Post.
Lost it a bit when Simon (& Jasper) were peripherally involved in an accident on the A329 last night - mum came over to calm me down. Still I’m not phoning NHS direct every day & am continuing to allowing Claudia to leave the house - so I’m doing pretty well.
Claudia decided yesterday she wanted to go and stay with MIL for ‘four days’, so she is! I really need some time not being cheerful, I’m so tired it’s all unreal. Settled solidly in numb with brief flashes of sad.
Have a new plan - to be referred to the Silver Star Unit in Oxford. I think I meet their criteria with
“High blood pressure in pregnancy”
“Previous stillborn babies”*
“Recurrent miscarriages or other early pregnancy losses.”
“Previous severe bleeding (placental abruption)”
“Previous early labour”**
“Any other unusually complicated or stressful previous pregnancy.”
This bit sounds good though
We run:
* A pre-pregnancy clinic where advice about another pregnancy can be given and appropriate care planned.
* A recurrent miscarriage clinic, usually limited to women who have suffered at least three early pregnancy losses.
* An early pregnancy clinic, where women who suffer recurrent miscarriages can be guided through the early weeks of their next pregnancy.
* The Silver Star clinic, where full antenatal care is given at a very high level to those who need it.
I need to see if I can get referred without going via GP (unlikely).
* well Toby was ‘just’ a late miscarriage …
** 35+6 weeks is technically preterm
Do you want me to find out how their referrals work?
Comment by Chris — 4 August, 2008 @ 9:18 am
Ah fuck - what happened?????
Comment by Alison — 4 August, 2008 @ 9:48 am
Chris, that would be really, really helpful - thank you.
He was first at the scene of someone bouncing their car off both crash barriers at high speed. His phone was out of charge & he borrowed someone else’s & I got a garbled call about needing to get him & Jasper behind the crash barriers & “oh fuck someone else is going to crash”. Had visions of him strolling along the motorway with Jasper while cars were crashing all around them
Then couldn’t contact him until he got home an hour later. Was a bit scared.
Just had Gwenny & Dylan walk past our house!
Comment by Administrator — 4 August, 2008 @ 9:56 am
that sounds really scary, always worse being the one at home with no way of knowing what’s going on.
Comment by Sarah — 4 August, 2008 @ 10:06 am