Weddings

Remember I was going to a wedding? Well time flies and it was a couple of months ago, now, so how did it go? Well I'm pleased to report I had a great time, the food was good, the wedding perfect, the venue user friendly, and I was thought of all the time. I wore (for those of you interested) a pair of red Rocket Dog shoes, a flowery linen skirt, and plain cream top ( M & S) and an emerald green cashmere cardy from Next. Overall not bad for me and I thought I looked OK. But guess what my husband forgot to take a photo so I cant post one, I mean how neglectful is that!!!!

Next!!!

Its no good I just have to admit, I'm enormous!! Really it could be twins, I'm so much bigger than last year, oh boy I'm so looking forward to the birth...not! So who are these women who say how much they love being pregnant? I believe they should be beaten soundly to see the error of their ways, OK not quite that but you know what I mean! Anyway I'm getting very breathless which is horrible. Its uncomfortable and I keep having to lie down. I guess as my natural position is sitting the baby is pushing my diaphragm up more than usual so I'm puffing and huffing like a character out of Thomas the Tank engine. But I digress, the whole point of telling you all this is that I have finally succumbed and used Carlisle Shopmobility for a few trips to town. Yes Ive hired the electric wheelchair for a spin around the city. Well apart from crashing into a clothes rail in H & M and almost knocking the glass door down at Next for Kids I was fine. So I was strolling or should we say motoring around Grown-up Next just having a look for something I might like to buy the post pregnancy me when the shop assistant said to me.... 'Id give all day to be sat in one of those...' and smiled that's sort of nice smile. I gawped at her as I was frankly shocked that in 2008 someone would even say that. Hmm yes I'm soooo lucky to be sat here, hey I could be dead after all I suppose, but no I didn't say that because I never do, I just replied, 'Really?...' raised an eyebrow and rolled out the store.

Now on reflection I guess she was about 17 and I'm sure she didn't mean to be so tactless and sound as stupid as she did, but I was left wondering, don't these stores train their staff at all? I mean its not rocket science and I cant be the first or last 'special needs' customer so really how on earth do they train them? Having done quite a bit of training in one area or another I know most organisations are desperate to provide this sort of awareness to their staff, so whats going on at Next I wonder? Hmmm I feel a letter coming on.......!!!

Gaviscon

"Gaviscon Oh Gaviscon......." isn't that how the song goes? Anyway Gaviscon is my best friend at the moment. I have it in Cool, Advanced and Original aniseed formula and it all works much the same. You see I'm suffering from heartburn!!! Oh yes I'm suffering well and truly. I start the day not so bad but by tea time I have this terrible burning sensation from my throat down. Really horrible. So Ive got shares in Gaviscon. There are bottles carefully placed around the house for that dire heartburn emergency, forget the spoons, Ive got to the stage of just gulping it down. I need instant relief.... FAST!!! As a result of this you can imagine my eating is pretty rubbish. Everything seems to start it off, and I mean everything, so if anyones got any anti-heartburn tips Id love to hear them.

I feel like I'm absolutely stuffing my face at the moment. On the one hand I'm starving hungry but on the other I'm getting heartburn all the time with a lot of what I eat. On reflection I'm probably not eating as much as I think as my stomach is probably the size of a walnut by now anyway. What with sitting down and having a large baby squishing it up and out the way I don't think theres a lot of room for anything much. So by 3pm today Ive had a bowl of porridge, a Muller rice, picked at a sandwich, some fish nuggets and a couple of potato croquet's. And I feel stuffed!!!! So I don't think I'm going to be eating for a few hours now anyway.

Still here....

Well here I am still here, still writing and definatly KBO'ing. So over the last few weeks we have had an influx of relatives all who needed 'entertaining', then we have had ongoing work done to the house and Ive had quite a few medical check ups. Nothing major but the sort of thing that takes half a day and leaves you knackered. And that's the point here, I am knackered! Ive got all those little pregnancy niggles now that just take it out of you. I'm tired, my legs and feet are swelling, I'm breathless and I have heart burn too, I don't want to eat anything either. All I really want to do is lie down because that's the most comfortable place to be. If I could I would without doubt take to my bed for the next 2 months and be waited on. As it is, that's not going to happen, but its wishful thinking on my part. So I'm looking at the calender and counting down the days, every one is nearer to D day in October, really I cant wait now.