Saturday, 26 September 2020

Failure to prepare... prepare to fail !

My first blog of the new term and first of module 3.
It’s been a busy few weeks. 

Over a week ago we welcomed our daughter, Valentina into the world ! I had a c -section and although the baby was fine at birth , we soon realised she was unwell and she was whisked away to neo natal intensive care with suspected pneumonia. She stayed  there for 2 nights and then we both went to transitional care for a further 4 nights. Luckily she picked up and we are now finally home. Big sister Amara is very pleased she now has a lovely baby sister to look after. 
It was quite a worrying week and really makes you realise how important health is and how valuable our NHS is. 


Prior to all of this excitement and drama , I had luckily managed to get a head start on the final module. In the weeks before the baby was due, I managed to do my 1 to 1 Skype with Adesola , enrol for the term , complete my feedback for the feedback received for module 2 and I even managed to complete all of my interviews for my inquiry project. 

So although this is my first blog of the term , I do feel I have hit the ground running !

3 comments:

Serina Faull said...

Congratulations on your new born Valentina! What a lovely name. Italian? Well done you on getting some tough parts of the beginning of module 3 pre giving birth! You are amazing, juggling everything. Glad you are still here apart of the blog community too. Our NHS is a saviour, it is such a shame it is under-funded and not always well managed. All the very best for the rest of your final module! Let's do this!

Lois Dutton said...

Thank you :)
It works well in most Latin languages, we chose it as it’s a popular Latino name. My husband is from chile :)
Thanks for your really lovely comments.
Let’s do this !! X

EmilySwatton said...

Huge congrats on your baby!! wow, you did so much beforehand, great planning- you can do it! I often feel out of my depth and each module is like starting again, but we will do it...you are an inspiration!