Monthly Archives: August 2009

Back in business, or: resume normal transmission

Twice I was told today that I looked like I had lost weight. One person even said I was looking skinny! Which is odd because since my prac, (where I DID lose weight -dropping to 51k kg/112 lbs) I have … Continue reading

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Open wound, insert salt. Or: for fuck’s SAKE, why does the universe hate me so much?

So here’s a funny thing. Some of you might remember last year when I lost my ectopic pregnancy, my BFF in a similar situation got pregnant two months later. Unfortunately she lost that baby (her second loss). You know what’s … Continue reading

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Big Girls Don’t Cry

Um, these uterine contractions are excruciating. Anyone got a drug cocktail recipe that actually works? I wonder if gin goes ok with a paracetamol/mersyndol combination….

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Poor old Michael Finnegan… Begin again.*

The weekend is nearly over and I’ve made it through ok. Yesterday I did nothing and was completely exhausted by 9pm. Today I did some gardening in the morning: quite a bit of cathartic pruning, and then DH and I … Continue reading

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Nice try, but no cigar

Well I don’t think anyone here is going to be much surprised that I’m not making a ‘miracle’ announcement today. Too bad for those people IRL who told me off for being pessimistic – I’ll take a reasonable amount of … Continue reading

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Sorry, not a winner: Confessions of a (primary school) drop out

Here I sit, in bed, comforted by a heat bag and the sound of the brook running outside my bedroom door. It is 9 am, Wednesday 5th August and I intend to get through the day. Somehow. I guess you … Continue reading

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