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No heating for a week now!! whats this doing to baby?

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Rachy91 · 04/12/2010 22:57

hey guys

im a bit worried, ive had no heating for almost a week now and it doesnt sound like im getting it back anytime soon!
i cant stay with anyone until i go home for xmas and i cant go home any earlier because of apointments/uni etc and have no friends to stay with because of my rabbit i cant leave behind

so im stuck in the ice box!

ive heard things about high blood pressure causing baby problems and things but how serious are these things?
i mean i can deal with the cold but i really dont want to if its harming baby :S

ive got a heater being delivered on wednesday but its only saturday night...

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Louii · 04/12/2010 22:58

How old is your baby?

FunnysInTheGarden · 04/12/2010 22:59

and how cold is it?

FunnysInTheGarden · 04/12/2010 23:00

can't you go to the co-op and buy a heater to take home right now?

midnightexpress · 04/12/2010 23:00

I'm a bit confused - are you pg, or do you have a baby?

Either way, if you and/or the baby are wrapped up warm you will be fine - our grandparents never had central heating!

Can you borrow some plug-in heaters from friends or neighbours to see you through? Our boiler broke in the big freeze last winter and we managed to get through it by borrowing lots of heaters and wearing more clothes for a week or so till it got fixed.

colditz · 04/12/2010 23:00

Baby is still in the womb right? Then baby is absolutely fine.

colditz · 04/12/2010 23:02

I can tell that the baby is still in the womb and that you are not a new mother of your first baby because you won't leave your rabbit. If you had to choose between a newborn and a rabbit, that rabbit would be stew.

frogetyfrog · 04/12/2010 23:02

Rachy - presume you are pregnant then. Do you have high blood pressure already as I believe it can cause problems as it can if you are not pregnant too. Am not a doctor but reckon that being cold wont make it higher.

Fill hot water bottles and cuddle them and wear loads of clothes. Snuggle under a duvet to watch tv etc. And you wont be too cold.

I grew up in a house without any heating except a log/stove cooker which heated one room which didnt have the tv or table etc in. We all survived.

Are you being serious about the rabbit? Surely not. Why cant you ask a neighbour to feed it, or pop back each day and do it yourself, or take it with you in a borrowed portable cage if worst comes to the worst.

BertieBottlesOfMulledWine · 04/12/2010 23:02

I'm sure it will be fine - babies were born before central heating was invented after all :) Saying that I'd try to keep him/her close to your body to gain the heat as much as possible - so co-sleep and use a sling. Your body will keep him/her much warmer than blankets etc will.

BertieBottlesOfMulledWine · 04/12/2010 23:03

Oh yes, that makes more sense Don't worry :) The baby will be fine!

frogetyfrog · 04/12/2010 23:03

Or eat it to keep warm!

frogetyfrog · 04/12/2010 23:04

The rabbit obviously, not the baby.

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Rachy91 · 04/12/2010 23:07

thanks guys :) little less worried now!

yea im 24 weeks pregnant and yea the rabit wont be priority for much longer!!

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nannynick · 04/12/2010 23:29

What is wrong with the heating... has it actually been looked at by a repair engineer?

With gas boilers, sometimes the fault can be simple - such as a blocked flue (ice can build up on the vent), if a condensing boiler then the outlet pipe can freeze.

You mention uni - could you spend more time there to keep warm? Uni library, uni bar/pub.

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Rachy91 · 04/12/2010 23:53

someones been to look but left it in bits for someone else to come look but theyre not been yet, the landlords ment to be sorting it out.

it started off leaking because of the ice thing you mentioned but when he came he found all these other things that are quite serious, he said that type of boiler are notoroious (which was reassuring!!) i didnt know if all that was just repair man speak :S

im a bit limited to what i can do at uni now, but its a good idea :) its night times that are the real problem though, you really notice a sudden chance in temp at around 4pm and it doesnt seem to warm up again even the next day!

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nannynick · 05/12/2010 00:06

Oh dear that does sound bad. Hope you have hot water bottles and blankets to help keep you warm.

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Rachy91 · 05/12/2010 00:12

im in a sleeping bag, 2 blankets, a hot water bottle, a fleecy adult baby gro (sexy yet practical!) and layers and layers and layers and layers!!

felling alot better now youve all reassuredme though, was starting to worry about baby a bit!

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alypaly · 05/12/2010 09:06

it is your landlords duty to sort your heating out and your right to demand it is fixed. if he doesnt,he owes you rental back too. my son's boiler broke in his rented flat at uni and within 2 days the landlord had put a brand new bolier in and gave the 5 students a case of wine as compensation for loss of heating and hot water

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Rachy91 · 06/12/2010 02:07

wow what a nice landlord :)

im going to ring and pester him again tomorow, getting really annoyed now.

feeling a lot better now ive had a shower and a hot meal at a friends, just got to make the most of it

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alypaly · 06/12/2010 18:20

cant believe he hasnt fixed it yet...i would check with the landlords register at the council and ask what your rights are. what is in your contract.

it is not habitable without hot water and you should refuse to pay rent.

dikkertjedap · 06/12/2010 18:44

Don't just not pay rent, first send the landlord a recorded letter saying that you will stop paying rent because you do not have heating and hot water and the property is therefore not habitable and if it is not fixed soon you will expect your landlord to foot the bill for alternative accommodation - you may run exact wording in your letter past one of the University's housing advisers.

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Rachy91 · 07/12/2010 12:18

hes just rung this morning and a new boilers comming on thursday!

what do you think i should do about the rent though? should i still refuse to pay or try to seek some knd of compensation from him?
ill have had no heating/hot water/cooker since last wednesday {confused}

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ThingOne · 07/12/2010 14:35

Personally I wouldn't take any action. When it's so cold it can be very hard to get things mended as boiler engineers and companies are very busy. As a home owner and as a tenant I've had problems way out of my control or my landlord's.

One year we had engineers several times over the course of six weeks. In the last week they came every day, only finally fixing it the morning after my second baby was born. The next year we were renting, between houses, and the heating failed at the coldest time of year. The landlord was brilliant but she couldn't make the boiler company get their act together. I worked on the basis that they were trying to get it mended and didn't with hold anything.

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Rachy91 · 07/12/2010 15:49

yea thats what i was thinking, think im just getting a bit over sensitive! everything seems worse when your cold and hormonal!

just have to see what happens on thursday and go from there

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alypaly · 08/12/2010 18:21

any heating yet?

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Rachy91 · 08/12/2010 21:43

not yet :( hes ment to be comming tomorow morning first thing so fingers crossed!

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