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Hi ladies - in true will try anything style I've booked an acupuncture appointment for tomorrow and Amy for massage on Thurs when I will be 41+2 so fingers crossed! Plus had a sweep today so here's hoping! Thanks again for all the tips - really hoping something will give as Kings are hell bent on induction if she doesn't come by the end of the weekend! Xx

Hi there Thank you SO much for all the recommendations and tips - will get on to booking an appointment asap and see where we get with it! Here's hoping! Thanks again all x

Hi there all I wondered whether anyone could help me out by recommending an acupuncturist for helping to bring on labour? 41 wks tomorrow and keen to avoid a medical induction if at all possible, so any recommendations are hugely appreciated :) Thank you in advance! x

Hello ladies :-) I thought I'd email and see whether anyone is around for a meet up during the week this week? My week is looking free & easy (finally!) and I would love to catch up with those around. Please PM me of interested :-) x x

Hi there - I was thinking the same thing - is anyone meeting today? Am on my way back to ED so I can drop in if so? X

Hi there I'm so sorry you had such a rough time with your first birth. I just wanted to quickly write because I have exreme anxiety when it comes to giving birth due to many negative run ins with doctors & a sickly childhood. So you can imagine how I view child birth! I'm due in 4 weeks but I have been seeing Christine Neillands to help me cope with the anxiety and previous negative experiences. I was really sceptical to begin with but Christine is truly remarkable and although I am not quite over the memories or the anxiety I'd say it has dramatically reduced and I feel so much less apprehensive. I just wish I had know about her sooner especially as she is v reasonably priced given the change I have experienced. Good luck! X

Hi ladies I haven't been able to come along yet to due a house move & what not but I am now officially on mat leave with four weeks to go :-) I would love to meet some of you ladies and wondered whether the weekday meet ups are still goIng ahead? I'm free throughout the week now so I can work around others :-) x x

Hi ladies I'm running late for this afternoon's session as a doctor's appointment is taking way longer than it was meant to :-/ Are you still planning on meeting up at 1:30pm? If so, when do you think you will be there until as I'll definitely stop by if we're going ahead with the meet up x

Looking forward to seeing you ladies then! x

I can do 1:30pm if that's better. Free all afternoon so I can work around you ladies? x

I can do Wed at 1pm :-) x

Hi Erika I've generally not around on Saturdays either due to house move and weddings until 26 May - sucks! So definitely up for a weekday meet up. I work a three day week at the mo, but sadly I'm in the office next Thurs! I'm always free on Wednesdays if that works? x

Hi there I am a newbie who didn't realise there was a meet up on Saturday and sadly I can't make the 14th, but would *love* to make the 28th if you're open to new joiners :-) x x

Thanks ladies - have signed up to do the class with Christine & I'm looking forward to getting started with the book and CD :-) Thanks for all the advice & here's hoping it makes me feel a bit calmer. Afterall, Kes & Sanne, I totally agree, a good part of it comes down to luck / chance, but at least this might make me feel better :-) xx

Hi there ladies I have just found this thread & wanted to join in the fun :-) I'm a first time mum to be & we found out recently we're having a little girl :-) Due date is the 19th of June so it's lovely to see how many of us are all in this together! I'm also very new to the ED area so I'm looking forward to meetups and summer sun! x

Hi ladies Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and recommendations with me - I really feel much better about it now. I will definitely look up Christine and Sophie and see if they have any availability before June. I'll also have a look into the books / CDs. For those who did Sophie's courses, where did you do them, as from the website, it doesn't look like there are any in ED? I didn't even realise there was difference between hypnobirthing and natal - I've not really been able to find much by way of sample MP3s etc. so was feeling more confused than knowledgable! Thank you for the recommendations / advice and I'll look forward to getting started / hearing more of your stories :) x

Hi All I'm a first time mum who is expecting in about 12 weeks. I've started thinking about coping through the labour and I really want to start preparing in any way that I can - mainly because I'm not good with hospitals and I'm prone to being more than a little bit squeamish! I've done some research into hypnobirthing and wanted to hear from mums who have tried it - would you recommend it? And if so, did you do the classes or a home cd course? Lastly, if you did the book / cd instead of a course - did you find it effective enough? Sorry for all the questions but I'd love to hear from anyone who is willing to share their experiences! Thank you x

Hi there / Salaam My husband & I have just moved into the area and we were keen to find out if there are other ED Muslims floating? If so, does the local community have any meetups or get togethers? We'd love to meet the local community and get involved, but if there's nothing out there at the moment, and there are others who fancy a catch up over cake and coffee sometime, we'd love to hear from you. Peace and blessings to all.