Season's Greetings

I hope everyone manages to get some rest and peace in among the frenzy that is Christmas these days. Most of us are remembering little ones who should be celebrating with wide eyes but are not with us.

I am so grateful to have Beanie with us - our first Christmas with a child. Traditional with annoying mother-in-law (her heart is good but man it's wrapped up in some annoying wrapping paper) and my own mother with flu and arguments over how equally the effort of making Christmas dinner is shared.

Beanie gave me chicken pox for Christmas, the first spots arrived on Christmas Eve and now I am completely covered, just starting to get itchy. I was just starting to feel a teency bit smug about having an ultra strong immune system when bam! About 16 days after Beanie first got it.

The on-call doctor came to see me at home on Christmas Day within 20 minutes of my call. How good is that? My much anticipated return to work will be delayed by at least one week. Let's see how it goes - a bit of a miserable holiday for DH though. He (the doctor, not DH) checked with the state hospital - no antiviral is given here unless you're already an at risk patient (immunosuppressed) or a smoker, of which I am neither.

So I didn't make it to V and A's lake as I wanted to today, what with making dinner and seeing the doctor and the in-laws arriving etc. But I miss you both and I miss you Dad.

Chicken pox baby - updated

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Updated: Chicken pox baby yesterday - awwww!

I still haven't come down with anything, I am just waiting to get sick which looks like it will be over Christmas now. I want it to hurry up and come and go already. My doctor, despite my battles with his receptionist, whom I really dislike, told me that there was already no point for the vaccine and wouldn't give me the antiviral for reasons I haven't fully captured.


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A pox be upon ye......

Beanie has chicken pox, confirmed today at the paediatrician. Nothing to do but wait it out. The bad thing is I haven't had chicken pox - I know for sure as I had a blood test when I was pregnant - and have been trying to line up the vaccine for months. My OB told me it was okay to have whilst breastfeeding but my family doctor wasn't having any of it and refused to give it to me whilst I was.

I stopped breastfeeding two weeks ago and it's on my to do list to line up the vaccine before the end of the year.... and well now it's too late and I am about to get adult chicken pox. I'm just now starting to feel a bit itchy. Sigh. The good news, for once, is that I am not pregnant. I know as I haven't had sex for some time. Too knackered or too annoyed. My periods have been back for two months and they were indeed roughly a month apart.

Thanks for all your comments on the post below about A. Yes, my psychiatrist did indeed say that I could only take the decision as the person I was in that moment. She was trying to pre-empt regret. I am struggling with the fact that I might need to face that decision again in the future and that DH and I would not be on the same side of the line.

DH and I have been getting on much better since our absence when we were in the UK and he was in Africa. I think he missed us.....