Wednesday's blog

I went in to see Isobel at 5pm. She was asleep when I arrived. On Tuesday she had eaten very little after lunchtime, probably because she was tired from the effort she made at lunchtime. She had taken just sufficient drink during the day. It is probably not worth trying too hard to wake her for food at lunchtime if it is going to adversely affect her later. Her natural pattern seems to be to sleep for most of the day and pots of balanced supplement and drinks are available for whenever she wakes. The best times for getting her to eat conventional food are when she is dressed in the morning and at teatime.

Today Isobel had eaten half of her breakfast and a pot of balanced supplement later in the morning. She had slept through lunch. When tea arrived she woke easily. She ate the main course easily and moderately quickly. She tired somewhat as she ate strawberry mousse for dessert but finished it. She drank half a beaker of blackcurrant squash very slowly before falling asleep. She was able to confirm she was comfortable but did not speak apart from this. She seemed relaxed. I sat with her for a while but she showed no sign of waking again; I left at twenty past eight.

Iona went to her first ante-natal class this evening!