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I feel crap.

Seriously awful!

My eyes are watering, my nose alternates between blocked and freeflow, I ache all over (and at 30wks pregnant I was aching BEFORE this!), my sinus’ ache, my head aches, I have a nasty cough and I appear to have swallowed razor blades.

So considering this, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be pissed off!

I send my 4 year old off into the wide world to get an education, and what does he bring home? The School Sniffle…. the cold of whose origins are unknown, that for the Child is a mere sniffle but for those lucky enough to share an abode with said Child, it is a rip roaring stonking cold. (Thinking of contacting Ofsted citing this spreading of germs as unnecessary homework).

And the worst, the very worst….. I can take anything for it! Oh no sorry, I can take paracetamol (wow!).

So I am writing this as a shameless bid for sympathy and if there are pregnancy angel, safe remedy advice. Just look at the photos – how can you NOT feel pity? Please take a mo to share any good pregnancy cold survival tips!

Atchooo!

I was overwhelmed recently when I blogged about my difficulty around my birth choice this time (I am due with No2 early in Dec) as I received so many fab comments and messages (read the original blog and comments here)

Well, the results are in and……a homebirth it is! It’s not a decision I’ve made lightly, I’m quite conservative really but in truth, I’m quite excited!! On asking hubby his opinion (it’s his living room too lol) he was fabulous and said “I am not the one pushing our beautiful baby out into the world, you are the one doing all the hard work, so whatever you feel most comfortable with, is fine by me”. Good man!! We actually watched my sky+’d programme from BBC3 entitled Cherry Has A Baby, which was a fabulous hour long documentary about 7 women and their experiences, worries, fears, and in some cases their birth’s together (Thanks to this fab blog telling me about the programme, I’d have missed it otherwise ), and having watched a home waterbirth – he was so impressed, and was up and googling birth pools as soon as it had finished!! I hadn’t previously considered a birth pool before to be honest. My first labour was very spontaneous, ie head not engaged the day before, no contractions until my waters broke with a bang at home at 5.35am, then straight into active labour, no rest between contractions and by the time I got to the hospital at 6.15am-ish, the head was appearing. Me being me, HAD to wait for Mum or “Muummmmy” as I’m sure I was calling her that morning, so Kieran was born at 8am. Being SO fast and full-on there was no time for niceties ie the pool wouldn’t have got set up/filled and this time they are expecting it to be quicker even (any faster it’ll be like shelling bloody peas!). No only did I not have time, but well I’m not sure I’d have been able to keep that still, I liked to be active (ie running around the room cursing).

So…. now I’ve made the decision, and am set, I’m looking for Mummy and Daddy hints and tips for homebirth! What did you use prop/furniture-wise, did you have a birth pool, if so how was it, what did you like, what would you change, what made it your “perfect” environment?

I want music in the background, and my fantastic Mother, who will also be there again this time, thinks it’s a cracking idea, though suggests “My Sex Is On Fire” is possibly not something I will find overly funny or appropriate at the time, so tell me, what was the soundtrack to your homebirth?

Looking forward to reading your comments!!!!

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