider sleeping on the couch until bub arrives? i dunno .. i'd miss shroom. i'll have to think about it.

now that i seem to have a bit more energy, maybe i can get onto making some of those bottom wipes which i've been wanting to get onto.

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terrible sleep - 09:09 AM
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i had a shocker of a sleep last night. my stupid hands were aching & aching & at one stage i considered getting up out of bed & staying out of bed simply because i just couldn't find a position for my hands which would relieve them.

shroom slept okay, which is good. i was hoping my tossing & turning wouldn't disturb him too much. he needs his sleep. he's going to be looking after a very tired mummy soon, so the better he sleeps, the better it is for all of us.

i think i'm going to have some breakfast & then go back to bed for a while, or at least have a sleep on the couch. there's not much sense in 'toughing it out' at this stage & staying awake all day if my body is telling me to sleep. if there's any time in my life where i need to listen to my body, it's now. i'll be continuing in my 'life-support system for a tiny human being' role, but in a very different way any day now, so the more rest i have, the better.

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