Labour on

Advantages: You get a baby
Disadvantages: it hurts

...on each contraction, those that had a 'bad' experience seemed to just yell and shout at people to help but not help themselves. So, with this in mine my due date approached... and went, and another day passed by, and another. Then 5 days after my due date I had a thing called a show, which in the nicest way of describing it was like a lump of jelly falling out of me... I know not nice! Then the next day (so, 6 days after my due date) I woke up at 4am with contractions. THE BIRTH So, i'm awake and feeling mild period pains in my stomach which disappear then return, I know im in labour and it's not those false labour pains called braxton hicks. I wait for about half and hour before I wake up my husband who jumps out of bed and yells 'lets go to hospital', I calm him down and ask him to make me a cup of hot chocolate- after all the info...

glitter-fairy 10.06.2007 · Read review
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labour of love

Advantages: you have a baby at the end
Disadvantages: it can be painful, there may be complications

...and get the other side numb, suffice to say my epidural did not work very well, I was in agony but kept telling myself that it would soon be over and I would have a beautiful baby girl. Eventually the time came to push and the midwife informed me that it shouldn't take too long and that usually after about an hour-two they would intervene if I had not delivered my child. After four hours I still had not pushed my little girl into the world and I was exhausted, four hours of pushing had taken it's toll and I could hardly support my legs, the midwifes and doctors were concerned as my baby was distressed, as was I, I was still in agony due to the inadequate epidural, my husband signed consent forms to allow the doctors to use a ventouse to assist the birth (as I was in no fit state). After 17 hours of labour our little girl was pulled...

dizzymonkey 28.05.2007 (13.03.2008) · Read review
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Water Baby - labour & birth of my 1st Child

Advantages: Meeting your baby at long last
Disadvantages: Fear & anticipation of the pain

...1st June - my due date and labour had started... It was the early afternoon and I was pottering around the house when I became aware of some tightenings in my lower abdomen that felt like the Braxton Hicks contractions I had been experiencing during the last couple of months of my pregnancy. (Braxton Hicks are practice contractions to help the body prepare for labour). I realised that they were happening at regular intervals so I started to time them and found that they were coming every 10 minutes or so and realised that I must be in the early stages of labour. As the day went on the contractions continued, gradually coming closer together, though they did not get particularly painful - my husband didn't quite believe I was in labour!! I had a "show" during the afternoon, which reassured me that things were progressing well. (A...

citkat 24.03.2006 (25.03.2006) · Read review
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My experience of labour

Advantages: My baby Mia
Disadvantages: The pain, the midwives attitude

...I decided I wanted to use the local NHS birthing centre while pregnant with my first child. The main reasons for this were that it was very close, a five min drive if that. It was relatively new, with the hospital being only a few years old. The rooms were comfortable and not clinical, more like a travelodge or something similar. Another major reason was the fact that my partner could stay with me during the labour and when our new baby was born for as long as we were in hospital. This was extremely important to me. Birthing centres are managed by a staff consisting of midwives only. There are no doctors available and this can be a worry. They are a sort of halfway house between a hospital birth and a home birth. A lot of people choose birthing centres when they have an aversion to hospital environments. In my particular...

miasmum82 11.07.2008 · Read review
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A Mildly Wild Child

Advantages: A glossy addition to the teen movie genre.
Disadvantages: It's hardly original.

...a grab bag of recent hits such as Rihanna's "Shut Up and Drive", Nelly Furtado's "Say it Right" and Adele's "Chasing Pavements" which fit the target audience and style of the movie. But the girly version of Christopher Otcasek's "Real Wild Child" is a crime against music. "Wild Child" is a film that will find its greatest favour with its intended demographic of young teens. It's a fun stab at the teen movie genre with enough action and non-threatening totty to entertain all but the most jaded fourteen year-old girl. The performances are also lively enough to stop accompanying adults nodding off. It is by no means original, but I have seen far worse versions of similar stories and it may become something of a guilty pleasure on DVD....

afy9mab 21.08.2008 · Read review
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Its called labour for a good reason (graphic)

