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Since Last Post P/L: £295.57
Monthly P/L: £54.02

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What did I say about buses? For the first 2 weeks of March everything was quite normal and then over the last week everything goes crazy!

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So let me start with the most important bit of news - Baby Caden (pronounced Cay-den) arrived on the 11th March at 21:27 after a rather eventful birth. As I explained in this post, we already knew our little man had a heart condition that would need corrective surgery before his first birthday, but there's also been the possibility (a 50-50 chance) that he will also share the same heart condition as his mum. In short, Nic's condition is called Long QT Syndrome and is a disorder that effects the electrical system of her heart. To ensure she's okay she takes beta blockers and also has a pacemaker and implantable defibrillator fitted just in case of any problems. Fortunately, up until now this seems to have been doing the job but as you'd expect, the thought of her going through a natural birth had left me feeling a little uneasy.

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She was doing brilliantly until the contractions started coming 2-3 minutes apart and as the pain intensified I could see she was starting to panic. I knew then that things weren't looking good. The plan had always been for her to have an epidural to lessen the pain but as she wasn't yet 4cms dilated the Doctors were a little reluctant to proceed......that was until she fainted 3 times in succession! The next 45 minutes were probably the most terrifying of my life as she came in and out of consciousness and the anesthetist struggled to get the drugs in place. Thankfully, as soon as she was hooked up, the medicine began to take effect and almost immediately she began to look better. The rest of the birth was a breeze in comparison but the experience of being totally helpless is not something I ever want to go through again.

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The bad news though is that it does appear that Caden also has Long QT syndrome. With so many challenges ahead of him the meaning of his name - 'Spirit of Battle' - seems very apt given the circumstances.

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Okay, so what else has been happening? Well, with so much going on it should be no surprise to you that when I've had 5 minutes to do some trading I've done exceptionally well at losing money!

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My results since my last post:

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Darts

Mardle v Jenkins : £27.66

Wade v Manley : £4.15

Van Barneveld v Lewis : £93.82

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Rugby Union

Italy v Scotland : £14.77

England v Ireland : £248.33

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As you can see, there's been some big losses in there which have made a significant difference to my profit and loss. If I'm honest, in the back of my mind I've been looking for a big win to set myself up for the month and as it hasn't appeared I've been keeping losing trades ride for way too long. It sounds so simple when I write these things down but unfortunately it's what's going on in your brain at the time that counts. With all the changes, my thought process has obviously been disrupted so the plan is to slowly get back into profit before taking a few days off to re-adjust.

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But it's not all bad...every cloud has a silver lining.

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The Welsh rugby team have won a second Grand Slam in four seasons and I'm over the moon! A big well done needs to go out to the players, Warren Gatland, Shaun Edwards and all those involved as the turnaround in fortunes since the Rugby World Cup has been nothing short of astounding. I always believed we had the talent but it seems we now have the mental approach to kill off games and long may the success continue!

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