Archive for December, 1998

Ben’s Birth Story

At about 3 am on Tuesday 22nd December, I found myself awake and the braxton hicks contractions I had been getting for some time had started to get a bit stronger and so I lay watching the clock and discovered that they were every ten minutes. I decided to wait and see what would happen. […]

Published by Suzy on December 23rd, 1998 tagged Life | Comment now »

39/40 weeks

Monday 14th December
I had my 39 weeks antenatal appointment with the midwife - everything was fine - baby’s head was fully engaged. So that explained the large amount of aching I was suffering from down below.
Monday 21st December
I had my 40 weeks antenatal appointment with the midwife - my blood pressure was a little on […]

Published by Suzy on December 21st, 1998 tagged Life | Comment now »

37 weeks and 5 days

Just a brief update to say I had an antenatal appointment today with my midwife, and everything is fine. No signs of labour yet. The news that I wanted to share is that my midwife thinks the baby is going to be a 9 pounder - so wish me luck with the delivery!!!

Published by Suzy on December 7th, 1998 tagged Life | Comment now »

37 weeks

Well, this is a first - I am writing this diary entry at home! I can’t actually read my last entry as I don’t have internet access here, so forgive me if I repeat myself! If I remember rightly, my last entry was very very large as a lot had happened - I don’t think […]

Published by Suzy on December 2nd, 1998 tagged Life | Comment now »