So I went to see the Perinatologist today and the baby is doing very well - in the 68th percentile for growth. There are no concerns there.
I wasn't going to bother mentioning my swelling (it's very minor) but I decided that I would, and also mention the fact that my heart has been really quite fast of late, and often feeling like it is jumping around in my chest.
Turns out that a resting heart rate of over 100 is not good (who knew?), and that + the swelling is a sign that my heart is not coping very well with this pregnancy. The consequences of which are I have now been put on a medication called Atenolol (a beta blocker) to bring my heart rate down. I could waffle about being worried about this or the potential consequences of taking this medication but I won't. And I won't google it either (much).
Meanwhile, there's a squirrell trapped in our roof. Yesterday it was going in and out of a hole it had made above the vaulted ceiling over the lounge. It then started to dig and after I came home from the school run there was a dime sized hole in the ceiling where it had come through!!! And plaster everywhere. Harry and I started banging on the window to discourage it and as it went silent for a few hours we thought we'd been successful.
When G came home from work, he went up the ladder (very dangerous due to the position of the hole, 2 floors up on a steep hill) and managed to bang a piece of wood over the hole. Unfortunately, it seems that the bloody thing was still in there all the time! It's trying to dig it's way out now - arghghghg. I rang Pest Control and she said we need to get it out of there because a) it's illegal to trap an animal b) it'll dig it's way through the ceiling c) It'll die and stink. She said they go to sleep around 3 or 4pm for the night, so wait until then to unblock the hole (otherwise it'll be frantic and attack G on the ladder) and then watch for it tomorrow morning.. when it comes out, board up the hole again. Apparently it's mating season and it wants to find somewhere to have it's babies - arghghg!
Posted by katie at February 14, 2007 04:04 PM