Sharon can come home tomorrow (provided there's no disasters overnight). Her consultant finally came to see her this afternoon. Although she's having contractions every 5 to 10 minutes she's not actually giving birth. So the consultant said they want to leave it as long as possible before they deliver Connor to give him the maximum amount of time to develop. Whilst this is good news for Connor, its bad news for Sharon. Because she is so "uncomfortable" (i.e. in immense pain!!) they've brought the caesarean forward from 39 weeks to 38 and will deliver her on 24 June. However, this means she will, in effect, be in labour for over 4 weeks!! She wants whats best for Connor but she doesn't know if she can cope with another 28 days of this pain.
Stopping the kids from hassling her during this time will be difficult too. James has coped well so far but he knows Mummy is not here. Telling him that he can't go to her when she is here will be a different matter completely. And Chloe is a drama queen at the best of times. I hope to god that the gravity of the situation gets through to them without stressing them out to much either.
Income:zero Tomorrow is my last day at work. Despite Sharon coming out of hospital, I'm going to go in to clear my desk and do some of the hand over I'm supposed to have done this week. I don't know how to feel; I'm finally free of a job I hated with a passion but just as we are about to add another member to our family I'm suddenly without an income. I make some money from my business but not enough to support us (and because I have some income I'm not even entitled to much in the way of state benefit).
Tired. Sharon's pain has stopped her from sleeping for nearly 3 days now and she's in pieces. So I'm tyring to be strong for her but what with all the jobs around the house and Jim constantly waking up and wanting his Mummy I've not had much sleep myself. I just feel so exhausted and what with caring for Sharon, looking after the kids and then Connor when he arrives there isn't an end in sight. Don't get me wrong, I'm over the moon that she's coming home, but I desperately need some rest.
Fun. There's oodles of light relief to be had over at steakandcheese.com. Some of it is distinctly adult and some of it is very (VERY) gross, but there's some funny stuff in there.
Thoughtful insight. Yeah right. Like that's gonna happen today..........
