Bramley Fete

So today was Bramley May Fete. John and I had promised we would take part in the procession, organised by my mum. John was a spectacular knight in shinng armor.along with my Dad, Phil and Tom and I was a medieval wench with Mum. I was quite pleased with myself as I managed to walk all the way up to the field, part of the time pushing the buggy, though Chris helped out for a bit.

When we got there we quickly changed and wandered in desperate search of a drink, a german sausage and something yummy to eat. Having stuffed our faces under the blue sky sat in the shade we loaded the monster into the sling and ambled on...


And what do we find? The motely crew:

Once we were feeling decidedly sunkissed and had drunk plenty of squash and eateb coke we headed home and Nathan had an al fresco meal

Things to be happy about...

Having a stroke is frankly depressing and it is easy to focus of how awkward everything is now, how everything takes twice as long as it used to and how little things like getting dressed are an exercise in patience, something I've never had a lot of. However, recently it has occured to me that i have a lot to me thankful for and it would do no harm to innumerate them for future cheering up needs....

1. I am lucky to be alive unlike this poor woman who had a stroke a week after me while being 26 weeks pregnant.

2. I am lucky that my stroke doesn't seem to have effected nathan, except that he maybe isn't as big as he would have been ( but that is probably partly down to me loosing so much weight while pregnant because I was so sick)

3. I am lucky that I have John. He can be an arse at times but he was great while is was in hospital, is fantastic with Nathan and not a complete fool...

4. I am lucky Nathan is a generally a very amiable baby so nappy changing etc is fairly easy one handed

5. I am lucky that I was very quickly back on my feet and, what is more, my arm is beginning to respond and I will hopefully be back at the piano eventually.

6. And look what a cutie my baby is...

Nate goes home!

We are mostly packed and getting read to go here - Nate is wearing an outfit that sayes "hello world" - we thought it fitting. We are going home to Mums for a bit to lewt me adjust to being one handed and a mum.

First blood and first bath and first meeting with crispy

Yesterday Nate had an injection and had blood taken from his heels. I was just getting over the sobbing (mine not nates) when the photographer showed up to see if I wanted his picture taken. She took a lovely shot and we will get them in the post later. Today the midwife came to demonstrate how to bathe Nate. Mum and Dad were there to take photos.




Nate was very good and actaly seemed to quite like it.

Earlier Nate hadaan explosive poo while John was changing his nappy - it shot ot and hit the end of the cot - had he been holding Nates ankles a little higher it would have gone over the edge and onto the floor. I laughed so hard I cried. Cris saw Nate for the first time on the cam today - everytime we spoke up to then Nate was asleep in his cot - I took some piccies earlier in the day with the webcam just in case. I was not at my most glamerous so here is a collage of my cutie with a monster holding him.

The momentous day

Today my son was born - yup that is right SON!

Last night John and I packed up lots of my stuff so that it wouldn't get lost in the transfer between F14 and maternity. Dr Kirkpatrick popped in to check all was fine. John and I finally decided on a boys name - we had decided on a girls name quite easily but just couldn't settle on a boys until now. We won an actin for a stairlift so I can go home easily. I took my steriods and then had a bit of a breakdown as I realised I was gonna have to have an anesthetic which would make my legs go numb and in the back of my head I thought when it wore off that my leg would be back to what it was when I first had the stroke. Xena dropped off a cot and our clothes for the morning. John did his best to comfort me and in the end the midwife had to be called to calm me down. It turned out it was Georgina who was just about to go off on holiday and she stayed late to help bless her! Anyway John eventally left for home way after visiting hours had ended. I watched tv until about 2am then slept ntil the baby woke and bounced on my bladder at 5am. John was coming in at 7am to help me shower and get ready for when Xena came to get us at 8. He was a little late and so when he showed up we took piccies of my belly (not included here for the sake of the publics sanity!) and I hopped in the shower and we got dressed - me in a two gowns and John in scrubs.




John quite fancied himself in his scrubs!

I took more tablets and we then sat on the bed together for what seemed like 60 years until Xena appeared to take us to maternity.

The anethetist was a very nice scots bloke so John got ushed to the cornor while I had the spinal. He then came into theater to monitor me but I think mostly to distract us from what Dr Kirkpatrick was doing on the other side of the screen which he did admirably. Before we knew it, she was asking if we were ready to meet our son and then she lifted a very red and angry baby up but I could only see his head and chest so had to ask John the sex and when he said it was a boy I was comletely shocked and thought he MUST have got it wrong - I hadn't realised up to then that I was so convinced it was going to be a girl, particularly as we had refered to the baby as him up to now. But I had a son! He had a quick weigh and casme over to see us. Then Xena took him to the side to weigh him etc then we had him back.

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

From 20090223 - Nates first Birthday

Within minutes, the doctor had finished rummaging round my bits and we three were off to the recovery room. As you can see - I was fairly tired- my face was all droopy.










