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SantasLittleFriend · 24/12/2007 20:44

I phoned my friend this evening to wish her a Merry Christmas & ask how her pg was going. My best mate is 41+5 weeks pg & a midwife came to do a sweep but it was'nt her regular midwife. She told her the usual that she should go into labour very soon blah blah, however, they said that with her DD 1 and she ended up getting to nearly 43 weeks & had to be induced.

The midwife told my friend that the best way to get into labour is to have sex but to swallow is more effective, my friend said "what do you mean by swallow" and she said "you know, oral". She wan't even laughing about it either.

I really cant believe a trained professional would say something like this. Should she report this midwife? I told her she should. I would be furious. Is she being unreasonable to report her because of this comment?

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Mulberry72 · 29/08/2017 06:38

ZOMBIE!!!!!

innagazing · 29/08/2017 06:43

Has the baby arrived yet? Grin

Miserylovescompany2 · 29/08/2017 06:55

I'd of bloody hoped so - she was 41w +5 in 2007! Grin

PollyPelargonium52 · 29/08/2017 07:28

ZOMBIE THREAD

hopefulclam · 29/08/2017 08:00

The child will be almost 10 Grin

Migraleve · 29/08/2017 08:08

Omg I can't believe anyone could be so offended by this.

It was a flippant comment, just like 'eating a ton of pineapple could help' - both things help but neither comment would be intended with ANY seriousness whatsoever.

You do know the difference between a comment and an order surely?

Migraleve · 29/08/2017 08:09

Oh ffs

PurpleDaisies · 29/08/2017 08:09

Look at the date!!!

ZOMBIE ALERT

Namechangearoo · 29/08/2017 08:21

Did this not zombie thread just show up to torture me because I'm 40+5 and thought I was desperate to try anything?

Apparently I'm not quite desperate enough for that though, just made an involuntary boak face Envy

As an aside, I wouldn't be offended if my MW had suggested this...

Namechangearoo · 29/08/2017 08:21

Don't know where the extra "not" came from there.

MollyHopps · 29/08/2017 08:28

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(Sorry...)

BoobleMcB · 29/08/2017 08:29

I feel OP needs to come back and let us know if friend took the advice or not and if it worked 😂

Willow2017 · 29/08/2017 08:32

How the hell do people find a 10 yr old thread?
Why?

Ivymaud · 29/08/2017 08:38

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Willow2017 · 29/08/2017 09:03

Is that before or after they have been reanimated though?

Glowinginthedark · 29/08/2017 09:24

The 'Merry Christmas' part is a bit of a give away, and then surely your eyes drift towards the date?!

balsamicbarbara · 29/08/2017 09:25

To be fair this is a classic and it's fun to see how times move on. 10 years ago it was weird for a midwife to talk about oral sex but now I'd be surprised if some didn't even help out with it.

clumsyduck · 29/08/2017 09:29

Yeh iv noticed that ( when searching for old woo threads Blush ) the date on the search comes up as 2017 even if the thread hasn't been active for years . Obviously you can check the date on the actual thread but think some people just read the op and then reply

Migraleve · 29/08/2017 09:54

10 years ago it was weird for a midwife to talk about oral sex but now I'd be surprised if some didn't even help out with it.

Image of my midwife giving DH oral Grin

Ttbb · 29/08/2017 10:05

Oh don't be such a prude. While the MW could have explained herself better she was still correct.

Glowinginthedark · 29/08/2017 10:36

Sure she's got over it by now Confused Probably busy getting her 10 year old ready for back to school.

TheMaddHugger · 29/08/2017 10:49

ZOMBIES BE HERE

to think this comment is totally inappropriate
to think this comment is totally inappropriate
endedans · 30/08/2017 02:24

Before being reanimated, Willow.

Agree Clumsy. I didn't bother to check the date on this thread but I knew it must be an old one as old posters who are no longer around were on the thread.

endehors · 30/08/2017 02:25

I'm endedans as well, obvious connection Grin

Penny4UrThoughts · 30/08/2017 06:59

At least with this one there is a huge cloud in the opening post to indicate its a zombie. It's August, and she's phoning to wish a merry Christmas.

Which is nice, because for once I checked the thread date before posting!

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