Yes so unless you have been out of the loop as much as I have you might have noticed I have had a baby! I spent the month of July in hospital with various problems but mainly Pre-eclampsia. Swollen feet, high blood pressure and protein in my urine at high levels and needed an emergency c-section when my blood platelets started to go a bit off.


I got a spinal injection to numb me and was awake through the surgery. It felt strange like someone was sitting on my belly and bouncing up and down so much that I thought I may be sick at one point. Baby Franklin James McKee was born on 25th July at 9pm at 29 weeks of 40 and I got to see him for about 5 seconds before they took him away to check him over. My placenta and womb were very small and the fluid around him was a light green meaning he had pooped. My body was not doing what it needed to for him to grow and keep him safe so surgery was at the right time.



He was a little under 2lbs 2oz and he was taken to NICU. As I was being stitched back up my intestines tried to escape from my body and had to be pushed back into place and sewn up on the inside before I could have my wound sewn up. It took about 30 minutes to complete.


The next day in HDU I was encouraged to get up and and out of bed asap. I got out of bed and sat in a chair by the bed to eat a bit of toast but only managed a mouthful before feeling woozy and due to all the blood pressure medication I was on I fainted because of low pressure and needed some help with air. This happened a couple more times. The pain was kept at bay with paracetamol. I tried morphine but it just made me feel drunk and sleep for hours. I tried a half dose but it was the same so I stuck with paracetamol. It was 4 days before I was able to get up and unhooked from machines to go see Franklin in NICU. My Mr kept me updated as did the doctors on his progress and was even given photos of him.


When I finally was able to go see him I burst into tears and couldn't believe just how small he was and just kept thinking how will he survive! My Mr says he will never forget my face when I saw him for the first time. I cried all day and every time I saw him for the next 4 days. On the 5th day I managed to focus on the little improvements he had made and his colour was getting better.




Its 5 weeks now since he was born and he has come on lots from then. He he is off all the drips and his oxygen help keeps getting reduced. He is on larger feeds 3 hourly and was moved from NICU to HDU. He is usually awake when we go to see him like he knows its the time we visit. He is such a happy baby and hardly cries. I am a proud mummy and just can't wait to get my little boy home.

Sooooooo it's been a while!

For those who don't already know a couple weeks ago I got really bad heartburn with my pregnancy and went to the doctors fro some medication. I was prescribed Zantac then later found out it can take a week to work. A week later I was still in agony and was unable to eat anything and hardly drink. I had a scan appointment at the hospital and took along a urine sample which was very dark and being type 2 diabetic was checked for keytones which were 3.1. I was told I was being admitted for treatment for severe dehydration and very high blood pressure.

Being so dehydrated made getting a line in very difficult. Three Doctors fried for 90 minutes to find a vein. Stabbing me more than 20 times until I couldn't take it anymore and broke down in tears.
I was covered with a warm air blanket for an hour and then an anesthesiologist was brought in with an ultrasound machine to find a vein and finally after a few tries go one. I was pumped full of liquids, antibiotics, steroids, blood pressure medication and my blood pressure and blood sugar levels were checked every 30 minutes all night. My fingers were covered in dots from all the blood sugar tests. I was given Omeprazole to kill the heartburn and told to drink as much as possible. A catheter was inserted so my urine could be observed.

For three days I was pretty much in agony and had no sleep. I was over filled with fluids which then made my salt levels off. The doctors thought I had gallstones that had blocked somewhere and maybe an infection. I had an MRI scan that showed this was not the case now if had been.

I was in hospital from Monday to Saturday and discharged myself. I was feeling better and although my salt was still not normal and blood pressure was still high I was only being given medication and could easily take that at home myself and actually get a proper sleep at home.

All baby tests were normal and baby is happy and healthy. I am still not 100% maybe 92% but I am getting there and hopefully next week after a good week of sleeps I will be back to normal or some kind of new normal.

So that's my news. Bump is growing faster than ever and kicks can be seen. Fatshion posts will resume asap. Thank you for all the kind words and love! It is very much appreciated. You are an awesome bunch of rad fats! I uploaded pics from my Hell Hospital week to instagram if you are interested.