Hello! I'm afraid I've been a lurker here for the last few months, but I wanted to say how much I love reading all your fics - I keep checking to see whether you've posted anything new, so having been away from the comp with these bookmarks for a little while, it was lovely to come back to find a new part ;-)
Please feel free to ignore the rest of this comment, but just in case you are interested I wanted to give a bit of input on something I know a little bit about. While bed rest can be a good treatment for pre-eclampsia, literally being "flat on your back" is not good for anyone in the later stages of pregnancy, since the weight of the uterus can slow the blood-flow to the heart and thence through the placenta to the baby, meaning baby gets less oxygen/nutrients. Instead it is recommended to lie on your side. (I am not a doctor or anything, just someone who's eight months pregnant, but this advice was given by my midwife and pilates instructor, and confirmed in various books/online sources I have read.) As I say, I hope this is helpful rather than annoying, and I'm looking forward very much to the next part of this or whichever story you are working on at the moment ;-)
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Please feel free to ignore the rest of this comment, but just in case you are interested I wanted to give a bit of input on something I know a little bit about. While bed rest can be a good treatment for pre-eclampsia, literally being "flat on your back" is not good for anyone in the later stages of pregnancy, since the weight of the uterus can slow the blood-flow to the heart and thence through the placenta to the baby, meaning baby gets less oxygen/nutrients. Instead it is recommended to lie on your side. (I am not a doctor or anything, just someone who's eight months pregnant, but this advice was given by my midwife and pilates instructor, and confirmed in various books/online sources I have read.) As I say, I hope this is helpful rather than annoying, and I'm looking forward very much to the next part of this or whichever story you are working on at the moment ;-)