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... with youngest, they decided to induce bang on my due date....it was only when he was born that they realised the scans had got it wrong and he wasn't due for another month or so!
That's what happened to my mum with me! Only there weren't any scans at all back then. I was only 5lb5oz. They thought I had been a little bit deprived of oxygen during the labour. The doctor told my parents "We don't think it's been enough for her to be actually abnormal, but just don't go expecting her to win any scholarships."
My brothers all came of their own accord, and were all late. My own two were late too - 9 days for DS and 11 days for DD. Each time we got as far as having the induction date booked, and then they arrived anyway a day or two before the induction happened.
DS was spine to spine and took ages, but I had lovely midwives (one at a time but over several shifts), and eventually an epidural, and it was all quite a positive experience. I felt cared about, communicated with, and in safe hands throughout. DD was physically much more straightforward, and only took about a third of the length of time - but the midwife was nothing like as good (understatement).
She lied to me about it being too early for an epidural until it was too late, because she didn't want me to have one. She wouldn't tell me what was going on and how much progress I was making during the actual delivery. She refused to do what I wanted about the 3rd stage so I lost loads more blood than I should have done. Finally she didn't offer me any food, so I was sent up to the ward having not eaten for hours, in the late evening when the ward wasn't really supposed to give anybody any food until breakfast time - the ward midwives were horrified when they found out, told me that I should have been given food on delivery suite, and rustled up some unofficial sandwiches! Because of her, I ended up with quite negative feelings about the birth. Fortunately I knew I didn't want any more babies, so I was able to let it go on the basis that I wasn't going to have to do it again.
Nowadays I always advise pregnant friends that if they happen get a midwife they don't like for the delivery, they shouldn't just put up with it - they should send their partner to ask for a different one.
Edit - sorry tomterm.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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It's good and bad. It's nice to be in a t-shirt, but the leaves are opening and the birds are nesting, and with the wet weather we had all winter we haven't done anything to the hedges yet... might not be able to do them at all this year.
We only did road side, and only just recently. We didn't cut last year either. So, inadvertently we have followed best practise as laid out by DEFRA for wildlife. It was our aim longer term, but we would rather have reestablished better hedges first.
We got some of our burning done which is a huge bonus. There is an area we need to get a grip on but its where the coots love, ( there is a little track where they march over to cake, under fence and down from there from this nasty patch. We really need to get a handle on it. Today by placing our fire well we started that,but we'll not get closer to them soon.0 -
I think I've managed about 30 L. Was starting to get a bit cold and achey, so I've abandoned it for the evening. Fairly pleased with what I've managed to get done so far though.0
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I think I've managed about 30 L. Was starting to get a bit cold and achey, so I've abandoned it for the evening. Fairly pleased with what I've managed to get done so far though.
Well done. :T
I have caught up on some sleep, tidied the kitchen, and am about to go and tackle the mountain of washing.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Well done, Nikki. My first house had a completely overgrown garden - weeds up to the top of the fence. I got a cheap rotary mower, and it just chopped it all down somehow, before expiring! We had loads of elderberry that I had to saw down,but it was amazing that quite a lot of plants we did want emerged from that wilderness. When my aunt moved into a home, her garden had a fox's den in it.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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I think I've managed about 30 L. Was starting to get a bit cold and achey, so I've abandoned it for the evening. Fairly pleased with what I've managed to get done so far though.
There is no rush. take your time.
OH has been clearing old roof tiles from down the side of the garage and taking them to the tip - 350-400 of them. he has done about half.
They were there when we moved in - Halloween 1994 :eek:
As I said - plenty of time Nikkster.0 -
There is no rush. take your time.
OH has been clearing old roof tiles from down the side of the garage and taking them to the tip - 350-400 of them. he has done about half.
They were there when we moved in - Halloween 1994 :eek:
As I said - plenty of time Nikkster.
I've lived in 16 places since 1994!Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Doozergirl wrote: »I've lived in 16 places since 1994!
I wonder how many places the NP have lived. Only count places you've lived in for at least 3 months. For me:
As a kid (17 years) - 1 house (plus two temporary overseas ones for 6 months each but with the permanent one to go back to in the UK)
As a full time student/gap year person (7 years) - 5 student-type rooms while single plus one married flat
As a proper adult (20.5 years so far) - 6 houses (4 rented, 1 tied, 1 owned)Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
I wonder how many places the NP have lived. Only count places you've lived in for at least 3 months. For me:
As a kid - 1 house (plus two temporary overseas ones for 6 months each but with the permanent one to go back to in the UK)
As a full time student/gap year person (7 years) - 5 student-type rooms plus one flat
As a proper adult (21 years so far) - 6 houses
I forgot one, it's 17 since 1994.
19 in my life.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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1 - to age 8
2-18
3-19 uni
4-20 uni
5-21 uni
2 again sort of - 25
6 - 25 rent
7 - 26 rent
8 - 31 rent
9 - 39 FTB
10 - Till retirement at leastI think....0
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