To bake or not to bake, that is the question...

Good morning ladies.

Quick question here. When i was pg with dd midwife advised i take vitamin D suppliments as well as folic acid. I have started Folic acid for April but should i also be taking the vit d???

Morning all
Cosmo that sounds so much fun, I'd love to try skiing, I might have to look for a dry slope near here.

We're not going to York anymore today, I'm really tired (must be all that swimming yesterday). We're going out for a meal tonight and I dont want to be falling asleep into my food.

Think I am almost definitely sticking with tail end of 08 for TTC to commence - I would like a year in the job before announcing a pregnancy - would feel a bit guilty otherwise. I know I prob shouldn't but I am a very guilty person - must be the Irish in me (3/4s Irish!).
Like others have said, am scared about getting prego taking ages - being on MN does teach you that conceiving is not a walk in the park for everyone. I am preparing myself for that, as well as the fact that it could have quickly.
Re: home births. My friend is a midwife and she had DC1 at home. She had a great birth on her bed and they buried the placenta in the garden afterwards under a newly planted tree. Sorry for the long post - just wanted to check in with you all so you don't forget me . Good luck to those already TTC. xx

Hello girls,

Right I have done my best to skim read the thread but am in agreeance (is that a word?) - you all talk way too much!
Was my last day at work today and went OK. Felt really weird all day but once the leaving presentation and present giving was over with I was much more relaxed, then I buggered off home! Now I have a nice - albeit busy - week off before starting the new job on Monday. Am going for a dry slope skiing lesson tomorrow (never skiied before) so that should be an experience! tbc

girl, let me be the one girl, love me for a reason.....tra la la la

don't love me for fun...

youwould have been too young first time round!!

I know Im really sad but I am only 21 and my mum wouldnt take me to see them first time round!
It's

BOYZONE!!!!
Its only like 4 months and 1 day away!!!
[excited emoticon]

I wanted to go to a standing (and quite wild!!) concert only 2 weeks before DS was born (6 weeks before due)...a seated concert will be fabulous!!

On the birth thing...I would not move off the bed once in labour and, although I tried to birth kneeling, nothing happened and I had to turn onto back...DS shot out!! And I had planned a totally 'active' labour as well, complete with water birth...

Anyway...what concert could possibly be more exciting than ttc?????!!!!!

(overuse of exclamation, I know...)

Thanks LL, will do . Kay, can't think of any reason why you couldn't go to a seated concert when pregnant? Are you thinking about the noise levels? And what concert is it? [nosey emoticon]??

Bye LL have a nice night

I am off now ladies have a lovely evening enjoy your slobbing Diege. Speek tomorrow..

I've just remembered that Im going to a concert in June. Its seated.
Do you think I'd still be able to go if I get pg?
If not then ttc will have to wait

My advice would be get saving . You wouldn't believe how much you end up spending .
Well dh has rung to say he got on the worng train so won't be back until a lot later. Oh well, more slobbing in front of the telly for me!

We have it all to look forward too LL,

I still have the horrors wonders of school holidays to look forward to as dd is only 10 months.

Half term is next week down here so my sister has been stocking up with paints, papper etc all day

Evening everyone Feel like a wet rag after being up since 5.30 with all 3 dds; at least that's half term over now! Looking forward to our Indian takeaway, though dh won't be back till late.
You know I think I should change my name to 'yesinaminute' as I think that's all I've seemed to say today .
Speak later, or if not then tommorrow

Bye playing have a good weekend.

Well I am off home now, might pop on again tonight, all depends on how long I stay in the pub really (always go for a quick drink on Friday nights with my family, sometimes its not so quick ). If not probably wont chat again till Monday, I am trying to do my best to stay away at weekends!

I didnt want to lie down but I ended up doing that as contractions hurt so much. I really dont want to next time round

Well at least despite having a traumatic labour you seem to have had a very positive experience of care. I spose I get scared about hospitals cos I dont like them so they stress me out just being in them, plus the idea of lying down to give birth really doesn't appeal nor does an epidural. The idea of not being mobile (and I know some hospitals offer mobile eps but they only last so long) and not beign able to feel thing properly would make me feel completely out of control which is the last thing I want to feel during labour. I can see if I end up in hospital and I am in pain I will just take whatever medication they throw at me which means I will have a less mobile labour and in turn greatly increase the risk of needing intervention. Of course, if there was any doubt over babies or my health and I was adviced to go for a hospital birth I would, even if I planned a home birth.

The care we were given throughout was second to none and the aftercare was brilliant. DD's face was really bruised when she was born due to forceps so I couldn't feed her the midwife was hand expressing me to give to her as I couldn't do it myself.

I was in for 4 days after and for the first 2 days I couldn't feed on my own I just couldn't get the hang of it so midwifes helped me every time (holding my boob and baby). I left an expert....

It is things like that LL I do worry about. I think I would only be happy to have a home birth if baby was in good position and there were no added complications. At the slightest hint that something was higher risk I would switch to a hospital birth. The same could be said though of giving birth in our local town hospital which is only equipped for low risk births. So yes, if my waters broke early or s/he was lying back to back I would want to be in hospital. I think I could still plan for a home birth but be realistic and realise that those plans might have to change nearer the time if baby was in wrong position etc.

God thats horrible LL. Im sure it wont be anything like that again.
I'd rather give birth in a midwife led unit but I dont think they have reopened after the NHS shut it down

First of all my waters broke and I didn't go into labour for 3 days, so she was at a high risk of infection. During these 3 days I had to go into hospital every 6 hours so they could check her heartbeat.

Dd was back to back so used my spine as a hammock, she was also twisted this meant that every contraction I had was pushing down on the back of her neck and not on her head, She also has no soft spot so her head would not go down the birth canal and after 36 hours of labour her heart beat dropped to 30 and never came back up again so they cut me (down below) and yanked her out (as they didn?t have time to prep me for a c section).

You too BB, have a great weekend!!