Ski hurrah for your friend!
Slings Do Not Kill Babies. For those who missed my FB entry, there is a specific style of sling which has caused 3 babies to die because of V poor design. This does not make baby carriers dangerous, it makes a specific style dangerous.
here's the link
AVOID this style of carrier where the baby is all squished up with his head tucked down.
Ergos are FAB. Love them. Also love Mei Tais. My friend loves regular slings (not this kind obviously) and just walks around all day with a lovely little baby feeding off her as and when (she wears nursing tops and dresses) - no pram ever.
silver and iggy actually I was going to say that the single most important thing i labour is to be relaxed. For me, I'd hate to be in hopsital but if you feel more comfortable there then that's the place to be so NERRR.
iggy fantastic news. I know it's hard but he'll have a great time
ski NF story is shocking. Not the high risk, that's the point of it, but the fact they'd terminate without checking. Awful The problem with Downs is that you can be slightly damaged (slightly sub-normal IQ, not too many physical problems) to VERY damaged (very low IQ, major health problems, never able to be at all independent). My SIL has a sister with V severe Downs who is now in her 50s, and has been in a care home since she was a child (teen at least). SIL says that her sister totally ruined her childhood (she has 2 other brothers). Certainly it drove her mother completely mad with the stress (in a literal sense).
But for every bad story there's a lovely one of a fantastic person who the world shouldn't be without.
Getting through the testing was the hardest thing for me, and the further we got, the more I was upset at it all and just didn't know how I'd cope with a termination, or if I could go through with one. YOB was the same. I really feel for you pre-NF girls
vag do you have any patterns for knitting with lentils?