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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Congratulations - he is gorgeous! He looks really content in those photos :) xx
  • littlemissylittlemissy Posts: 9,972 Supreme Poster
    What beautiful photos :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Congratulations :D he looks adorable.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :love: Wow he is so cute! You are so lucky and as others have said, you are looking really well. Congratulations again :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I swear you guys make up the best looking family ever :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Awww hes sooooo cute Abbie, you make cute babies :p And wow....you look a little worn out in that pic but you look absolutely fabulous.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    He looks cute.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh, so precious, you two! :heart::heart:
  • SkiveSkive Posts: 15,282 Skive's The Limit
    Nice one.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ahhh wicked, congratulations that's awesome :thumb:
    Lenny looks chuffed, thats too cute.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Awwwwwwwww! :heart: Sooooooo gorgeous!!!! Massive congratulations to you both! Such a cute name too.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    He's gorgeous. Congratulations to you both. :heart:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aww, what a little cutie. Congratulations! :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Awwww... I wish I was at home to cuddle my wee one but OMG he is soooo cute, and he does look like nmm alot,

    btw, you look so brilliant aswell, once again, congrats
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    congrats! and well done on keeping home births going! i think it's so important, and i'm sure it's better for the both of you...hope you are both doing well...I know that there are many PCTs that won't let you have a home birth
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Congrats!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Fucking hell 10lb?? :eek:

    Bigger than my little lass and she's seven weeks now. Bet your snatch is fucking sore!

    Congrats anyway Suzy...
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    AAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW what an absolutly adorable little dumpling. :D (OK not so little for a new born but he's still tiny-wee! :heart: )

    Lovely pics.

    Well done and congrats. :thumb:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    congratulations! :thumb: :heart:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh my god, I turn my back for a minute and look what happens. :D

    Congratulations to all of you.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    congrats! and well done on keeping home births going! i think it's so important, and i'm sure it's better for the both of you...hope you are both doing well...I know that there are many PCTs that won't let you have a home birth

    From today all women have to be given the option of a home birth!

    I now just have to work out how to talk the husband into it....
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Wyetry wrote: »
    From today all women have to be given the option of a home birth!

    Technically they did before. The NHS have always had a duty to provide you with a midwife wherever you choose to give birth. It's just that in some places they've made it very difficult to obtain, probably relying on the fact that a lot of pregnant women won't be up to the fight at a time when they're fairly vulnerable.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well done Abbie! What beautiful pictures, glad you got the experience you deserved :)

    Btw, did you use hypnosis at all? Interested to know.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Wyetry wrote: »
    From today all women have to be given the option of a home birth!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6517771.stm
  • Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Wyetry wrote: »
    From today all women have to be given the option of a home birth!

    I now just have to work out how to talk the husband into it....
    Aren't there some cases though when it shouldn't be an option? Like, if monther and/or baby are having problems and will need professionals and equipment to make sure they survive?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Aren't there some cases though when it shouldn't be an option? Like, if monther and/or baby are having problems and will need professionals and equipment to make sure they survive?

    Well, for higher risk women I doubt it would be offered as her care would normally be referred to an OB. Having said that, even low-risk doesn't mean no-risk, but so long as women are aware of the risks and benefits of birthing in each setting and can make an informed decision from that information, she should be able to decide what setting is right for her. I wouldn't mind discussing it further in another thread perhaps?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Without meaning to sound really thick, what advantages are there of having a home birth rather than a hospital birth?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You don't catch MRSA?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Without meaning to sound really thick, what advantages are there of having a home birth rather than a hospital birth?

    One-on-one midwife care. Less likely to need pain relief, less likely to have any interventions, you're in a familiar setting, labour tends to be shorter as women are in a familiar environment to them so they're not going to have so much adrenaline buzzing around them, which slows labour down etc
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If I'd had a homebirth I doubt the little guy would have been here, especially over here. He got stuck, the contractions stopped and they had to give me a citocin thingumy drip. If I was over here I'd have been stuck in a helicopter and probably wouldn't have made it in time.
    I'm not planning on having another kid but if I do it'll be in the hospital again!
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