Advantages: My gorgeous son, my pride at having birthed him myself
Disadvantages: my incontience, depression and loss of confidence

...When I was expecting my child I read. I read anything I could get my hands on, subscribed to all the mother and baby magazines, bought the self-help books, I just devoured every single piece of information I could to help me understand what giving birth would be like. I would say now that I possibly knew too much, and at the same time not nearly enough! I thought by preparing myself I would enable myself to make labour as 'sweet' as possible. Hardy har har. It turns out Labour is called labour for a reason! And not one of the Mother and Baby magazines prepared me for a labour which wasn't text-book. I had never expected it to be easy, nor had I expected it to traumatise me the way it had so I feel now that if I were to have another child I would be prepared in a way that only a second time mother can be. There are no rose tinted...

lulu2004 14.12.2007 · Read review
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Loves Labours Lost

Advantages: Excellent covers of some old reggae standrads
Disadvantages: Sometimes a bit too slick

...The creation of entire albums of music from other artists is nothing new. It has been done to great effect by David Bowie, Bryan Ferry and many more. When UB40 followed up their first 2 albums which contained their own material with an album drawn from favourite reggae songs from their youth. Having established themselves as the conscience of 80s youth with their socially aware lyrics about unemployment and social injustice it could have been seen a s a commercial sell-out and perhaps ultimately it was. It was also, however, a very fine album. That it must have been a labour of love can be heard in the loving way the songs are crafted and every track reproduces the excellence of the original. As a lover of real reggae I do have to make one minor criticism and that is that the album is too good. There is far more added production...

polydeuces 24.09.2001 · Read review
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An amazing car seat

Advantages: safe, cosy
Disadvantages: none

...Where to buy: This car seat is readily available. You can buy it from all the shops you'd expect to be able to buy them from including Halfords, mothercare, john lewis', toys r us etc. What do they cost: prices vary depending up on offers and stores but usually this car seat retails at £100. How do they attach? This car seat is different to many of the others on the market. It clips onto a base which is attached to your car, This makes it easy to get the car seat in and out of the car without waking up the baby. The car seat base is attached by the seat belt securing it in place and a metal leg which keeps it stable. Are they comfortable? This car seat is very padded and so a nice cosy seat for your baby. It comes with a head hugger which makes it cosy and safe for a newborn. This headhugger can be removed revealing much...

fearsafe 28.09.2009 · Read review
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great car seat

Advantages: see rview
Disadvantages: expense, heavy

...I bought this when I had my baby as it was apparently the best on the market and I really can't find fault with it at all it has been the most reliable of our baby products and can't rate it highly enough. This car seat is different from others as it is suitable for up to 9 months whilst the majority of others are just up to 6 months. The seat is well padded and has a 'head hugger' so it is safer for newborns. This headhugger can then be removed once your baby is big enough. The straps also can be adjusted once your baby grows so that it is still safe and comfortable. The straps are easy to use- at first they were fiddly but once you have the hang of them then you know what you're doing they're easy! once you have strapped your baby in you then pull on the straps to make them tight so that your baby is safetly in place...

ditzygirl10 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Childs Play

Advantages: Great fun with a bit of horror
Disadvantages: none... if you take the movie as it is intended....

...Director: Tom Holland Producer: David Kirschner. Writers: Don Mancini, John Lafia and Tom Holland Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Alex Vincent, Tommy Swerdlow, Jack Colvin and Neil Giuntoli. Music by Joe Renzetti Released in late 1988 this supernatural horror film used a seemingly innocent child's toy as a sadistic unstoppable killing machine. **BRIEF PLOT** When detective Mike Norris, (played by Chris Sarandon) pursues and kills Charles Lee Ray, {aka 'Chucky'}, the evil "Lakeshore Strangler," (played by Brad Dourif), he unleashes more than he can handle as before Charles Lee dies he uses an ancient voodoo ritual to transport his soul into a nearby child's toy 'Good Guy Doll'. Meanwhile, a young boy named Andy Barclay, (played by Alex Vincent), wants a Good guy doll for his...

blissman70 08.07.2008 · Read review
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