Whoops

[nanila]

Yesterday was a little more exciting than I'd planned. I did not, in fact, make it to London for work. Instead, I learnt the following.

1. If you are a pregnant woman and you fall over in a train station, even during rush hour, people tend to get a bit worried.
   
2. Trying to convince people you don't need an ambulance because you're fine (by being unable to walk due to pain) doesn't seem to work.
   
3. Hearing ambulance sirens outside a train station and clocking that they were for me now ranks in the top three Most Embarrassing Moments of my life.
   
4. Riding in an ambulance is an experience whose repetition I'd like to minimise in my future life.
   
5. The NHS carries on being amazing. Special plaudits to Birmingham City Hospital Maternity Triage for a thorough checkup and scanning the baby.

[I'm fine - well, sort of. But if I'm a bit tired and flaky the next few weeks - even more than I have been lately - I apologise in advance. Baby is fine (definitely).]

Comments

[rmc28]

I hear you on 4 :-/

On 3: ever going to discuss the other two? :-P

wishing you comfort and rest

[qian]

Eek!! I'm glad you and Baby are OK.

[duccio]

Be careful, sweetie. "I'm fine," is a song you want to keep on singing happily, as long as you live.

[nou]

Eep! Glad you were taken care of properly and baby is fine.

[kerrypolka]

I'm glad you're all right and hopefully not too embarrassed!

[doccy]

Hooray for both nanila and baby being fine - but I hope you feel finer-er (...-er?) in the near future :)

[quinara]

Eep!! Glad to hear that everything is/will be OK.

This is apparently my medical icon...

[antisoppist]

Eeeek. Glad you and the baby are fine. Re. 4 and 3, mine was phoning 999 because my then 2 year-old had had a fit and turned blue and having paramedics burst through the front door and instantly administer Calpol. Febrile convulsion. He had a cold. I let him get too hot. And then they took us to the hospital for checks because the NHS is brilliant, and told me not to feel too much like an idiot. As the paediatrician said at the time "well I'd always call an ambulance. We don't take chances."

[foxfirefey]

You can tell that I'm an American because the mere idea of sirens coming for me is horrifying because what if my insurance doesn't cover it.

[weaverbird]

Yikes! That's definitely the wrong kind of exciting. wow.

Glad baby is fine and that you are at least sort of fine. Hope you can upgrade that to unequivocally fine soon.

[highlyeccentric]

Eeep! Glad you're OK and the hospital were decent to you.

Is Brum your home base? Brum is my UK base (by reason of boyfriend)!

[happydork]

Yay for the NHS, and yay for baby being fine -- I hope your fine-sort-of becomes fine-actually as soon as it can. <3

[alwayswondered]

Ack. I'm glad you and baby are okay! The NHS is amazing, particularly in an emergency, and I'm so happy you were treated well. Take care of yourself!

[lurkingcat]

Hurray for the NHS!

Glad both you and the baby are fine. I hope that gets more fine.

[ironed_orchid]

Glad that you are okay.

Does this mean you missed out on Rosetta excitement?

[soliano]

So glad you are ok!

[lark_ascends]

*hugs you very very gently*

Very glad that the baby is fine and hope that you quickly get better.

[calissa]

I'm glad you and the baby are okay.

[chickenfeet]

Glad you are both OK. With you on the ambulance thing. It's worse if you actually need it.

[pbristow]

EEEP! =8oO

I casually scroll down just to see if I might be missing anything fascinating before I go to grab a cuppa and Do Something Not On The Internet... and you go and collapse in a heap on me! With Ambulances!

Was this in Birmingham New-Vision-Of-Hell Street station, perchance? =:o\

How are you doing now?

[CAREFUL HUGS]