Today I received my maternity hospital notes, I requested them after having had a tough labour and some gaps in my memory that I have been struggling to resolve. I plan to write Niff’s birth story but I’ve been holding back waiting to see whether I’ve forgotten something vital. It was cathartic reading the notes, but also hard work ruminating on some painful memories. Do I write it for her, or forms? How honest should I be? Will she understand when she’s old enough?
Niff’s daddy and the grandparents say I have to just move on, its easier said than done though, the day she arrived changed our lives forever, I know I have to get a handle on it and move on, so I hope writing her story is as cathartic as reading my notes.
If anyone has links to stories I’d love to get some inspiration to get me started and maybe jog my memory!
I didn’t get my notes back so my story is based on memory and other peoples recounts. Would love to get my notes back though: http://arealmummydiary.com/2012/11/24/shiloh-marie-a-birth-story/
Ah thank you, I must remember to add some bump pictures to mine too, hot chilli sauce eh, I laugh when I think how desperate I was to get Niff out!
LOL as much as I thought or pretended I wasn’t desperatet, I was still trying every method I’d heard!