j-mo

Hi everyone Wondered if anyone could share their experience of NCT classes in either Nunhead or ED. What are the teachers like? I've heard some horror stories from elsewhere about very 'new age' teachers who encourage the fathers to draw their ideal birth experience. Thats really not my kind of thing and will end up stressing me out more than making me feel better. Have also heard lots of good news about meeting like minded people who go on to be really good friends. Also, the ED courses seem to include daytime sessions. How did people manage that with their jobs? Any comments/advice very gratefully received. Thank you

Am not sure whether they would count themselves as a 'power couple' but my best friend and her husband are doing pretty well. He is a senior manager at Deutsche Bank and she is a director at Hays Recruitment. She works 4 days a week but this hasn't hampered her career. They use a nursery and have a family member for 1 day each week too. If this sounds interesting, let me know and I'll forward your message on to them.

Hi - I have seen a few posts on here mentioning independent midwives. I hadn't realised until then that the possibility existed. I wondered if anybody would recommend their midwife? And also anybody who had a hospital birth with an independent midwife in attendance could tell me how it works. Did you have your 'booking-in' appointment with your normal GP midwife first before you took on an independent? Particularly interested in hearing from anyone who gave birth at Kings and can shed any light on whether the midwives there take kindly to having someone else along for the party? Also, how did the husbands/partners handle having someone else there too? Any thoughts/comments very gratefully received. Thanks J-Mo

Any idea where the next one will be? I'm away this Friday but would like to come along next time. I've been living here for 18 months and not met a single person yet.

Hey - after getting really fed up with buying small bags for lots of ?, or those strange paper wax parcels that you burn all in one, we did an online seach and came up with these guys: http://www.onlinelogs.co.uk/ They are realiable and cheap and it is mostly good wood. They do kindling too. We were advised that it is fine to burn wood - its only coal that you can't burn these days. We have taken to using smokeless coal too, although its a bit rubbish - takes ages to heat up and then lasts all night and I worry we're going to burn the house down. Think we get that from the shop at the Goose Green end of LL near to the bookies - Mr Mo always gets it cos the bag's a bit heavy for me...