Afternoon all. Sorry, again. In fact, here's a massive sorry on advance for the next few months, you poor neglected fellow Martians, you. There's no time! How the flip is it going to work after March? I've achieved something when I've made the packed lunches the night before! But I do love it really. Have caught up more or less, sorry to hear you've been left with no answers pirates limbo is so hard. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. Lumpy sorry to hear about your FIL.
On the subject of birth, I am a bit of a crunchy type, sorry Cookie - veggie, no leather (ooh err), etc and I do describe my births as magical, calm (mostly) and beautiful. But they bloody hurt! I did the hypnobirthing course with DS1 and I have to say I completely agree with you. I went into it believing that if I did all the preparation, I'd have a pain-free birth. Balls to that. After about two hours if mild, early labour contractions, I stopped all that and figured out my own way to breathe through the 'waves', which I then did for the next two births as well. It would have been nice to have thought about that a little more beforehand, instead if the 'bugger, what do I do now'- moment but there's no room for doubt in hypnobirthing. That said, it made a big diffrrence knowing what was happening physically, and the tracks really helped me sleep in the last weeks. It was a bonus being so relaxed too. And I enjoyed them all.
We're having our windows draught-proofed, which involves at least two windows at a time bring taken out. Lovely and warm round ours. Any opinions on log burners? We have an open fire but are considering changing (if there's ever enough money) if it's worth it?
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Half way there...cripes!