Hello

I'm 8 weeks and 6 days preggers now. I have had a bit of shocker since my last post. First I had a horrid cold, got over that, and then got really ill - don't know what the exact cause of it was, but I had a night of being awake the whole night with sickness from both ends I couldn't even have a sip of water without it meaning another trip to the bathroom. Jack sorted Louis out and took him off to the childminder, but after a while I was feeling worse - I rang NHS direct who advised me to try a mouthful of water every 10 minutes, and that it was really important I got something in me especially as I was pregnant. After an hour I was still not keeping these mouthfuls in, so rang the doctors surgery as per their advice. They couldn't get a doctor out to me for about 4 hours and they said if I felt worse I needed to call an ambulance. It got to a point where I was feeling very dizzy and felt so weak. I couldn't stand up properly... I called 999 and an ambulance came for me and took me away in my pyjamas. Luckily I hadn't attempted drinking anything for a while so I was 'safe'.

The ambulancemen took me to Urgent Care in a wheelchair, where someone said I could be treated. I was seen by someone - BP and urine sample taken, then was told to wait again. 2 mins later saw a doctor, who felt my tummy - he said he didn't know why I had been admitted to that department as I need an IV drip and they don't have the equipment, so the only option was to go to A&E. By this point my ambulancemen had long gone, so off I hobbled and made myself a little bed on the only chairs that didn't have arm rests.

After a while Jack turned up - he hates hospitals so he was just as bad as me really! It felt like no one was being seen, it was agonising - I was so thirsty and felt so ill. A girl arrived who looked either drunk or drugged, wobbling all over the place. She stopped right next to where I was laying. I thought she was going to either throw up on me, or fall on me, so I sat up.... only for her to promptly take my place, so I was forced to have to sit up (arm rest situation) which made me feel worse. She kept running off to the loo and was being sick really loudly, which didn't help.

We must have been waiting 2 hours, when Jack went to ask when I'd be seen. They said they didn't have my notes. Great. I could have cried if I had had enough liquid to produce tears. Then someone came to say I'd be seen next, then after about 5 minutes was called. So off I went, and fainted on the walk over. Jack started shouting at the staff saying it was because they'd taken so long. He felt bad by the time we were leaving.

The nurse tried taking blood, but as my blood pressure was so slow they couldn't get anything - so she punctured me 4 or 5 times before calling another to do the job for her. They took some blood and put an IV drip in - they also added some anti-sickness stuff. I fell asleep while it went in. I don't really remember much, just being absolutely freezing. I felt a lot better by the time it was done. They said my blood results showed I wasn't severely dehydrated so I could go home and continue with the sipping water. They gave me some anti-sickness tablets too to take home, but only 5 days worth.

I asked the nurse to check the baby was ok - she said 'oh you'll get a routine scan at 12 weeks' - I said I knew, but I was worried because I'd been so ill - so she said she'd felt my stomach and it wasn't tender or soft and so everything was fine.

Jack took me home, I felt so weak. I managed 1/4 of a slice of toast... it stayed in for a while, but at least the sickness had stopped. I took 3 days off work, Jack was an absolute darling - just did everything in regards to Louis, made sure I was ok - just a total dream.

I feel fine now, but my stomach is still a bit delicate. Other than that, the tiredness has started - went to sleep at 8.30 last night!

I have my scan date through - 12th January wooohoooo!