Guest guest Posted November 1, 2001 Report Share Posted November 1, 2001 on 31/10/01 09:03 PM, fab131 at fab131@... wrote: brilliant news - feeling really pleased for you Francesca > but the baby has long legs and a small head!! > Sounds good to me! sounds like when I had that alarmist Consultant saying how my baby had a fat body and I said " well that's okay because it's the head I'm worried about " !! > The appointment with the consultant was a joke hmmmmm no change there then > but it was agreed that I could have a water birth with no protest at all. excellent )))))))))) I loved my labour and Nia's birth in the water. > some junior doctor fresh out of med school I refused to see anyone but the Consultant after the last SHO kept calling me " dear " and knew so little of my history that he was really insensitive without even meaning to be > losing over a litre of blood was " not bad " (don't know whether it was but it > looked pretty disgusting to me and I felt like death!) well anything over 500mls is usually considered a pph, but estimating amount lost is pretty subjective and also it will depend on your Hb level on how bad you feel from the loss of blood. Basically for every 500mls lost your Hb level drops by 1 point (as a rule of thumb). > Anyway, all is OK and I am " halfway " tomorrow! Happy Halfway!! Jenni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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