Surprisingly, the 2 gallons of blood I had taken from my arm this afternoon didn't cause me to bleed very much at all, despite the Fragmin. The vein is more bruised than it might usually be, but I'm pleasantly surprised by the entire lack of gushing blood that I expected. Obviously this Fragmin is very different to the daily pill dose of Warfarin/Coumadin that used to make me bleed like a stuck pig every time I so much as looked at a sharp object.
There were 2 brand new babies, both 6 days old, in the lab this afternoon awaiting some kind of jaundice test. One was big and reminded me of Dylan, and the other, a girl, was so tiny she was barely peeking through the newborn clothes. Both of them made me go 'awwww' and want my own immediately and not have to wait another 5 months! To my surprise the mother of the boy asked the desk if it was OK to breastfeed (meaning, would it have any adverse effect on the blood test the child was about to have) and the receptionist very quickly and loudly said no, that's not appropriate here. I wouldn't personally have even thought to have asked, and I'm very amazed at the attitude she received in response. There was a woman breastfeeding at the GP's yesterday and she also looked extremely uncomfortable to be doing it in public, hiding both her chest and her baby under a large blanket. Sod that, if I manage to breastfeed this time I'll do exactly as before and lop them out anytime and anywhere (with the exception of the dinner table because I do remember feeling pretty grossed out by a large veiny breast and dripping nipple which put me off my food entirely when a family member did it a few yrs ago).
Which leads me to a posting on a message board I read yesterday which made me rather cross. A woman posted that she was expecting her 4th child, and would 'be formula feeding because my breasts only produce water', which is slightly hard to believe anyway, but let's assume she was telling the truth....... she then went on to say that she could not afford formula and would be making her own out of eggs and stuff. ERRR, surely this is NOT A GOOD IDEA. Babies are not supposed to have eggs until they're a year old for one thing, formula in place of breastmilk is packed full of vitamins and minerals and essential nutrients for the baby, and another is that if you cannot afford formula, cannot breastfeed, and cannot even nourish a child properly, what the hell are you doing bringing one into the world? This was a planned child for her, some people are absolutely unbelievable.!!!
One last thing.......I've also been getting a few Braxton Hicks contractions already, which is surprising but apparently not all that unusual as many other July-Due-Mothers are reporting. I don't recall having them this early with D, but maybe it's a 2nd baby thing. Last night I could barely move off the couch as my stomach felt very uncomfortable, but today it's back to 'normal'.
Oh I don't know, that mother sounds like the sort of person who will be up for a Darwin Award nomination some time soon, "Well, gee I didn't have enough money to heat the hot water so just balanced the fan heater on the end of my bath and jumped in".
Ignoring the (obvious) medical quesitons about the homemade formula, has anyone explained the arithmetic to this latter day Dr Jekyll? Last time I checked eggs weren't exactly the cheapest thing in the supermarket.
Posted by: Aka at February 24, 2004 05:42 PMf*** knows, honestly, some people are just so incredibly unbelievably stupid!
Posted by: katie at February 24, 2004 05:49 PM