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[fullyautomatix]

One word of advice, when labour starts and you phone the hospital that you want to come in, DO NOT let them tell you that you are not ready yet and stay home! Go to the hospital and camp out outside the ward!

My cousin recently was in this situation with the labour ward telling her she's not ready and stay home (4 phone calls 15 mins apart each time), 5 mins after the last call, she gave birth at home!

Not entirely true. Sometimes the onset of labour would not mean the baby will pop out the next minute. In most cases the onset of labour is then followed by a few hours of mom in pain etc till the dilation is about 10 cms something (i cannot remmeber). Once the midwife has checked the dilation and knows the baby is ready to come out they then roll you in to the room.

My wife actually preferred to stay at home where we could tend to her and give her this and that and only ended up in hospital some hours later.

[vetran]

One word of advice, when labour starts and you phone the hospital that you want to come in, DO NOT let them tell you that you are not ready yet and stay home! Go to the hospital and camp out outside the ward!

My cousin recently was in this situation with the labour ward telling her she's not ready and stay home (4 phone calls 15 mins apart each time), 5 mins after the last call, she gave birth at home!

agree with that, you don't want to give birth in the lift like a friend nearly did.

Get there, get a day car park pass (maternity desk normally do those) take a flask, sandwiches and a book.

[Alias]

One word of advice, when labour starts and you phone the hospital that you want to come in, DO NOT let them tell you that you are not ready yet and stay home! Go to the hospital and camp out outside the ward!

My cousin recently was in this situation with the labour ward telling her she's not ready and stay home (4 phone calls 15 mins apart each time), 5 mins after the last call, she gave birth at home!

[mudskipper]

Tax advantages?

New budget year. They've got a bit left, so want to get the babies out on this year's accounts.

[formant]

Based on the current speed I'll take 1st May.

Realistically is March 29th available being that a contractor never takes time off.

I think March 29th is taken. Would be a convenient date though as that's a weekend without the stepdaughters.

They'll induce by or before April 5th, I guess. Still hoping it won't be that long to go though.

[eek]

Did I say 1st March? I meant 1st April.

Based on the current speed I'll take 1st May.

Realistically is March 29th available being that a contractor never takes time off.

[formant]

Did I say 1st March? I meant 1st April.

Haha, date revision accepted.

[mudskipper]

Haha, brilliant!

Still not here, hope it shows up soon.

Did I say 1st March? I meant 1st April.

[formant]

Hopefully your child is born soon as I suspect you're slowly getting a bit fed-up, if so I found the ideal book:

Haha, brilliant!

Still not here, hope it shows up soon.

[darmstadt]

Hopefully your child is born soon as I suspect you're slowly getting a bit fed-up, if so I found the ideal book:

[EternalOptimist]

and a head full of hair

[EternalOptimist]

3.1 kilos

youse metric deniers

[mudskipper]

7lb13oz

[formant]

I will have 16lb 4

[darmstadt]

Problem with that is, as you can't see what you're doing, you end up with an effect similar to what one would imagine fanny myxomatosis would look like.

Damn, I had to Google for that one just to see what would come up: