I'm sure I've commented before on the fact that after we have a baby, something hormonal releases & makes us forget all that we went through during pregnancy.
Last night one particular thing came back to me that I'd completely forgotten about - and that's a sudden and desperate need to sleep RIGHT NOW which comes on without warning and cannot be ignored. I remember now, vaguely, getting this way when I was having D. I'd be fine, then suddenly crash out without warning. I remember wondering how anyone could hold down a job in late pregnancy if this happened to them. It happened to me last night for the first time. G came home and D wanted us to 'pretend to be asleep' to 'trick Daddy'. We lay on the sofa pretending, and the next thing I know I woke up an hour later. This is a big deal for me, I always take a minimum of half an hour to fall asleep once I set my mind to it, so suddenly dropping off without warning is unheard of. Except, as I said, I now remember it happened when I was having D.
Lots of discussion on chocolate on Haddock yesterday & today leaving my mouth watering, particularly after someone posted THIS URL which has me literally drooling over the keyboard. White Mice! Sherbert Pips! Shrimps! All those sweets of childhood that you can't get in Canada, and that I cannot eat even if I could. This site only delivers within the UK but I've emailed my old man and asked him to get me something to bring for after the baby is born :)
I'm getting a little concerned about potential clotting on the placenta or umbilical cord. According to the PSD forum, many women are being checked for this regularly during their pregnancies. I, however, am not because my OB didn't seem to know a thing about it. I am going to do a little more research so that I can go to my appointment next week armed and dangerous and demand answers.
Posted by katie at April 7, 2004 11:08 AM