small world syndrome

[mrsflibble]

i got up at stupid o clock to queue outside marks and spencer yesterday.
i was chatting to two old african ladies, one a retired nurse, one a semi retired midwife. we got talking about kids etc. their sister, another nurse turned up and still we chatted. we got onto the fact that i have sophie, and old nurse asked if i was having any more; i told her no and about the AFE. she said "oh, a friend of mine had to deal with one of those, rare isn't it?" i thought no more about it.

then a friend of theirs turned up too, and i was struck with hazy recognition but couldn't place her. it was only when the older midwife called her by name; "paula" that i realised who she was. she was my midwife. she was the one who, with jims help, managed to convince the consultant who was hellbent on giving me a forceps delivery that iwas going into arrest, needed to be intubaed and needed a c section.

she saved my life. she saved my baby's life. and i met her in a queue at marks and spencer!!!

thankfully, I had my ipod with me and therefore could show her some recent pictures of sophie.

i would have been in today's queue too but i fell off my bike on the way home yesterday and am in quite a lot of pain today. no sympatrhy please, it was my own stupid fault lol!!

then in the evening i realised the implication of what old semi retired midwife had said. her friend had to deal with an AFE. she's friends with my midwife. are we seeing where this is going?

so, yeah. wow. small world.

[Graye]

It obviously stayed with her and I bet she wondered what had happened so it must have been lovely to see you, fit and well. And pictures of your daughter too. I suppose as a job it must be satisfying in it's own sweet way, but to see the "your" babies and mums later must be special.

[the.fee.fairy]

I love seeing 'my' midwife - i was 9 weeks early and so a lot of people worried.
When my mum took me to the weighing thing, she'd always ask what i'd had for lunch and get told things like 'spaghetti bolognese, gammon and cips'...all proper food that mum used to puree for me.

Now, when she sees me, she looks at me and tells my mum that 'home made food is always best, you can tell by looking at this one'.

[mrsflibble]

aww thats lovely fee!!!

my mum's still friends with one of the midwives who attended her when she had my sister, it's so nice that Lucy has met the lady.