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19 July
Hi,
I had a really scary experience again last night with the gagging reflux. I awoke choking and didn't make it to the bathroom in time and was sick into my hands! I couldn't stop coughing, it is as if all the acid comes up to my throat, builds up and then chokes me! I was sick again but as it was much later than the other evening I had already digested my food....
Mark was woken by the choking and I asked for water, he went to get me a glass, fell down three of our very slippery wooden stairs and broke his little toe!!!! Oh dear! he knows he has broken it as he broke his big toe years ago (in a fight...)...He was then called into London today so i dropped him at the station and off he hobbled!
Poor love!
I decided to not make the children endure lessons today- it is far too hot here- and anyway, Eton have already broken up! LOLOL
The agreement is the children all do lots of writing and reading which is easy as that's all they spend their time doing.
My dearest friend is expecting her 8th baby any day now and we're driving over to Reading to see her tomorrow! She sent me a lovely little book called 'Margarita Mama' and it has all these non-alcoholic cocktails to make, so I am going to buy the ingredients for 'Baby name slurp' and 'Easy delivery'!LOLOL
Amanda
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oh thats lovely of your friend amanda hope u enjoy them.
poor mark i hope he gets to rest it ( it must of been so frighting waking up like that hope it dont happen again)
love Txxx
Ps the pictures are lovely
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Poor you being sick all the time, Mark must try and rest the toe , i broke mine as a teenager i was running up the stairs in the dark and kicked my little sisters wooden toy piano ! the pain was awful, happy cocktail making  Sophie x
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Tuesday, 27th July 23 weeks pregnant!
We have just kissed and waved off Mark as he leaves for the station to go to Birmingham for a course for four days, well, three nights. The nights are the worst- I loathe him being away, as you all know only too well!
I have been very sick again- last night I dropped my friend Emma's two eldest girls home (they had been here all day) at 8pm. She insisted I stay for a cup of peppermint tea (I was feeling too nauseous to have tea) and on the drive home I began retching...I maanged to stop in Tescos where i opened the door and vomited in a rose bush! (oops). Marie was in the car calling 'Oh dear, Mammy are you okay?'...this motorbike drove past and nearly crashed watching me vomit! LOL
We decided to go into Tescos anyway where we walked around getting essentials and forgetting the only thing I actually went in there for (dish washer tabs!)
We were so late arriving home and I had such an empty tummy I could have eaten anything- I ate my dinner quickly and felt SO ill all night almost awaiting the gagging reflux as i was positive it would happen! (It didn't!- it is waiting until tonight when Mark is not there, I guess!).
Having a little holiday from lessons and all that pressure is fun indeed! The children are never without something to amuse them, whether it is the garden which is now a 1400 village (it is a wreck but never mind) or drawing/music/board games. I bought them the 'Cleudo' I had as a young girl and they love that- we played earlier.
Love,
Amanda
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Oh Amanda what an up and down time you're having! YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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Amanda, hope you are doing better re the awful reflux. Summer holidays now in full swing, so busy everywhere. Has your friend had her baby yet??? Let us know the details lol!! Take care x  BARBARA
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Thanks for asking, Barbara! No, she is notoriously late! She is now nearly a week overdue, but she is never ever early.
I will of course let you know whether it is a boy or girl with details! We're all very excited too. It would be lovely if our babies are the same gender!
Ben is going punting tomorrow in Oxford so I may take him and then take the other four to the Natural History Museum and a picnic, if I am feeling very energetic! They *love* this museum and it is pretty fantastic for Oxford!
Love,
Amanda
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Aw thinking of you Amanda,
what a time you are having,
It has been very hot and sticky lately too ~ hope you not too uncomfortable,
Hope you have a lovely day and manage to enjoy your picnic - punting sounds fun for Ben,
thinking of you all and hoping the weather is sunny but not too hot xxXxx
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Some new photos!
22 weeks ^
 Me (22 weeks) and my friend, Kathryn,(40 weeks)
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Amanda, how did the museum visit go? Hope you felt ok, its a tiring thing to do normally when pregnant let alone with RA too!! The photos are brilliant, yes, please keep us updated on Kathryn, the one with the two of you is lovely x x xBARBARA
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Amanda
what beautiful photos
you look so wonderful
it makes me want to cry seeing you both
Mary L
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Hi,
The museum was great fun actually although I felt rather weak and tired after about half an hour- I began fretting wondering if this was 'normal' and thinking I was sure \i never felt this bad when I was only 23 weeks before however I AM older and have RA worse...(my knees ache alot). I did keep sitting down too!
They LOVE the museum, I always feel happy going there as it is so fulfilling to see them enjoying something educational so much! They read all the information too now and their favourite thing of all is a live tarantula who lives upstairs of the museum! I have a complete phobia of all spiders and hardly dared to walk past it! LOL
They were a little disappointed it didn't scuttle around for them but it was right at the front so they pressed their faces up and stared...they also love the cockroaches and the stick insects!
