Evening all. Everyone appears to have been busy today!
DH's Grandma's funeral today , but was not too sad - pretty old lady who'd had a nice life, nice tributes etc. Nice to catch up with large family-in-law.
Have been asked so many times today "do you know what you're having?", "when's it due?" and "have you thought of any names?". Almost no-one has any other questions!
After specifying to DH that family to be kept in dark about home birth plan, I promptly told everyone! Supportive on the whole, FIL clearly thinks I am mad. Also, lovely midwife friend has pool we can have (cousin also has pool, but has been in garden as paddling pool for some months, so possibly not best idea). Also managed to secure borrow of birthing ball today.
We had NCT breastfeeding class yestereve. Don't think they said anything much above and beyond advice above from Boff et al. She did mention different holds (cradle, rugby-style etc) and to try switching around positions to ease mastitis. Also something called 'biological nurturing' developed by someone called Suzanne Colson. For info, if anyone interested, see here . BF counsellor gave us quite sick-making leaflet on 'Recipe for Nurturing', along the lines of 'take one baby, add hugs and kisses, sprinkle with cupfuls of love...' and so on. Perhaps once LO is here, I will not find this so stomach churning?
Questions:
Has anyone had much experience of slings/ wraps etc. I've been looking at them on littlepossums.com, but so many to choose from! I'm drawn to one of the ones that you wrap round and round yourself, but even then have have to choose between stretchy and non-stretchy. Any advice?
Gina Ford - Discuss.
(is she the devil incarnate, or is she saviour of Mums? - has anyone done a Gina? I really don't think I'm organised enough. Demand feeding sounds MUCH easier).