Originally posted by KatieVA
Adorable! Yep, very pricey - especially for what it is! Could try making this myself for about 1/20th of the price! Orrrr not...as I have no craft skills whatsoever...

Someone got my son one of those fancy musical rotating ones when he was born...he was never the slighest bit interested in it...what he loved though, were the shapes I cut out from holographic card and strung together...simple and cheap...they can see bugger all at that stage anyway, other than colour and movement.

Originally posted by KilgoreTrout

Originally posted by KatieVA
Aw, no! You must have been extreeeeemely relaxed! These things don't always work out as we like...so I'm preparing myself for all possibilities!

My first birth was 2 hours 50 mins from start to finish - pretty damn fast! So the midwife has actually advised me that a homebirth might be well suited to us as we probably wouldn't make it to the hospital in time anyway!

My labour was 23 and a half hours, as I frequently remind my son...gosh, this one should be like shelling peas for you...as they say...melon size peas like.

I am sure it'll go perfectly for you, and much better to stay safe at home...let them come to you. Very best of luck, though I am sure you won't need it.

Aww, thank you so much

I've been reading Ina May Gaskin's books - she's my idol! I'm hoping to be a midwife myself one day and if I can be anything like her then I'll die happy!

Originally posted by KilgoreTrout

Originally posted by KatieVA
Adorable! Yep, very pricey - especially for what it is! Could try making this myself for about 1/20th of the price! Orrrr not...as I have no craft skills whatsoever...

Someone got my son one of those fancy musical rotating ones when he was born...he was never the slighest bit interested in it...what he loved though, were the shapes I cut out from holographic card and strung together...simple and cheap...they can see bugger all at that stage anyway, other than colour and movement.

Same here! I shelled out a lot of money on an all singing - all dancing rotating mobile thing and if anything, it made him cry! It's great that this time around, I know which things are necessities and which are a complete waste of money. Most of it is!

Many thanks to everyone, it means a lot to us.

Originally posted by LiveForever8
Many thanks to everyone, it means a lot to us.

Awww yay, there you are! X

P.S I can't give you a star! Haha!

What a great story.
Congratulations to you guys and the baby !

Originally posted by BritofTexas
Congratulations to you both.

Now how do you knit a Tin Foil Hat?????

Love it. Made me laugh out loud.


And congrats to the parents to be. Wishing you a wonderful pregnancy and a healthy baby.

Congrats

I don't think I've ever interacted with either of you but this is just such a sweet story I couldn't help just popping in and saying congrats. An ATS baby.... Who would have thought. Great to see its not only stupid people who are breeding...

If this is your first tho I'm guessing we'll probably be see a lot less of you both in the future though...

Originally posted by 1littlewolf
I don't think I've ever interacted with either of you but this is just such a sweet story I couldn't help just popping in and saying congrats. An ATS baby.... Who would have thought. Great to see its not only stupid people who are breeding...

If this is your first tho I'm guessing we'll probably be see a lot less of you both in the future though...

That's a very sweet thing to say, thank you!

This is our first together, although I have a 3 year old too - Liveforever8 is, as the 3 year old frequently puts it, "his bestest favouritest daddy ever and he loves him very much"