first week of maternity leave

Well my maternity leave starts tomorrow and I am starring to think what the help am I going to do?! I know that I want to wash some of the baby clothes and start putting the sheets on thw cots mattress but I am not sure what else I should do. It is kind of weird going from having some thing to do for 8 hours of the day to having to think of something to do. I am sure I will get on the net and work out something do and talk to the swb girls as well as they soon will be on leave as well

Antenatal Class and Maternity Leave

Well on Thursday afternoon at 3pm i started Marernity Leave...and all i can say is THANK GOD!!!! I am so glad that i have started as i am now starting to notice that i am getting tired and needing a nap in the afternoon.

Also Today i finished my antenatal class, and i can now say that i am glad that i have done them. I have come out of them with a lot of knowledge and feel a lot more comfortable about the whole going into labour and delivering the baby. Today we talked about Breastfeeding/bottle feeding, Settling and sleeping, had a tour around the birthing and maternity unit we also watched a video called Being Dad which was really good and i think DH enjoyed seeing other dads talk about labour and breast feeding etc and hear what their experinces were.

Well at the moment other then the classes and my ultrasound that i had yesterday the next thing on my list is seeing Dr Davis on Wednesday and my baby shower next saturday.

2 weeks and 3 days to go!

Well i got a talking to last night from DH and he has asked me to leave work early, so talked to my boss today and i asked if i could finish at the end of the roster and that is in 2 weeks and 3 days....OMG that is so close!!!

Growing Pains

Well i have been starting to get some major growing pains at the moment and it is mostly around my pelvic area, but it is mostly when i am walking or standing i feel it, but it seems to be fine while i am sitting and laying down.

Other then the pelvic pain i have just had sore breasts but they are easy to deal with as they only hurt when they are touched.

I put in my maternity leave form in today it was really exciting to know that i am one step closer to meeting my little boy. I also put in my last ADOs before i go on leave, it is kind of werid looking at the rosters to see that i only have 4 more before i go on leave. I really like know that i have 9 months paid leave 6 months of it is maternity leave and the other 3 is annual leave.

I have also decided that when i go back to work i will be on reduced hours i will be working 3 days a week for 6 months. It will give me that extra time with the baby and it will ease me back into work.

A long hard day

Well I am so glad that today is over, it has been such a long day with too many patients and not enough beds to put them on...if they want to fix anything in the health system they need to get my unit more beds.

I have been thinking i won't be able to last until October when i would like to go on Maternity leave. Work has been so hard and i spend so much time on my feet that i am only 16 weeks and my legs and feet are starting to get really sore, and its not like i can turn to someone i work with to help me out as i am the only one in my ward that does the type of work i do, which also means that i will have to train someone to do the work i do...fun...not!

I am thinking that i will talk to Dr Davis about how long i can work up til...i am guessing with my other medical problems as well that will play a factor. I have a specialist appointment in August with my Haematologist (as he didn't want to see me before unless i was having problems.) I think i will talk with Dr Davis when i see him after my 19 weeks scan....i have an appointment on the 16th June.


I guess the next big thing that i have to think of is my trip to Melbourne next week which i am really looking forward to as i haven't seen my older sister since before Christmas as she was unable to come up. so it will be a nice girls weekend as my younder sister is also coming with us...i wonder if they will let me on the flight first as i am pregnant? i will have to do some research on that.