I spent a week in hospital after my induction. I hadn’t anticipated that I would be there for that long and I was miserable.
I cried alot that week. My husband was on paternity leave and I was desperate to go home, but I had to stay because of my pre-eclampsia.
My first few days as a mummy were on the recovery ward. I had to wear a catheter and was on a drip with magnesium to help reduce my blood pressure. It was hard to sleep as my arms and fingers were strapped to machines. I was also starving but I wasn’t allowed to eat for 48 hours which was the hardest thing of all.
Miniminx has lots of kids coming over for her birthday next Sunday. Things are different this year; with the job loss, credit crunch, and even Woolies gone to the dogs, I’ve put aside posh party planning in favour of a pot luck party on a shoestring budget of £19.99.
Armed with glue gun, scissors, a dusty old craft box and my laptop, I’m sure this will be an adventure in thrift like no other. Being the complete jam tart that I am, I’ve scoured the internet in search of party plagiarisms so you don’t have to…
