Howdy all?.I am feeling a little fresher today after an (almost) full night sleep.
wombat I am thinking of you lots today, I hope you managed to think a little clearly about your decision, and that your bum didn?t get too wet and soggy. You are probably there now, making your decision so no doubt this is late, and I don?t want to trivialise your fears and frustrations as clearly having a natural birth is very important to you, but as the others have said, induction still gives you the chance to have a practically natural birth, and if at the end of the day more interventions are needed, miniwomabat will be ok and will know no different. I know natural is best, but interventions are not the end of the world. Just be strong and make sure you continually ask WHY? Good luck, thinking of you, dh and miniw today!
coconuts poor you feeling all emotional, but its to be expected, your hormones will be all over the place and I know you have added worry with minicoconunts. As I?m having dc1, I have no wise words of wisdom other than don?t be silly (in a nice way), people always say you don?t divide your love when you have children, you just somehow have so much more. She?ll always be your precious first, and don?t forget, she?ll have minicoconuts to love and look after herself. She won?t feel like she?s lost anything from you, just gained a beautiful baby sibling to love and protect. My SIL had dd2 in Feb and I was worried for dd1 as she was always the centre of attention. And in fact she is fine and has continued to blossom and just loves her little sister and loves looking after her (as much as a year old does). ((hugs))
Thanks coconuts the list is very helpful especially on numbers of things. I?ve got a few extras, and some things are also in my 3rd bag, but I know you need to take everything as getting home for bag 3 is not an option for you. I?m still at a bit of a loss at what clothes to pack for me, just because it means I can?t wear them. I think I might pop to primark or somewhere and get some large sized vests and then at least I?m not wasting the chance to wear decent mart clothes.
Hello lovely, glad to see you over here. YAY for good 20wk scan and for team blue?so are we!!! Take a seat and get comfy
harassed sorry no useful advice I?m afraid , but I?m really sorry about the pain you are in (sounds awful), and the worry of size of baby. I think with your spd complications and potentially large baby, a HB might not be the wisest avenue to pursue, but to be honest I don?t really know much about how SPD could effect birth?.although obviously its sounds like it would make it more painful. Maybe aiming for a natural/Vaginal birth (sorry can?t remember the acronym) in hospital might be an option that is somewhere between the two? Maybe with and early induction if baby continues to be big? Sorry if I?m talking utter rubbish?. I?m still learning about birth plans and options!
Well, the NCT class was a real let down ladies! Lara I am so 
at how well yours went. The couples there seemed very nice ? 8 in total, all around our age. But we literally just did an around the room of first names and nothing else so I know nothing about them ? not how far gone they are, where they live?nothing. And the session was crap. It was 2 hours on breastfeeding (followed by another 2 hour session next week), and she just talked at us all for the full 2 hours. No technique information, no addressing fears, just 2 hours of why you SHOULD breast feed and co-sleep and why everything else is the devil! I mean I expected this from NCT to a certain extent but not 2 full hours. Surely they realise that people who go out of their way to pay for additional ante natal classes with the NCT are most likely to have already bought into their principles and want help and guidance to do it, not lecturing at as to why they should!! I think she was rather condescending too ? really dismissive of peoples fears, anxieties and experiences ? for example one couple cited some friends of theirs who and co-slept with ds who is now2 and still breastfeeding and co-sleeping and they are really struggling to break both habits and get him into a new routine. Despite the fact that she used her 3 children as examples constantly, she felt is wasn?t useful to use that as a example because they were a random sample of 2 people?.and also just retorted, ?well you just do what?s best for the baby at the time and be prepared to deal with what follows afterwards?. Helpful! She also compared the effects of not co-sleeping (i.e. having baby in mosses basket next to bed or in nursery) as teaching that baby that when it crys no one comes!!! I thought this was HORRID as it conjured up images of RSPCC adverts?.?When Billy cry?s, no one comes??.!! Awful!
Thankfully, Saturdays birth session is someone else so I am hoping it will be better and less boring !! Oh and by the way lara I?d happily swop the your venue at someone?s cosy comfy house for my VILLAGE CHURCH HALL and plastic chairs!!! Hilton indeed!!!!