That's fantastic
That's fantasticJust our 6 week check. “Little” man is now 12lb 9oz. He was 7lb 8oz at birth. That Kendamill milk is good shit
Yeah epidural is main hospital only I think. But I really don’t want one anyway.I don't think you're a weirdo at all for that preference especially if it is more local. Be aware though I don't think you'd be allowed an epidural if it's midwife only led, but you'd have to check with them just in case they're different to my hospital.
I wonder if my hospital is one of your options
Gonna be signing him up for baby slimming world the way he’s goingThat's fantastic
Ah fair enough, jeez Mr L is a patient man if he goes with you to the TC, Mr B acts like the world is ending if I ask him to go and we're really localYeah epidural is main hospital only I think. But I really don’t want one anyway.
I’m going to say we don’t have the same hospital as I’m actually Lancashire based now! I just keep driving all the way back to Manc for TC visits. We used to be way closer in location, I was raised in Stockport!
I have the exact same just a purple folder!I find it so strange how all trusts do things differently, why can’t they just be the sameI had a blue folder which I had to take to all midwife/consultant/scan appointments and then when I got there they’d have their own yellow folder they filled out as well as my blue one! We never had any of the online stuff.
Now he’s in hospital they have a white folder they fill out for him and I’ll use his red book when he’s home! Too many folders and books
I took my keys out of my bag when I had meant to take out my AirPods. Took me too long to realize I was putting my key in my ear.I'm in the office today and I've just got up to go and use the loo. Immediately forgot why I'd stood up and plodded into the busy office kitchen and started searching through the fridge wondering what there is to eat, somehow forgetting that not only am I not at home and it's not my own fridge, but I literally never put anything in that fridge anyway.
Please tell me baby/pregnancy brain gets better?!
Tone difference is negligible because you won’t know what time of day it’ll be, plus the combined transfer time if needed. I’d go for the first one (same set up as my hospital) because I’d be scared of something going wrong but other women will confidently have a home birth.Having an internal dilemma re. place of birth. There’s two options but I don’t know if I’m swaying for the wrong reasons
Option 1: Hospital 20-25 minutes drive from me. Has a birth centre that I’d choose but because it’s got the actual normal delivery ward upstairs you have a lot more availability if something goes wrong (emergency c-section, doctors, medical equipment) and of course you’re in an actual hospital. You do have to go on the motorway to get there though, and at times it’s taken us more like 30-35 minutes.
Option 2: Birth centre more like 15-20 minutes away, no motorway so that’s more likely to be closer always. Midwife led only. The bonus is it’s WAY nicer inside lol. I think you’re more likely to get your own room throughout, it’s super modern and I think you even get a double bed with proper bed linen lol. The negative is if something did need escalating, they’d have to ambulance you to the option 1 hospital, which would be another 25 minute drive.
Am I genuinely a weirdo for wanting option 2 based on better surroundings? It might be that 2 isn’t even available to me because of my low BMI but I just feel like my comforts are my priority. My boyfriend doesn’t like 2. He feels like my health is more important and the journey could be scary, but I’d like to hope I wouldn’t need it.
I am not coping at all in the slightest
This is exactly how I needed it re-spelling it out to meTone difference is negligible because you won’t know what time of day it’ll be, plus the combined transfer time if needed. I’d go for the first one (same set up as my hospital) because I’d be scared of something going wrong but other women will confidently have a home birth.
These are a random month’s stats from my hospital. They’re always around the same, 1/5 chance of an EMCS so if I were going for midwife led I’d want to know the protocol for if further assistance is needed, when they arrange the transfer, what the criteria would be etc. What pain relief can they offer, what if you change your mind and want the epidural, will they transfer you etc.
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Comfort is important for your oxytocin but personally I’d take an epidural in a bed sit over a feather topped double with post labour champagne breakfastit’s all preference, you can judge your own pain threshold in general, but unfortunatly you can’t know until you get to it.
I have exactly the same options as you but I’m not in the same area. I’ve opted for choice one just because of the fear of needing to be in hospital. Around me sometimes the MLUs have to close due to staffing etc too. There are also limitations on induction and if you need too much support to get labour started you can’t give birth in the MLU anyway. I decided I’d just rather be at the hospital for peace of mind!Having an internal dilemma re. place of birth. There’s two options but I don’t know if I’m swaying for the wrong reasons
Option 1: Hospital 20-25 minutes drive from me. Has a birth centre that I’d choose but because it’s got the actual normal delivery ward upstairs you have a lot more availability if something goes wrong (emergency c-section, doctors, medical equipment) and of course you’re in an actual hospital. You do have to go on the motorway to get there though, and at times it’s taken us more like 30-35 minutes.
Option 2: Birth centre more like 15-20 minutes away, no motorway so that’s more likely to be closer always. Midwife led only. The bonus is it’s WAY nicer inside lol. I think you’re more likely to get your own room throughout, it’s super modern and I think you even get a double bed with proper bed linen lol. The negative is if something did need escalating, they’d have to ambulance you to the option 1 hospital, which would be another 25 minute drive.
Am I genuinely a weirdo for wanting option 2 based on better surroundings? It might be that 2 isn’t even available to me because of my low BMI but I just feel like my comforts are my priority. My boyfriend doesn’t like 2. He feels like my health is more important and the journey could be scary, but I’d like to hope I wouldn’t need it.
🥹 that’s so kind.@littlepup I feel like you should be a doula or an independent midwife or something. You’re so good at advice and supporting women in a non-biased way with stats or guidance that also back it up without being biased or just blindly following what the nhs say. I’d have love to have someone like you supporting me through pregnancy (I mean, you did on here - but most women don’t have the tattle pregnancy threads for advice!)
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