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Screw the birthing pool! You know what the little net is for? 
In most cases, labour takes a long time. Go for a walk. Go for a pint. That's what I did both times. Didn't miss anything except more waiting around. Didn't see any poop. Saw the babies pop out, but immediately concentrated on the baby to avoid seeing the rest of what goes on down there afterwards (you really don't want to see any of that).
Go with the baby and the midwife for the weighing and the vitamin K injection.
In most cases, labour takes a long time. Go for a walk. Go for a pint. That's what I did both times. Didn't miss anything except more waiting around. Didn't see any poop. Saw the babies pop out, but immediately concentrated on the baby to avoid seeing the rest of what goes on down there afterwards (you really don't want to see any of that).
Go with the baby and the midwife for the weighing and the vitamin K injection.
If the baby comes early, listen very carefully to the 1st aid advice.... we were given a 5 minute lesson before we took our 12week prem daughter home...
3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
Agoogy said:
If the baby comes early, listen very carefully to the 1st aid advice.... we were given a 5 minute lesson before we took our 12week prem daughter home...
3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
And the concept of time. 3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
Agoogy said:
If the baby comes early, listen very carefully to the 1st aid advice.... we were given a 5 minute lesson before we took our 12week prem daughter home...
3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
They let you take a 12 week prem baby home after a 5 minute instructional? 3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
My daughter was 9 weeks prem and was in the Special Care Baby Unit for a month before she was allowed home.
brum said:
Agoogy said:
If the baby comes early, listen very carefully to the 1st aid advice.... we were given a 5 minute lesson before we took our 12week prem daughter home...
3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
They let you take a 12 week prem baby home after a 5 minute instructional? 3 days later I was giving her full on CPR after she choked on some milk....the best 5 minute lesson I've ever had...
Daughter is 7 now....mainly thanks to me and that training!
My daughter was 9 weeks prem and was in the Special Care Baby Unit for a month before she was allowed home.
She was born 12 weeks prem....she stayed in hospital for 3 months in post natal.. we had our training...we took her home now aged either 3 months or nought depending on how you look at it....and 3 days later she choked...
Ah I see - nice work.
The SCBU was a scary place - i remember going in one morning before work and sitting by her incubator when all of a sudden all the alarms start wailing and light start flashing.
Nurse eventually wanders over, puts her hand inside the incubator and flicks her on the bottom of her foot.
"sometimes when they are this little they forget to breathe"
I don't mind saying that I s
t myself. I listened very intently when given the basic first aid advice before we strapped a 5lb baby into her car seat some weeks later.
The SCBU was a scary place - i remember going in one morning before work and sitting by her incubator when all of a sudden all the alarms start wailing and light start flashing.
Nurse eventually wanders over, puts her hand inside the incubator and flicks her on the bottom of her foot.
"sometimes when they are this little they forget to breathe"
I don't mind saying that I s
t myself. I listened very intently when given the basic first aid advice before we strapped a 5lb baby into her car seat some weeks later.brum said:
Gas and air is rubbish - you are better nipping out the back for a spliff.
Expect an accidental poop - but pretend like it never happened - at no point should you point out that your wife has st herself in front of three strangers.
Never, go down the business end - stay up top. If you have to walk by the carnage avoid eye contact.
Expect to cry like a little girl when your baby arrives.
go along with that plus the placenta bit is especially messyExpect an accidental poop - but pretend like it never happened - at no point should you point out that your wife has s
t herself in front of three strangers.Never, go down the business end - stay up top. If you have to walk by the carnage avoid eye contact.
Expect to cry like a little girl when your baby arrives.
Adam B said:
brum said:
Gas and air is rubbish - you are better nipping out the back for a spliff.
Expect an accidental poop - but pretend like it never happened - at no point should you point out that your wife has st herself in front of three strangers.
Never, go down the business end - stay up top. If you have to walk by the carnage avoid eye contact.
Expect to cry like a little girl when your baby arrives.
go along with that plus the placenta bit is especially messyExpect an accidental poop - but pretend like it never happened - at no point should you point out that your wife has s
t herself in front of three strangers.Never, go down the business end - stay up top. If you have to walk by the carnage avoid eye contact.
Expect to cry like a little girl when your baby arrives.
(no I Waiting for that phone call any day now, to take my wife up to the Maternity Ward.
Sat here reading this, & starting to feel rather queezy- maybe it was the Crab sarnie?
fk, I am papping myself, will probably deffinately forget something along the lines.
Have I got everything sorted- nursery, clothes, nappies etc, etc...
Prepped the overnight bag with 'stuff', towels in the car is a good idea- shall be putting some in the car tonight & making sure the batteries are good in the camera
Sat here reading this, & starting to feel rather queezy- maybe it was the Crab sarnie?
f
k, I am papping myself, will Have I got everything sorted- nursery, clothes, nappies etc, etc...
Prepped the overnight bag with 'stuff', towels in the car is a good idea- shall be putting some in the car tonight & making sure the batteries are good in the camera
Not keen on the pool idea. Lets face the water will be full of blood, poop and amneotic fliud which by this stage will be nine months of baby pee. Not my idea of a bath.
The good lady stayed on her feet until the last five minutes, she thought it help speed things along as her contractions slowed down once she was laid down.
The good lady stayed on her feet until the last five minutes, she thought it help speed things along as her contractions slowed down once she was laid down.
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