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Childbirth

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ok what sort of poeple wer e on your ward if you were in hospital

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cod · 03/10/2005 11:31

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cod · 03/10/2005 12:22

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skinnycow · 03/10/2005 12:22

fio! thats not even funny

ROFL

how brummie are you?

cod · 03/10/2005 12:23

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puffinthedark · 03/10/2005 12:23

where is Tipton?

skinnycow · 03/10/2005 12:23

PSML Cod!

skinnycow · 03/10/2005 12:24

miles away puff, miles away - not round 'ere.

I need someone to rate me on the Brummie-o-meter

puffinthedark · 03/10/2005 12:25

It sounds quite posh

puffinthedark · 03/10/2005 12:26

like Tatton

cod · 03/10/2005 12:27

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Fio2 · 03/10/2005 12:27

put it this way skinnycow, i am not that bloody broad

I was saying, oh no not tipton, no no no and this woman was saying

its definately dudley though, i can tell, gggrrrrr

cod · 03/10/2005 12:27

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skinnycow · 03/10/2005 12:28

i drive round a roundabout
I say "bye" or "goodbye"
Miles

skinnycow · 03/10/2005 12:28

hello

Fio2 · 03/10/2005 12:29

oh thats the funniest thing i have heard all day "tipton dsounds posh"

skinnycow · 03/10/2005 12:29

oh Fio! will uyou come to elocution lessons with me?

Fio2 · 03/10/2005 12:30

i say oriot esp at work, it amuses them

cod · 03/10/2005 12:45

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NotQuiteCockney · 03/10/2005 12:51

With DS1, I had an open ward full of Bengali women who weren't getting any help or support. One had had a press-button-get-Morphine thingie installed, so she must have been in a bad way. But nobody had explained to her how to push the button!

I had a horrible time, and I knew they were having a worse time.

vickitrickortreatmum · 03/10/2005 12:51

Had a moany woman in bed next to me in our 4 bed bay one night. Had 2 chav couples occupy the bed opposite in the 3 days i was in after DS's birth. The only alright person was the 16 yr old who had a baby boy and her lovely mum who made sure she got the help she needed. Alot of the people also pulled curtains round alot of the time.

expatinscotland · 03/10/2005 12:54

Keep 'em comin', folks! I'm edging towards a home birth here!

vickitrickortreatmum · 03/10/2005 12:56

I would if i were you expat!

nutcackle · 03/10/2005 12:57

With Dd1 I had a room of my own for the whole time, stayed for 5 days and was very very bored.

Dd2 I had a room of my own for a couple of days and then moved to 4 bedder. Was the only one in there with no baby to see too so was a bit sad.

With Ds i was in a four bedder from the start and in for 7 days. There was a polish woman next to me at first then an indian lady, both of whom had curtains drawn at all times.
The bed opposite had about 4 different woman in, int the time i was there, chatted with a couple of them. The one girl they'd got her babies birth weight wrong.

CountessDracula · 03/10/2005 12:57

There was a rather large lady on my ward, her even larger family came in to see her and her brother sat down, opened a big bag of crisps, stuffed a mouthful in and said to his sister "so, did you shit yourself them"?

My mother and I were in meltdown, god knows how we managed not to shriek out loud with laughter!

Mum2girls · 03/10/2005 12:59

'Island' - is that a Brummie thing? - we are miles from Brum and still say Island - it's just an efficiency thing, why say words of 3 syllables when you can reduce to 2?

blueteddy · 03/10/2005 13:06

When I had ds1, the girl in the next bed, was someone I had got to know quite well at ante natal.
She was expecting twins & was not due until 5 wks after me, but they were born on the same day as my ds.
We had only seen each other the day before & exchanged numbers, because she wanted me to give her a ring when I had the baby!
As I was wheeled into the ward, she peeped her head around my curtain & shouted "Beat you!"

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