MSE Pregnancy Club 21

Apricot

annibee wrote: »

Although be warned they can and do pick up other baby monitors we had an issue with a neighbours kid crying and we could hear it on our monitor thought we were going mad until they said they could hear us too lol

:rotfl:annibee I remember my little sister's baby monitor used to pick up the conversations of the people in the house behind us - we would have it glued to our ears if they were arguing!

honeypop

jojo1978 wrote: »

Just watched OBEM, makes me so emotional, can't wait for my baby now. Definately want to put on my birth polan NO FORCEPS! Did you see how hard they were pulling that baby out?

I think they have to pull that hard with forceps, as the mum can't push enough herself, that's the point of them to enable some pulling from the other side. I'd rather forceps/ventouse than having a CS un-necessarily just because I didn't want someone pulling baby out the other way.

jojo1978 wrote: »

Have been thinking about hiring/buying a tens machine, as although i want a water birth, there is a chance that i won't get one, with their only being 1 pool at the hospital. Someone posted a link on the old thread for hiring at a cost of about £20, anyone know which company it was? Or can anyone recomment where to buy one at a good price, will go have a look on ebay now.

I posted this one? http://www.maternitytens.com/ which is £20 if the order is plaxced before 20th February.

hngrymummy

Pass em round EA. I'll help you out. nom nom nom

dustystar02

honeypop wrote: »

Is that Company Paternity Leave? As with the Ordinary leave (with the Statutory Paternity Pay) you can't take 2 seperate weeks, you can only take one week in total or two weeks togather, not two seperate weeks. The company won't be able to pay 2 seperate weeks of SPP but if it's company paternity leave and pay they can do what they like there.

I'm not sure, nothing is done 'officially' at that place anyway. He just asked his boss how much paternity leave he was entitled to and he said 2 weeks, he asked if he could split them and was told yes. He'll prob still get full pay for them two weeks tbh so I don't think it makes a difference. Like I say, nothing is done by the book there

jojo1978 wrote: »

Just watched OBEM, makes me so emotional, can't wait for my baby now. Definately want to put on my birth polan NO FORCEPS! Did you see how hard they were pulling that baby out?
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I literally put my hand in front of my face and watched through my fingers. did you see the size of the forceps?
If (god forbid) I need them I want them just to get on with it and not be waving them about in front of me.

madbird_2

Evansangel wrote: »

To be fair i did have an XL double bacon cheeseburger, large fries and a large sprite

I cant write my birth plan yet, need to see the consultant first
But im pretty flexible, i only would want to avoid forceps and have the ventouse instead

Like your style!!

annibee

Apricot wrote: »

:rotfl:annibee I remember my little sister's baby monitor used to pick up the conversations of the people in the house behind us - we would have it glued to our ears if they were arguing!

its why I dont talk on ds's one i turn it off as soon as i go in the room - also because someone I knew was telling me how they were robbed because someone overheard them discussing their holiday plans on the monitor!!:eek: - now Im already paranoid but that just made it worse lol

hitchins

Apricot wrote: »

:rotfl:annibee I remember my little sister's baby monitor used to pick up the conversations of the people in the house behind us - we would have it glued to our ears if they were arguing!

:rotfl::rotfl:

I've heard that some neighbours have been able to see the baby (and whatever else is going on in the room ) on their portable tellys with the baby video monitors! So be warned if you have one of them, turn it off so old Mrs Smith doesn't get a nasty shock!

jojo1978_3

dustystar02 wrote: »

I literally put my hand in front of my face and watched through my fingers. did you see the size of the forceps?
If (god forbid) I need them I want them just to get on with it and not be waving them about in front of me.

Me too, gob open, hand in front of mouth, that poor woman...good job she couldn't feel much. They can't be good for the baby, that much pressure on its head!

gratefulforhelp_2

I have been heard on a baby monitor up the other end of the village...

mrsspendalot

I had a ventouse delivery with baby #1 .... it was ok, but she did have a funny shaped head for a few hours after where the suction cup was attached. I would rather have had the ventouse than forceps or section!