Family Planning Clinics - well worth a visit

Advantages: Free, impartial advice
Disadvantages: None

...After having our second child, me and my husband decided that with one boy and one girl, our family was complete. We talked over the various forms of contraception. We looked at the advantages and disadvantages of each and the one that came out on top of our list was the coil. I decided that when I went to my Practice Nurse for my six week post natal check up, I would ask for some advice about getting one fitted. I was very surprised to find out that the local GP and Practice Nurse no longer do them - you can only have them fitted at a Family Planning Clinic. My Practice Nurse was very helpful and gave me a list of all the local clinics, their telephone numbers, and days and times they were open. I took the list home, found the one that best suited me to go and see, and waited for my husband to get home from work to take...

welshfruitbat 27.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Family Planning

Effective And Safe Family Planning

Advantages: It works, is free and does not jeopardise your health
Disadvantages: Some people are too afraid to try

...For women who do not wish to get pregnant these days there are so many choices in contraception and many of them like the pill carry well known health risks. What many people do not realise is that women are only fertile for a few days per month so why should we take risks with our health or use unpleasant devices all month when there is another option. Natural family planning is practised by many millions of people world wide and, when used correctly, can be as effective as most forms of contraception used today. There are no risks to health and it is very easy to do. There are many ovulation prediction kits on the market however over the course of a few months you can end up spending quite a lot of money. There is a much simpler solution and all you will require is a thermometer, it has to be one designed for taking basal...

elvina 05.06.2001 · Read review
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Plan on Sleeping Through It

Advantages: Some nice warmth from Dwayne Johnson.
Disadvantages: Pedestrian direction, under-developed characters and predictable narrative.

...the film. If it isn't brassy themes for the first American football game, it's blowsy nu-jazz for Joe's party, sad strings and woodwinds for his moments of loneliness, horror squeals when Peyton reveals her identity or Bond-style electric guitar for Joe's flash car. There are a couple of attempts at humour including one scene where B-movie thriller themes accompany an overflowing bubble bath. The other soundtrack choices sound like a grab bag of current soundtrack favourites such as "Rubbernecking", "Mr Blue Sky" and the perplexing end credits sing- and dance-along to "Hunka Hunka Burning Love". But the whole thing feels too scattershot. "The Game Plan" is an extremely formulaic family movie that may appeal to under-tens, but will have grown-ups snoring their heads off. The direction is pedestrian, the writing predictable and the performances...

afy9mab 13.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Game Plan (DVD)

Family Fortunes!

Advantages: A great read
Disadvantages: none

...to become a family and Sophie and Louie plan their wedding. It 's the sort of book that is quite funny in places but also very thought provoking as the strength of the couple's relationship is tested in many ways - not least when Louie suddenly discovers that he has a previously unknown about grown up son from a former relationship! It's the sort of story that, if you have been in the situation of forming a new family, that it's very easy to identify with. Much of the story is taken up with Sophie's worry that perhaps things are moving a bit too fast. On the one hand she is really excited about the wedding but then she worries that she and Louie hardly know each others and it's only the circumstances that they have found themsewlves in that has made them so close. She is particularly worried when Louie's discovery about his son causes...

kingfisher111 13.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Accidental Family - Rowan Coleman

plans are rarely simple

Advantages: cinematography, billy bob thornton
Disadvantages: slow, some unbelievable moments

...are both out of work see this as retirement and want to keep the money. "You work for the American Dream, you don't steal it." Exclaims Hank, although he is soon going back on that when he comes up with a plan. The plan is simple (hence the name of the film). He will keep the money till the Spring when they are sure that the plane will be found, if (when it is) there is no mention of the money, then they will distribute it three ways and leave town never to return. The three are sworn to secrecy not to reveal the money or the plan to anyone, Although hypocritical Hanks is soon telling his Pregnant wife Sarah (Bridget Fonda) and its not long before she is adding extras to the plan which Hank needs to carry out, The result is that this breeds further arguments and mistrust, which escalates and snowballs out of control, this ultimately...

sjp1966 02.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of A Simple Plan (DVD)

When all else fails - there's always Plan B!

