MSE Pregnancy Club 22

hayleythedaisy

Delain - worryingly she sounded deadly serious! And I know if push comes to shove (no pun intended) lots of people are induced and it's fine, I know a couple of people who have either had really stupidly quick labours (my mum with me 32 minutes!) or really long ones (as in 3-4 days) and if I can avoid it I would like to, although after today I think if nothing has happened by monday I'll give in. Consultant said before if I'm happy to keep trying then he is too but that was before nipper got so porky!

Flower08

Wonder_Womble wrote: »

I hate paying parking at the best of times, each time we go to the hospital we must spend about a fiver on parking as we are there for hours :mad: Our hospital is in the city centre and is 90p per hour :eek:

:eek:I wish ours was 90p per hour!! Ours is £2.00 per hour. However you can get a 24 hour ticket for £5 which I didnt think was too bad considering how much the hourly rate is.

hayleythedaisy

Do other hospitals not give you a pass for free parking for labour?
Ours is £2.50 per visit for outpatients, but if you're not an outpatient (visitor I guess) it's £2.50 for 2 hours, and £4 for 4, £7 for 24. But there is no way of them telling if you are an outpatient or not!

Kandboys

Wow Hayley! Hopefully they are wrong about the size! DS2 was 9lb 12oz but he was 12 days late. Think this one is getting on for that! I was told he was big and they tried to make me have a c-section which i refused. But ended up with an emergency one anyway. Is it your first? x

Flower08

hayleythedaisy wrote: »

Do other hospitals not give you a pass for free parking for labour?

Ours lets you park outside the labour ward for 15 minutes for free, basically enough time for OH to come up to ward with you, then run back down and park in the car park.

hayleythedaisy

Kandy - I'm hoping they are wrong too but OH was 9lb12 and I was about 8lb and 3 weeks early so we'll see! I'm only 5ft so you can imagine how stupid I look - hence no bump pics! She measured each measurement 6 times today to check! Yep it's my first. I think I was so hopeful I would be able to do it naturally that I may have been a bit niave. Am now wondering if it's selfish to the baby as it's probably not going to be easy for either of us now it's so big!

Flower - we get a pass for 24 hours when you're in labour, and more passes if your labour lasts longer than that. (Should I be worried, they already gave me 2!)

Sammy85_2

Just eaten a huge bowl of icecream covered in sprinkles... so bad, yet so good... lol

(sorry - just had to share with someone!)

Gillyx

Ice cream isn't that bad Sammy!

I've ate like a pig today. OH went to bed at 8 o clock :eek: so I'm sitting here stuffing my face with giant buttons and watching that Bin Laden thing on Ch 4.

mancbird

I can't believe how expensive the parking is at some of your hospitals! Here it is £2 per day amd your ticket expires at midnight. The post-natal ward has visiting times 3 times a day so you can buy one ticket and use it at all 3 sessions. Not sure what happens when you're in labour though...don't really fancy OH "nipping out" at midnight to pay for more parking if I'm 10cm dilated lol

Ravenlady_2

Anyone delivering at either Musgrove or Mary stanly unit?