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Lily Annabelle Isla arrivved 4 weeks early bang on 36 weeks, obviously thought she'd steal the llimelight as me and oh had just got engaged

I am typing one hand atm, got L in the other arm and I suspect a nappy change is appropriate haha!
So, will update soon and put birth story in the right bit of the forum :wave:

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Today we got the news we had been hoping for; OH is in remission!!! He still has to have another couple of courses of chemo but it means there is an end in sight to all of this. It still means we have a while on our own

but we can live with that if it means daddy will be home with us soon and well again. The best news for me at the minute is the fact we can carry on with our plans to TTC late next year (selfish...

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Now that I've been using cloth for an entire week I thought I would update on my experience so far; Including my opinions on the different cloth nappies that I borrowed from the nappy library.

So far I have been pleasantly surprised at how hassle-free using cloth nappies has been. I expected a lot of extra work. Washing nappies takes no extra effort considering I wash our laundry a few times a week anyway, not to mention that my daughter has had no rashes since changing over.

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I finally managed to claim my entitlement to maternity allowance. Took appealing numerous times and the idea of a tribunal before the MA office overturned their desicion. Here is a link to my 'proper' blog, http://whatdonnagoogled.blogspot.com/2011/12/maternity-allowance-and-stillbirth-at.html , if you want to check out the details. Well worth a look if you think you have been wrongly denied MA after a stillbirth at 24weeks, actually if you think you have been wrongly denied...

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I had an electrocardiogram today (echocardiogram on Sat.) and saw the consultant and have been discharged- everything was fine and I don't need antibiotic cover- woohoo! And I finally know what kind of heart murmur I have. I will be phoning my mw this Thurs to get my name on that homebirth list! Yay!! It's all actually going as I hoped, and more. :wine:

Off to have a shower after my yoga...

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