SAHMs: Do you worry about being....

[fionas]

I do worry about it a bit. If I hurt myself but wasn't unconscious, DD would be able to get the phone if I asked her to. But she's too young to teach to dial 000 though she was pretty adept at dialling hotel reception when we went away last week. Got a bit embarrassing after the third time.

I do worry more about something happening to DD (we have a polished concrete floor and DD has taken to hanging upside down off the couch) and not knowing what to do before an ambulance got there.

Good on you for taking the FA course Bath. It's something I should look into as well.

DP assisted in giving CPR on a train the other day so you just never know when you're going to need it.

[Inertia]

It did, and when my Hypo first surfaced, it was extremely concerning. DH used to call every hour to make sure I was okay - but even then he would be hoping - at the time - that my sister was home to come over if I didn't answer. He ended up talking work into letting him have MSN on his computer at work and then he would call if I didn't respond to his messages during the day. Also was cheaper for them, lol.

In the end, if I was having a hypo we discovered I would lay down on the tiles. I instinctively went looking for a cool surface to lay down on, and the kids were helped to understand that if they saw mummy laying on the floor to bring her the bottle of coke. It didn't help with anything else at all, but it made them so happy to help mummy feel better. Usually I would be in the kitchen because I was trying to make myself something to eat when I felt it coming on.

I guess this is why I don't give my kids much in the way of chores - they got a fair whack of responsibility just having me as a mum, lol. Now DH is self employed he is a SAHD. I am a student - but doing distance while preggers. The bonus is - I am no where near as far from him at tafe as he was from me at work.