One of my best friends has just discovered she is pregnant. It's still very early days (4 weeks since conception, 3 1/2 weeks since she broke up with the chap as there was no future in the relationship. Ha!). She called me round yesterday about 10 mins after the test showed positive and we spent the evening doing all the 'Oh my God' stuff, but I offered to be her birthing partner and she said yes.
I take things like that very seriously so tonight I went round with a couple of baby books, pregnancy vitamins, Bio-oil (does it work?), acupressure wristbands (apparently they do work - nausea abated!) and a baby-gro. But I'm done now. Out of ideas! I know I may well get my position of birthing partner usurped once she tells her parents - but we are in our mid thirties, so maybe not.
My questions are; what things did your birthing partner do for you, or you wish they had done, during pregnancy? What did they do, that you appreciated, or do you wish they had done during the birth? I don't have kids, this is her first and I want to be brilliant for her. She's been my friend for 18 years and I love her.
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teech · 10/09/2009 05:29
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