"...the baby...will need something of her own to collect."

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1991 (Part 2)


     I called Ann Prescott today to let her know how we're doing and find out how everyone else is.  She said that last night Cathy Rudolph missed for the first time.  And that Brigett hasn't come since xmas.  Dec. 28 was her anniversary date & she told Ann that since then she's felt much better & feels she's ready to go on & doesn't need the group any more.  Kim & Ron are pregnant again but haven't been to the group lately.  I told her if she talks to them again to give Kim my number to call me.  
     Ann asked if I would be interested in a daytime group for women going through pregnancy after a loss. I said sure.  She said she'd ask the others & let me know if it happens.  Also, Jeffrey, the chaplain, isn't working with the group any more.  At one meeting he told someone who was expressing a lot of anger toward their doctor that they needed psychiatric help.  He also made some other comments at the same meeting (she didn't say what) and she had several complaints from people saying they wouldn't be back because of what he'd said.  So she told him that it just wouldn't work out for him to stay with the group.  She's not really looking for anyone to take his place, that if she got someone else it would be someone who has either been through a loss of their own or has experience working with people in these situations.
     I've been sleeping about the same - waking up around 4:00 or 5:00 either because A) I need to go to the bathroom, B) my hip is aching so bad, or C) I'm wheezing or coughing.  I am still wheezing quite a bit on my left side and every once in awhile on my right side.  I am better than I was while I was sick but I'm not quite up to par again yet.  Now that I'm in the last trimester though I probably won't get back up to par for a LONG time.  
     I've kept putting off getting started on a new dress for Rob & Gina's wedding next month.  It's the one I was fixing to start on when I had the miscarriage & had put it away.  I'd decided to make it to wear for our anniversary but just didn't get to it.  Then I decided to do it for the wedding & got all the pattern pieces ironed & looked over the directions.  Once I saw that most of the pattern had to be laid out on a single layer & flipped over, I started dreading it and putting it off.  I thought about calling Jan Faulkner to see how much she'd charge to cut it out for me.  But I thought how much of a hassle it would be to get it to her & back.  So I decided to see if Deanna Oliver could do it for me.  She said she'd do it for nothing so I took it to her at church Sun.  She's going to bring it by after work when she's done - one day this week.  Hopefully, sewing it won't be too hard.  It didn't bother me sewing the pillow for Rob & Gina.
     I went to a coupon sale at Piece Goods last week.  I'd already gotten a pattern for maternity jumpsuit, pants, blouse, & top.  I got fabric for the pants & jumpsuit and 2 tops.  I'd picked out fabric from the remnant table for the blouse but there wasn't a piece big enough.  I'd taken the pattern & directions out of the envelope or I could have laid it out to see how much I'd need off a second piece.  But I had to put it back.  With the fabric, plus fabric for Michele Forsythe's wedding shower present, plus some DMC and a few odds & ends, I spent $45, about $15 more than I'd planned.  I'm going to Quilt Works' fabric sale tomorrow to get fabric like the quilt to make other stuff for the nursery.  I'm afraid it'll still be expensive on sale.  But hopefully not as expensive as buying everything in a store.  Oh, we finally decided on a theme last night - hearts.  I think even Guy expected me to want bunnies.  But I figure I'll still be collecting rabbits and the baby will eventually get them anyway that she'll need something of her own to collect.