Ainsley - no my DF is usually pretty good. He does more housework than I do (as in vaccumming, cleaning showers & kitchen etc) even though the agreement was that I should do it all when I'm on mat leave. He's not so good at helping with nappies and feeding Brock. He does it on the odd occasion but not regularly. That's my own fault though as I said I'd do everything for Brock while I'm off work. He says he will help more with him when I return to work, I will have to wait and see what happens. I've told him if I don't get help I will quit work. I find it funny that he likes to hang out with our neighbours as they are all around my age, not his. I think he just likes the company of us oldies. He's now told me that he will ensure that Thursday nights are kept for us like they used to be. I always enjoyed them as it gave us a bit of us time before his daughter arrived for the weekend. Let's see how that goes.

You were lucky to still have the gas when you were pushing. They took it off me as they said I'd had too much. I think they may have given it back to me when the vac came out but I was so out of it by then I'm not sure. There's no way known I'd go though that experience again without an epi. I still can't figure out why I didn't ask for one.... it was afterall the plan. All in all though I think the worst of the labour/birth was when I was at home and was getting uncontrollable shaking with each and every contraction. Not an experience I ever wish to go through again.