When Edward was just three weeks old my husband had emergency surgery for a diverticular abcess. The pain came really quickly and was undiagnosed for a week before suddenly a blood test revealed what was wrong with him and he was rushed into hospital. It was a strange time in our life. We felt like we should be celebrating the safe arrival of our new baby whilst in reality we were separated and I was visiting my husband in hospital twice a day. That was back in April and after several weeks convalescing my husband was able to return to…
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Yay, my husband was finally discharged from hospital this afternoon. After 31 trips to visit him (often with poor little Edward in tow) I think we are all relieved he has been allowed to recuperate at home.
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Today we had our first picnic with some friends who had come over to visit daddy in hospital. The weather has been amazing since we’ve been on the Isle of Wight and it has been lovely to get out and about everyday. This was followed by our first visit to a farm when we stopped for some delicious food at the Bluebells cafe at Briddlesford. The food was delicious – butternut squash and thyme soup followed by bread and butter pudding for mummy. They had a very cute calf in a pen next to the cafe and a lovely farm…
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Another busy day spent taking the baby for a walk along the seafront, visiting daddy in hospital (with the baby who slept beautifully and quietly throughout) and lunch out followed by another hospital visit. Grandad is still visiting so spent plenty of time with our little man. I registered with the local midwives today. I haven’t been discharged by the community midwives yet and had to cancel our last visit but had a few questions and want to make sure the baby is putting on weight properly. He is also quickly growing out of his newborn babygros. I’m hoping to…
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Yesterday was spent in the labour ward at the hospital having the external cephalic version or ECV. We arrived at 8.30 and finally left at 3.30 and the procedure only lasted 15 minutes! I couldn’t find much information about the technique and I’m glad I didn’t otherwise I don’t think I would have gone through with it. First I had my temperature and blood pressure taken, the fetal heartbeat was monitored for 45 minutes and I did a urine test. A doctor did an ultrasound on a small machine to check the baby was still breech. Around 10.45 I saw…