Due dates/labour and shopping/hairdressers etc. was my girls

September 13, 2001

>I had a haircut on my DS3's due date - the quickest haircut my hairdresser has

>ever done I think, she was so convinced that I was going to produce right

>there. DS3 was born the next day, so she wasn't that far wrong!

My friend's first labour had been very long and ended in a c-section and

that time we had walked around a local park and lake during the early

part of her labour. I dread to think what we would have done if she had

suddenly got stronger contractions etc as altho we were less than a mile

from the hospital as the crow flies, we wouldn't have got there - it was

more like 3 miles of parkland alone to get to a road and neither of us

had a mobile at that time to call for help.

When she went into labour with her second we expected it to be another

long job but decided to go into Nottingham instead. I had to choose a

wedding pressie for a friend and her list was at . I was

decidedly unimpressed with their wedding list service -

'I'd like to buy this'

'You'll have to go to the relevant dept to see if it's in stock' etc.

The woman asked if my friend was ok as she was pacing up and down.

Would she like a chair? No I said, she's in labour and needs to keep

active.

Service changed immediately. They suddenly decided to call the depts

themselves and check if things were in stock. Couldn't get hold of

people so I agreed vouchers could be sent in place if necessary. Five

mins later we were out of the shop!

Her baby wasn't born until the early hours of the following day, BTW.

She said she cursed our shopping trip later that evening as she was so

tired and wouldn't have been if she hadn't spent all day wandering round

town. Successful VBAC, though.

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Sue

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