Nathan was also quite tired and after feeding he went to sleep for quite a while and John dashed home to have a shower and nap. I slept a lot and was a bit dazed at the prospect of having a son. At lunch I insisting on getting out of bed to eat (I had spent way too long in bed for the last 3 months and wanted to reassure myself that my legs were working). John was back after a while and my Mum and Dad popped in fora quick cuddle and to take some photos (which I must steal from them at some point but weren't allowed to stay long. John got in trouble as when he heard them coming, he grabbed Nate and went to rush out and show his pride and joy off but wasn't supposed to take him out of the room.

YAHOO

jjuerss (22/02/2009 07:55:07): morning monkey butt
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 07:55:15): morning
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 07:55:20): poo head
jjuerss (22/02/2009 07:55:24): how's you?
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 07:55:29): o'riely
jjuerss (22/02/2009 07:55:42): why?
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 07:55:43): annoyed even
jjuerss (22/02/2009 07:56:47): why are you annoyed?
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 07:57:28): woke up this morning with a sore throat and blocked nose - went 2 graba drink and a tissue only 2 fiund night staff have moved my table over night - dropped myglass of water on the floor and mopped it up using what remasined of my tissuesand thrown away the cup so i can't do either
jjuerss (22/02/2009 07:59:26): 25 hours!!!!!!
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 07:59:35): arghhhh1
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:00:00): I see you managed to post a message
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:00:13): TWICE
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:00:40): how on earht did you manage that?
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:01:19): I HIT REFRRESH 4 ANOTHER WINDOEW NOT REALISING I HAD SELECTED THAT WINDOW
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:03:03): oifc
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:03:06): oic
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:03:15):
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:03:49): did you see I added a photos page?
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:03:55): yup
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:04:08):
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:04:27): did it work for you? Should be the 3 scans
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:04:43): it did work yup
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:04:50): cool
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:04:59):
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:05:13): what do you think of the gallery?
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:05:16): drugds r late so is breakfast
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:05:27): very good love
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:05:52): maybe you should buzz the nurses as you need to get your injection on time especially this morning
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:06:22): or i could KILLTHEM ALLLLLLL
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:07:01): thats a bit extreme
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:07:10): nah
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:08:00): do you like the way I rearranged the front page?
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:08:07): yup
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:08:39): I woke up at 4am with baby thoughts and couldn't get back to sleep!
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:09:46): awww - i woke at 5 same problem but soon replaced by annoyance
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:10:08): well we now know y they are late - dave is on this morning!
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:10:42): seriously, I think you should buzz. Timing is critical
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:10:54): i have buzzed they r coming 2 me next
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:11:01): ok
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:12:48): Hello Lydia 37 weeks pregnant Only two weeks or so to go! This week, your baby is busy shedding his downy coating of fine hair (called lanugo) and his coat of vernix caseosa — the cheesy substance that protects his developing skin. Your baby swallows both of these secretions, which stay in the bowels until birth. Then your baby will excrete a blackish waste called meconium that becomes his first bowel movement. Meanwhile, you may be feeling huge — and increasingly impatient. But try to get as much rest as possible — even if sleep is difficult, you'll appreciate it after the birth.
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:14:06): mmmmm, cheesy coat
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:17:33):
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:17:40): injection done
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:17:58): ouch - it hurt
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:18:20): awwww, poor you kiss it bettre
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:18:40): i can't reach!
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:18:48): no you dumbo
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:18:59): I kissed it better for you!
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:19:01):
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:19:05): oic
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:19:08): with the
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:19:14):
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:20:55): deart god - shewasn't going 2 give me my 2nd injection this ,ormimg
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:21:51): i had 2 remind hre - it is all written down ffs
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:22:36): 2nd injection?
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:23:09): you only get one 1
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:23:16): the normal one +steriods as an injedction as they were out of tablet so jhad to b an injection
jjuerss (22/02/2009 08:23:23): oic
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:24:16): it hurt
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:26:16): A boy's testicles will have dropped into the scrotum and a girl's breasts may be swollen due to the hormones, but will flatten after birth. Your baby is now very close to fu
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:26:32): full-term height and weight. Your baby's fingernails are getting long and may even have scratched her face.
lyonesseuk (22/02/2009 08:28:28): the ask baby email is about antenatal depression - bit late at this stage!

What Lydia Missed Out

I think Lydia missed some pretty vital info between her last two posts. She got as far as telling us that I got her to hospital and in the next post we're happily strolling round Virginia Water.

What transpired between these events was that Lydia had suffered a major stroke.

Between then and now was a period of time the likes of which I would never want to experience ever again. But it HAS happened so we have to deal with it and move on. The baby is OK and Lydia is making a good recovery, what happened to us is shitty but it could have been a lot worse. What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger and bizarrely enough I feel our relationship has grown better and stronger because of what has happened to us.

Things are going to be just fine, and as for the company accounts that I was supposed to do today? I'm doing them tomorrow... honestly!

Oh, and check out the baby website I created here!