ADs crave hotel breakfasts garnished with phallic strawberries

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Oh for the good old days of a breakfast buffet.

Back when you could make plans and reasonably expect them to happen. When you could turn up spontaneously and browse or linger at your leisure. When you could meet whoever you like and give them a hug

But until those days return, here's some more AD chat about life, the universe and phallic fruits...

-Welcome to all our new members - it's always great to know that others are in this with us - although the stalwarts on the dementor threads are getting fewer and more desperate by the day.

Welcome
@NastyBlouse
@Kettledodger
@Iheartmysmart
@albazavi

please keep posting - we all need to know we are not alone and we are the pragmatic ones. The virus is shit, but it aint the only shit thing out there.

Also the more good and / or inconsequential news the better.

Oh, I would have loved a home birth - wasn’t to be for me but sounds so much nicer

Congratulations @Wishfulthinking1977

I never considered a home birth with Ds but in hindsight I wish I had because my hospital experience was horrific and that was in normal times.

This thread could get interesting.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4045759-COVID-19-Rant?watched=1&msgid=100690809#100690809

@SirSamuelVimes

Oh fucks sake. BREATHE, you stupid turd of a phone.

Oh that hit my funny bone😂😂😂😂

I see the boring old classic mention of "Trump" appeared quickly😴

Remember what i said upthread about the high street? This article is from two days before the mandatory masks for shops came in.

www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/let-high-street-shops-die-replace-800000-new-homes-says-think/

This article is so, so brilliant.

'Lockdownism has all the expected elements. It has a maniacal focus on one life concern – the presence of pathogens – to the exclusion of every other concern. The least of the concerns is human liberty. The second least concern is the freedom of association. The third least concern is property rights. All of this must bow to the technocratic discipline of the disease mitigators. Constitutions and limits on government do not matter. And notice too how little medical therapeutics even figure in here. It’s not about making people get better. It’s about controlling the whole of life.'

www.aier.org/article/lockdown-the-new-totalitarianism/

HelenaDove How interesting.

Melbourne update: Population of 6 million, over 15,000 tests yesterday (consistent daily), 11 'cases', only 2 (YES TWO) of which are from 'mystery' sources.

Close to 200,000 tests over the past 14 days, and only 14 'mystery' cases in total. But are these 'community transmission', or simply within the margin of error?

No end in sight.

@110APiccadilly, I had 2 planned home births with my first two children. They were really good for me as I was in a familiar space with my things around me. My midwives were really lovely. They didn't do much but stand about drinking tea and filling in forms but that, for me, was the right thing to do. It made me feel as relaxed as one can be during labour because if they were doing those things, then I was fine. And then being able to wash in my own bathroom, get into my own bed, have DH cook for me (he is an excellent cook) was just what was needed.

Hope that helps somewhat

Mornin' all!
Wow, its amazing to see so many new people!

Was video chatting with my aunt last night and she (and many others) are super pissed off that most of the main "ohi day" celebrations have been cancelled. Its been a while since I've heard "malakas" multiple times in one call.
I bloody love that woman.

Another nightmare last night - start the day off with a racing heart and feeling awful

Thanks @albazavi and @ISaySteadyOn. My own DM tried to have home births (but only actually managed it once out of three attempts) but her main aim during pregnancy always seemed to be to have as little to do with medical professionals as possible (she'd turn down any scan or test they didn't absolutely insist upon, for instance!) which is so different to my attitude I find it hard to discuss with her just because she's coming from a completely different direction.

Morning.
Another crap night with little sleep. Off to get blood done then I need yo find some masks i can put up with. Have only one left! Caved and bought a pack of disp yesterday but that's all there was.

Welcome to all the new people. Hope you brought cake and cute animal pics with you, we are easily pleased here😄

Congratulations on the new baby news x2. Something fab to look forward to.

Domina I don't know what's worse my insomnia or my weird stressed out dreams making me feel worse by morning! KBO you will get there. ((Hugs))

Working till late catch up later. Don't let the D's get ya down.

Welcome to all the new people - it’s great to have you.

110APiccadilly DD was supposed to be a home birth but I ended up being transferred to hospital, I was told when the midwife turned up that she was a big baby (no one had said that before, she was 9lb 7); I had SPD, which no one took seriously but it massively affected my pain levels and ability to move, I was basically told I was making it up and labour was just painful but I'd been unable to walk during part of my pregnancy, and when the second midwife arrived they bitched over the top of me about office politics, so not entirely surprising there was a "failure to progress". But, without those issues I think I'd make the home birth decision again, especially now. Not letting partners in is horrible.

@110APiccadilly my midwife with my first was keen on us having a home birth but I didn't feel as comfortable with my first. When I got pregnant with my second I definitely wanted a home birth from the start, all I remember is being stuck in the birth centre with my first waiting to be discharged and allowed to go home and not being able to go home until almost midnight. With the home birth I loved the fact that i was at home, i could jump in my shower after it and just get back into my own bed. It also meant I didn't have to be away for long from my 2.5yr old as she usually likes me to be around at bedtime. For us the nearest hospital is about an hour away so it was a slight risk but having seen how quickly they got an ambulance to us was a bit of a relief even though we didn't need it. The only thing I found with a homebirth is, because my first was very quick labour we called the midwives sooner than we probably should which I felt may have slowed my labour down. I did buy a pool but didn't really end up using it. Hope that helps and send any other questions you've got my way!

An interesting stats thought has struck me:

In March, the PHE deaths count (the "died after testing positive" count) was an undercount compared to the ONS figures (the "CV19 on death cert" figures - pretty much the true ones). You'd expect that - lots of people, particularly in case homes, where a lot of deaths happened, didn't have tests.

The PHE deaths figure is possibly/probably now an overcount, as so many more tests are carried out, particularly in places like care homes, where there will also be a lot of deaths from unrelated causes.

Yes, when DD2 was born, DD1 came into our bedroom the next morning, took one look and, round eyed with delight, exclaimed 'Oh, look! A baby!'

I had two home births. It was lovely to be in my own bed eating croissants within an hour of giving birth.

My midwife showed me how to feed comfortably lying down too.

Thanks all. It's good to hear about the positive experiences people have had with home birth, makes me less stressed about the idea!

110APiccadilly, from what I heard from the care homes I am in contact with it's probably the case that the "CV19 on death cert" figures are an overcount, possibly a significant one.

As the usual requirements for filling in death and cremation certificates were suspended under the Coronavirus Act, I understand that the certificate was often filled in by a doctor who was not familiar with the patient. There was a tendency to say 'probably CV19', specially when the patient had a cough, which many care home residents do, regardless of CV.

Managers who were fighting for the recognition of the CV-free status of their Homes report quite a struggle against this, although 2/3 of care homes had no CV cases.

I'm going for a haircut and colour this weekend. I have only been to the salon once since they reopened and that was just a quick trim. Not sure how happy I will be with a face mask on for 2 hours+ ?

I'm sticking with DIY hair. People seem to cross the road as I approach since I last let a pro near my head, but that must surey be co-incidence

DD2 is at the hospital eye clinic with DH. For the appointment due in March to monitor the big regression in vision in one of her eyes - that we only got now because we rang up to chase since the kid can't bloody read her school books!

Waiting to see if it's general vision prescription changing or her losing the vision in her previously good eye from lazy eye there - which would mean we've lost so many months of progress in terms of being able to treat it when she's at the pretty much max age range for it to be at all effective - and now she's got to deal with the year 3 curriculum, a teacher with a bit of a shitty attitude, and everything else with fucked up vision.