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Amazing news Harpie!! I'm so so thrilled for you!! February is a very good month :)

I'm going to have to try and keep coming on here now to get updates on the little Harpie aren't I?!?

Where have you been? You've missed all the fun! I'm not sure yet whether it will be the back end of February or the beginning of March. Different calculators give different results. Still it's a turn up for the books, isn't it!

How is your LO? She was looking mightily cute in her little baby chair in your fb picture!

Aaaaaarrrgghhh!!! DD has been awake before 7 the last 3 days! So unlike her. She's even been coming out of her room....she has NEVER done this before...EVER!!! Why?? WHY????!!

Send her to stay with me, Bebe. I get up at five these days. Presumably she would be ok with bed by 8pm?

She goes to bed at 7, but most of the time she isn't asleep til 8.30. She doesn't usually come downstairs (although lately she's been asking to go to the toilet, it's become an unfortunate routine but I can't deny her access to the loo...which is downstairs!!) and last night she was so exhausted (obviously from being up at 6.30) she was asleep before 8. I just don't know why she has suddenly started doing this?! It's become a game and it has to stop!! I'm not the strictest mummy (which maybe isn't a good thing) but I do expect her to go to bed & stay in bed! I need sleep! And that's not me being a prima donna, I genuinely need sleep. If I get overtired my MS flares up and I do not want a relapse. Fatigue can be debilitating!

Could she be pregnant?!

I have exactly the same routine - including the trips to the loo!

Ahh but mostly she doesn't actually need to go!

Feeling massively crabby today anyway, my hayfever is horrendous! :(

So have you booked to see a GP yet?!

Bebe. Sorry to hear that The tiny human is disturbing your sleep. I can sympathise with you on that one!! Unlike most of her baby friends Sassi isn't sleeping through yet and it's really frustrating!!! She's so active!!

SPR how old is Sassi now? Up until 4months DD would do 12-6am as a block but during the rest of the day she seemed to sleep in 10-15min snippets and needed to be entertained constantly!! The 6hour night time chunk was a God send as she was alert all day!! Her night sleep pattern got much better (ie longer) when she moved into her own room, I think maybe we were disturbing her!

Bebe I'm seeing the GP on Monday but I gather nothing much happens at that appointment. I can't decide whether to opt for Bradford Teaching Hospitals, which I've heard hadn't got the best reputation in terms of care, or Airedale which is supposed to be better but is further away.

not a home-birther then LWH? Me neither.

Oh heck you've confused me now! I thought this was the election for which health trust I want to get my maternity care. I've heard that I have to elect place of birth, but that it's not fixed at this stage. Am I wrong? I haven't really decided what to do about the birth!

She will be 4 months next Friday. Crazy!!
We put her in her own room at 5 weeks as she has reflux and was a terribly noisy sleeper. It sounds like she's very similar to P during the day but the nighttimes arent that consistent yet!!

LWH. From what I remember you don't have to decide where to give birth until later on.

no no no...just meant are you having a hospital birth. I know nothing of all that as am in Spain remember. sorry didn't mean to freak you out. xx

LWH your place of birth isn't fixed until you give birth there! You could change your mind about hospitals on the way there if you wanted-totally up to you. If you wanted a home birth then I think it's a good idea to inform them by 37 weeks or so just so you can get the stuff you need delivered in good time. You don't have to decide anything at this stage so don't worry :)

What are your thoughts about the birth?

SPR my LO doesn't sleep through at 8 months but I think that it can be quite normal in that it helps with milk supply. I'm hoping she might start sleeping fir a bit longer now that she us crawling and pulling up. Ha! I'll be saying that when she starts walking......going to school.......

Could it be the light mornings Bebe? Is her room pretty dark already or would a blackout blind make any difference?

Harpie - Like everyone said, you state a preference early on with MW but it's not set in stone! I changed my mind about hospitals at about 36 weeks but as it happened I ended up giving birth in my orginal choice as had to be induced/monitored. It's a long way off, you have plenty of time to freak out work out what you want!

Strawberry, DD already has a blackout blind, not sure what it is really. I don't think she's very well. Have been thinking it was hayfever, but she is rocking a fever this evening poor thing. :(

I think I'd like to try for a home birth if possible, but I know DH will be dead against it. We're not that close to Airedale Hospital, so it's not like its just round the corner when I need an emergency transfer, or when I realise I've totally overestimated my tolerance of pain.

When you say not that close, how long do you reckon it'd take if you were blue-lighted by ambulance?

When I had DD I ummed and aaahhed for ages about whether to go to the big main hospital or the lovely little MLU. I thought I'd go for the big hospital as I was scared about stuff going wrong & being somehwere without serious pain relief/doctors etc. But my MW told me that if I needed a section or even forceps it'd take them at least half an hour to prep a theatre even if I was already at the hospital & it'd take that long by ambulance, so they would prep it while I was in transit so I could go straight in!

Don't write it off just yet, you have months to come up with a plan!

Well apparently it's not on the main roads, so it's awkward to get to. I might have to take a drive out and see what kind of distance we're talking about.

Yay! I think A homebirth is fab! If you do the hypnobirthing I think it will really help your oh be ok with the idea when he hears about all the benefits etc and the increased chance of interventions and stuff in hospital. Also if he likes doing research and trading around a topic get him to look on homebirth.org for information :)

Ps I honestly didn't feel as if I was in lots of pain, the contractions felt strong but it was totally managable and the best experience I've ever had. There's no reason why it would be any different for you!

It's a long way off yet anyway! Gauge the response of the midwife when you mention homebirths- mine were very supportive but if they are not you can always change. You can get a free, independent midwife now too- I'll find the link....

*reading not trading!

Sorry again about freaking you out about home births! I found in both labours (and I didn't do hypnobirthing..read the book with ds and managed to listen to the CD once before he arrived 4 wks early ) absolutely manageable in terms of pain. I'd even go as far as to say I enjoyed it with DD. It's not always terrible, unbearable pain, which is good as there ain't no pain relief except epidural in Spain and labour was too fast for me to have time for one in both cases!