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

...over to the nurse who said that perhaps it was time to consider pain relief, she had a quick look below and looked up rather surprised, telling me that I was already 7 cm dilated. I was moved to the delivery suite and given gas and air. The gas and air made me slightly drunk (rather amusing to my husband as I am not one to drink and so he has only ever seen me drunk once in four years.) After a while the effectiveness of the gas and air seemed to be fading and it just made me sick, everywhere. (be warned labour is not at all dignified.) The doctor suggested an epidural and I welcomed it with relief, relief I may add that was short lived. By now I had been dilated 7 cm for hours and I was desperate to see my little girl. The doctors gave me an epidural which only worked one side, they then had to top it up ten minutes later to try...

dizzymonkey 28.05.2007 (13.03.2008) · Read review
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No, but winning will be a massive challenge.

Advantages: Labour still does have good ideas and has performed well on the economy
Disadvantages: After having been in power for 12 years, people are more likely to vote for "change"

...Well first of all, when writing reviews I always try to be as impartial as possible, as much as I can, however, I am a Labour Party member, so I hope you will excuse me if a little bit of partisan talk is expressed! Labour was elected in 1997, at a time when Britain was on its knees, the NHS was in an absolute mess after having been underfunded for years, crime was high having doubled with the Conservatives, public service spending wasn't adequate to ensure that quality remained high. With the Conservatives interest rates hit 15% for a whole year and were over 10% for 4 years, further to this inflation hit 10%. So, were is Britain 12 years on? We now have a minimum wage, record funding in the NHS, waiting times have been cut in half, the winter fuels allowance, record exam results in our schools, crime has fallen by a third, there are...

jack2794 30.10.2009 · 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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Every party tells a story!

Advantages: Excellent read
Disadvantages: none

...I am a big fan of the author Mike Gayle and have loved everything that I have read by him. Therefore I was really looking forward to reading The Life and Soul of the Party and I was not disappointed in the least. This is a really great book! There are many different reasons for throwing a party - New Year, birthdays, anniversaries, house warmings, people leaving and even funerals - and through the course of a year the characters in this excellent book by Mike Gayle experience all of these. In fact, the book is split into six parts each focusing on a different party. The main characters in this book are a group of thirty somethings who have a long shared history. Chris and Vicky are a couple; as are Cooper and Laura. Melissa used to be with Paul but they each have new partners now who sometimes feel a bit like outsiders when the group...

kingfisher111 16.09.2009 · Read review
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A party....in a pot!

Advantages: The biscuit of my, and now my childrens youth.
Disadvantages: All the same colour in a pot.

...My kids, like myself, have always been a fan of the biscuits ?Party rings?, these were an integral part of my childhood with my children always gravitating towards the brightly coloured packaging when asked to pick what they want for their biscuit tin. Upon a recent trip I spotted the newest incarnation in this brand the ?party ring pot?, I came to the conclusion (very quickly!), that these would indeed be ideal for my children?s school lunch boxes, so I promptly threw them into my trolley. There is no mistaking this for any other product, with the same colourful and eye catching pictures and information on the top of the pots. The plastic tray is segmented into 6 perforated tubs, each tub containing 4 party ring biscuits, these makes them preferable to the chocolate bars my kids normally take, as you may gather they do not...

sarahbarrow 09.09.2009 · Read review
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NOT The Ultimate Party Experience!

Advantages: Fun to play with a couple
Disadvantages: bad graphics and game play

...Game Party Wii... Game Party is a game for the Wii computer console. It is one disc containing seven different skill games. Because it is a game for the Wii, it is far more interactive than playing on other computer consoles. It costs around £19.99 pence when bought new but I expect can be found a lot cheaper second hand or even new but bought from an online store. This is one of a few games that I was included in the Wii console package. The main reason I chose this as one of the games that were included was because of its brilliant multiplayer ability. The games that are on the disc are all games that you would play alongside other people. The games are: Darts, Table Hockey, Skill Ball, Hoop Shoot, Ping Cup, Shuffle Board and Trivia. The game is described on the back of the box as "The Ultimate Party Experience". This did...

newby2 01.10.2008 · Read review
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There's no party without them

Advantages: Really colourful, attractive, sweet and nice textured
Disadvantages: Most of them taste the same - just general icing sweetness

...Fox's party rings are something that I remember as a late edition to my childhood so I was quite surprised to research that they actually came into the market in 1983 (I'm a 1990's child). Party rings are aimed at children but I enjoy them just as much, as I am sure, do adults. The current ones seem smaller than what I remember I maybe it's because I was smaller the last time I had them. As they were 50p for a 125g pack in Asda, plus, I haven't had them in years, I grabbed a pack to sample. In hindsight. they are simply little round biscuits measuring at a 4.5 by 4.5cm circle with a smaller hole in the middle, (enough to fit your little finger through) and topped with a hard shiny icing. However, they are so much more! They are so colourful and attractive! None of the biscuits contain artificial colours or preservatives...

LaceyR26 07.09.2009 · Read review
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Party games at their finest...

Advantages: The amusing chracters..!
Disadvantages: The fact that some games aren't multiplayer..!

...With not owning a Wii myself, I have always been overly intrigued about playing one of these new and definitely very cool looking games consoles. It just happened this bank holiday that I ended up spending some time with my boyfriend and his mum's Wii. Having bought a new game for the console earlier that day I was persuaded after a little while to play against him. Not that putting me in a competition situation is a good idea... Especially against him..! ~~ Packaging ~~ As with any console the games are always cased in the distinctive DVD style packaging with the trademark Nintendo white background with the Wii logo in the top right hand corner just so the customer knows that it is for the Wii console. The cover features the words 'Game Party' is an orange oval in white writing, and features pictures of all the games featured...

ChemicalRomance 07.05.2008 · 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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