APRIL CHIT CHAT!!

Wow that was eerie, but she must have really had insight to really get who you are DM!! Thanks for sharing....

Wow - how creepily accurate!

DM - I had the exact same idea about the quilt!

There's nothing on telly tonight so DH has agreed to watch Dirty Dancing with me - he's currently swigging wine from the bottle and most likely hoping his luck will be in after this! I have to do the online food shop so I'm not at all sure about that!!

LOL!!! Z- Have fun;) hmmmm....online food shop or dtd while nearly 36w pregnant.....I know what I'd choose! :rofl:

I think I'm expected to do both! A woman's work ....

Yeah...I hear you. I'm really wanting to get this show on the road but 3x in 3 days is all I can handle...he's on his own now. I cannot do it again...lol

My dh doesn't even get lucky after a night of Downton Abbey and a back massage!

LOL Mocha!!!

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Originally Posted by zanacal

They're all really promising signs DM, I'm sure you'll have a big announcement to make very soon! Btw, I keep meaning to ask you - a friend of mine in the US had a baby at home with a midwife and when she went overdue her midwife gave her a 'special cocktail' to bring on labour. What do you think was in it? I've always imagined it had castor oil, semen and some herbs of some sort lol!

Also, something which occured to me today. In the UK we give birth under the care of a team of midwives (you also have a consultant if you have any complications but ladies with straightforward pregnancies will only see midwives). We see them during pregnancy, in the hospital (or at home) when you give birth and then they come to see you at home every day for a week or so after you've had the baby. I know it's different in the US and I was wondering how mother and baby are checked on after the birth when we're getting a daily visit from a midwife? I don't really need to know, I was just curious!

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we have the same deal down here, you only see the midwives unless there is a problem, or you are over due, then you see the OB, and usually unless there is a major problem, like needing c-section etc, they hand you back to the midwives anyway.
im personally good with it, i think the midwives make it a bit more persional than the OBs do.

we dont have daily visits, unelss you go home the same day baby is born.
usually you stay in hospital 3-4 days, then they come and see you 2 times at home, once the day after, and again about 3 days after that, then you just go to the child clinic for regular checks.
i like to stay in hospital for at least 3 days, because its the only chance i get to have a break...lol...all my meals bought to me and having to do nothing but take care of the baby.
i think if i went home the same day i would go mad..... but at the same time, i never really get much sleep in the hospital, they are so bloody noisy.

After my twins were born they made me stay in the hospital for 5 days and I hated every second of it. With ds3 I had a midwife, so I was home 2 hours after birth. Glorious! My mom was here to take care of the big kids so I got to relax in my own bed with my baby.