Advantages: absorbing read
Disadvantages: none

...I have read most of Emily Barr's novels and each one is fresh and enjoyable and you think they can't get any better. However, having just read Plan B, they do get better and I was totally absorbed in this story from the moment I picked the book up! Emily Barr is such a good storyteller and she hooks you from the very start so that you don't want to stop reading. I found myself snatching odd moments in the day to pick this book up, and now that I've finished it I'm almost disappointed as I didn't want to stop reading. The main character in the book is Emma and over half of the story is told from her point of view and is written in the first person. At the beginning when we first meet Emma she is reluctantly moving to France to start a new life with her partner Matt and their two year old daughter Alice. They have bought a ramshackle...

kingfisher111 01.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Plan B - Emily Barr

Flight Plan - Everyone thinks she's crazy.

Advantages: A good thriller, with an interesting story line.
Disadvantages: Perhaps not enough tension for some.

...This is a movie that I bought for £3 from Asda. It took me a long time to get around to viewing it, but when I did, I was pleasantly surprised. Flight Plan is a thriller directed by Robert Schwentke and starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen, and Sean Bean. It was released by Touchstone Pictures in 2005, and is based on the classic film The Lady Vanishes, which was released 67 years earlier. I am a bit of a wimp these days when it comes to watching films. Anything over a 12 rating and I have to sit near the door. If there is any hint of violence I am usually known to go and make a cup of tea! Don?t get me wrong, I like a good action movie, I just find it hard to cope with the tension and violence. So was this movie too much for me? Did I have to spend the duration drinking earl grey or even worse a fruit tea...

malloy1 24.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Flight Plan (DVD)

Plan on buying this!

Advantages: Great stories, great characters, good value
Disadvantages: None

...Although we have somewhat moved onto pastures new (Noddy and Peppa Pig) when it comes to Harry's television viewing, Bob the Builder still remains a good faithful to plonk on for him when I desperately need to get on with the dinner and Harry's trying to "help" me. We have a small collection of Bob DVD'S courtesy of Harry's Nanny, and this is one he does like to watch pretty regularly, and I must say it is a fun watch, even for me who has seen it god knows how many times! Bob the Builder is a hit children's television show currently being shown on Nick Jnr and Nick Jnr 2 throughout the day. The show is also widely available on DVD, from all of the televised series, as well as specials which were created specially for DVD such as this one, Bob's Big Plan. Bob lives and works in Sunflower Valley with fellow builder Wendy and their crew...

mummy2harry 27.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bob The Builder - Bob's Big Plan Special (DVD)

Meet the stone family

Advantages: Easy to watch and an array of well known actors
Disadvantages: It isn't the most interesting film you'll ever watch

...I bought the family stone for one reason only and that was because the cast was a mix of well known faces! I know I should look for more than this but, being a Sex and the City fan I am always keen to watch anything with Sarah Jessica Parker in! Along with a variety of others who I have seen in other films and enjoyed then it was surely to be a winner wasn't it? Released in 2005 the film was written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. The story: The stone family are very close knit and celebrate Christmas together every year. When the favourite son, Everett, decides to bring his girlfriend Meredith with him to meet his family it doesn't quite go to plan! He has plans to ask his mother for his grandmother's ring to propose to Meredith but, his family pretty much take an instant dislike to her and find Meredith to be too uptight...

frankiecesca 10.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Family Stone

Good Family Fun!

Advantages: Funny - sheer Disney.
Disadvantages: None

...Director: Andy Fickman Screenplay: Nichole Millard & Kathryn Price Genre: Comedy - Family - Sport Country: USA Certification: U Language: English Released: 14th July, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Dwayne Johnson (Joe Kingman) Madison Pettis (Peyton Kelly) Kyra Sedgwick (Stella Peck) Roselyn Sanchez (Monique Vasquez ) Morris Chestnut (Travis Sanders) Joe Kingman's life is looking pretty good. He's a star NFL quarterback headed for the championships, he's surrounded by beautiful women all vying for his attention, he's filthy rich and in perfect health - so what could possibly put a dent in his perfect bachelor lifestyle - not much, except, perhaps, for a pint-sized little girl with a fantastic attitude and the ability to make him squirm! When Peyton knocks at his door with her suitcase, claiming to be his...

GoFigure 30.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Game Plan (DVD)