Probably why I was feeling faint actually!
NO news on Kathryn! She now has hubby home for two months so is happy!
Amanda
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Hi Amanda
The photos are lovely, as ever.
I admire your stamina, hard enough going on these trips regardless of pregnancy and RA, you deserve a little medal ! and another for facing the insects, not my cup of tea either.
Hope the reflux has settled down now and not causing you anymore problems.
Julia x
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Amanda - love the photo, you look positively SERENE! Kathleen x
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wow-you really are beautiful Amanda-the double photo is lovely too! Poor Kathryn looks really uncomfortable there-I bet she can't wait! (I mean size-wise by the way!) YES I'VE CHANGED, PAIN DOES THAT TO PEOPLE.
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Beautiful photos Amanda!
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Lovely photo Amanda. I am so sorry that you are still being sick, the reflux sounds particularly distressing.
Take care,
Eleanor x
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3rd August
I am sitting here in dead quiet as my three younger boys are asleep, my daughter Marie is away (more about that later) and my eldest is at ATC (cadets) and daddy is picking him up at 10pm....I am feeling pretty shaky as tomorrow I have my 24 week scan to check the placenta and then the blood flow between me and baby...
It is not a deterrent for placenta abruption, sadly, nothing is, but it can help sometimes if only to assure. I just feel very shaky at the moment after Friday's very dramatic events for my dearest friend Kathryn, the lady in the photo with me and our bumps.
Kathryn has had many home births and was preparing for another. She is always late and was 9 days over when she began bleeding heavily at home, they called the ambulance and she was admitted. The baby was monitored and fine so when the bleeding reduced they induced her. The birth was very quick and very easy really as the head was down and baby was ready. But afterwards she began bleeding ALOT- it wouldn't stop so she was rushed into theatre and then packed with guaze and all sorts. She was recovering with loads of drips and blood transfusions but the bleeding began again and kept on until about 5am when it slowly subsided!
Basically she also had an abruption- as soon as I heard the word blood I knew. I know this can happen to anyone but so close to home, it has scared me silly. Here I am having had two placental abruptions and pregnant again! I am scared!
We went to see Kathryn yesterday- I had to see her in the flesh to feel calm that she was okay- she is so special to me. She had come out of hospital on Sunday evening and the transformation is amazing- God is Good! She looks very well and glowing and the baby is beautiful, I cried a few tears when I held him, I hope and pray I get to hold mine. He is named Gabriel Patrick Jerome and Gabriel being one of the Archangels is very suitable as they aid the Angels surrounded him that day as he was perfect and calm and quiet when all went crazy!
So, since I;ve been home I have been feeling jittery not only because of that but I have the 24 week scan tomorrow to look at the placenta and blood flow between me and baby. I am excited of course to see the baby again, as are the boys, but I am anxious. I am also seeing the midwife at 1pm for a check.
Mark is taking me so at least he'll make me giggle and relax...and then the two boys are going to stay at my parent's for two nights so it will be us and just the two little boys! Marie is on a drama retreat with the lady who wrote the wonderful play she was in last year and a group of children. She was given a sponsored place with her two close friends, Emma's girls. They are staying in the Benedictine convent, Minster Abbey which is beautiful and apparently loving it! She went swimming in the sea today!
My heart lurches though when I think of her, I miss her terribly.
I have been feeling nauseous again and very acidy especially at night, just when I think it has let up a little it returns. I feel the baby all the time, it wriggles alot. We have a fun 'game' where my huge tummy is exposed and the children sit still and watch for kicks and jumps! It is very funny indeed especially when Patrick insists on kissing it each time it jolts!
Love,
Amanda
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hi amanda,
following the blog often and love hearing about how you are all getting along. My older children made a scrap bk for baby (who we called peanut then) when it came. lots of pictures and writing all about the things they like. Also pictures of the baby first scans etc. They all chose a present for Baby and we got little things from the baby to them.
I was worried about the placenta thing too.
My mum lost a child that way in the early 1980s when I was a little girl and so I asked about it, its not hereditary etc but thankfully the placenta for bernice was high at the back of the womb and everything was fine.
there was a lady in with me, when I was having bernice who had a problem with her placenta and they did a little operation on her when she was about 7mths and she carried safely.
they are so clever these days.
Much love
Jenni
PS We had 3 names for boys, Gabriel, Felix and Nathaniel but we knew from quite early on that we like Bernice for a girl - have you thought on names at all?how to be a velvet bulldoser
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Dear Amanda,
Will be thinking of you tomorrow and will be waiting to hear how you get on. The boys will love to see how big the baby will have grown since last time and you must have a special photo for Marie.
I will hope to goodness that the placenta is in a good place and that history is not going to repeat itself. Hope that the midwife appointment also goes well. I can remember that middle stage when the 'dark' feeling appears; thankfully we become much more serene and calm as we enter the final stages.
Take care,
Eleanor x
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