The end of Covid restrictions

What a strange 2 years it has been! Back in March 2020 when the world started to take action about Covid I was heavily pregnant with Olivia and scared as hell.

I remember the rules changing before they closed the schools, back at the beginning of March was when it started to affect me, the maternity units decided that just one person would be aloud to attend a birth rather than two, this broke my heart as my Mother in law was meant be there to witness her grand daughter being born.

The talk of covid was around the school like wild fire and many of us thought they should close the schools, especially with me being pregnant and just a week later Boris Johnson was announcing the closure, just for a few weeks....which ended in a lot more time than that. I feel very luckily for this time though as Lilly got to watch Olivia grow for so much more time that other siblings. 

The lockdown was the strangest time ever, with only being allowed out for walks once a day and only going to the shops for essentials, the shops had queues and one way systems and the 2m rule which made you stay in your own bubble. Home schooling was starting and we were thrown into the unknown very quickly. I remember Liam driving around trying to find hand soap and paying over the odds for toilet roll from the chemist who had just had a delivery. Every Thursday we hung out of our windows and clapped for the NHS which got louder every week and definitely made me proud.

Giving birth during lockdown was an experience but I shall leave that story for the other post I have already written, Birth story

 The idea of wearing a face mask was so alien at first and I remember when it became compulsory the looks people would get when they didn't wear them was like they were going to fight each other. It felt like this was going to be a long ride but I never really saw it going for so long. 

when the restrictions started to ease it felt wrong again as I had just learnt how to deal with what was happening and it felt to soon which we later saw that it was. Christmas was a big blow for everyone when everyone was thrown back into lockdown and back to home schooling again. which took us into March, a whole year of dealing with a virus that was potentially life threatening.  

Covid vaccinations had started to become a big part of the news and I did take the opportunity to have them both with both making me feel a little poorly but it was done. It all felt like things were getting better this time and by the time Christmas came I felt a lot more relaxed with it all. 

2022 came and mask wearing was coming to an end, and most, if not all places were open and back to almost normal, no more queues or stickers on the floor. February hit, 2 years on and going for so long with not catching covid and there it was, a positive test for covid

Now we have entered March and all restrictions have fully ended with the new way of life just living with Covid. I feel that I can finally breath and I feel like life is going to get better hopefully in the way of living with this virus and watching this pandemic go into history.

So here is to remembering the NHS clap, Captain Tom Moore, face masks, vaccinations, queues, 2m rule, no toilet roll or soap, lockdown and so much more.