Loulabelle, that's gorgeous news Not nice to deal with misconceptions about homebirth when you've just had one - what the hell do they think they'll achieve by doing that to a hormonal and vulnerable woman? I guess many of them forget that's who they're dealing with I'm starting to spread the idea that going to a health care giver is THEIR privilege, and not the other way around. When I said that in a roundabout way to my GP (when I thought I'd changed practices in our house move, only to revert to my other one at week 11) she thought about it - instead of ploughing on with her agenda and self-importance - and said it was a good point to remember. Sometimes they need sobering with that thought, and whilst it's too late for your stay, I reckon I can pass it round liberally on behalf of mamas like you, while I've still got the energy
I wasn't going to book into a hospital, but the mw I'm going with works at one that people from my area reasonably book into as well, so it won't look weird. There is one closer to us, but my mw doesn't work at that birth centre. If I need to transfer it will be to the closer one. I wonder if it would fly, in that instance, that I only last minute decided I wasn't going to be forced into a car??
I've had a horrible head cold for a few days and today I can breathe - I also had a nap for a couple of hours while the kids ran around like lunatics on their last day of holidays.
I got a Belly Bandit Upsie Belly in the mail this week, which is pretty awesome for the PGP and it much more discreet and streamlined than the band lent to me by the osteo! That one is now my back up, for when this one's getting washed. My MiL also brought round some mobility aids, so I feel like a granny, but I can get around the house when my pelvis flares up