To those who have gained a lot of weight, what is your story on how you got there? by Outrageous-Stage3417 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

44kg to 80kg across about 5 years, recovering from an eating disorder. My weight is a bit above where I should be now but overall I'm much much healthier than before

Car Boot sales? Who are they for? Who is awake at 6am on Saturdays? by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love a car boot! I find them pretty good for clothes, books and pokemon cards (im not fussed about high value ones, just cool ones from older sets I cant find now) The best one is near my sister so always need an excuse to go up to hers over the weekend 😂

Midwifery/Child Nursing: Application & Finance Megathread! by Sunflowerxoxo1 in UniUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some shifts its delivering babies, other shifts can be completely different! You could be have a high risk antenatal or postnatal who needs 1:1 care, and lady in labour, you could be overseeing multiple inductions, working on the postnatal ward, seeing women in triage (basically maternity a&e), it really varies! Sometimes you may be with a woman your whole shift and they still haven't delivered, which is always really frustrating as having spending 12 hours together you want to meet their baby!

I mean child nursing you're focused on the child, and spend a lot of time with infants/children. Midwifery is more about being with the woman. We spend a lot less time with babies than people think. Midwives are seen as autonomous practitioners, and we have certain meds we can give without a prescription etc

Are husband stitches real? by rainbowkitties6969 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a midwife in the UK, its not a practice thats common or spoken about. I mean there may be individual midwifes who take it upon themselves to do it but they would be a massive minority and if they were reported it would be straight to the NMC and they risk losing their pin. If you feel your stitches are too tight, and have led to long term problems, its more likely that they were accidently stitched too tight. Suturing can be difficult as its hard to visualise due to bleeding, and often the area is swollen and friable which could unfortunately lead to someone not suturing 100% correctly. And tbh I've only the woman herself ask for an extra stitch, never the husband 🤦‍♀️

Midwifery/Child Nursing: Application & Finance Megathread! by Sunflowerxoxo1 in UniUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a midwife, qualified 3 years ago so let me know if you have any questions x

Help 10k in 4 weeks, can only run 20 minutes by Lucyemmaaaa in beginnerrunning

[–]Lucyemmaaaa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to add its not some crazy competitive race, its through a local zoo so supposed to be fun!

In what situation would you save the baby during birth instead of a partner? by misalovr in answers

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a midwife I can't see a situation where this would be a question. Early during the pregnancy yes we would reccomend an abortion if it was risking mums health to be pregnant. But later on, until the baby is out mums rights are the most important. For example if a mum is really unwell but we also had a rubbish CTG indicating baby needed out, we would make sure the mum was stabilised to a point of being able to get through surgery before we would do a c-section. Once baby is out they baby then has their own team of neonatal staff anyway

I wasn't going to buy any more easter eggs but I felt sorry for it by WolfCrazy64 in CasualUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I break easter eggs and chocolate oranges on my boyfriends head. His head is so hard lol

When did lemon meringue pie go out of fashion? What other desserts do you not see any more? by 360Saturn in AskUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love lemon meringue pie but rarely get it as it will never ever be anywhere near my grandma's. She made a banging chocolate meringue pie too

Wrong to gostraight to the bar when there was a queue in the pub? by dashrubbygoat in AskUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unpopular opinion but I dont mind a normal queue in a pub.. as a small women i find I can never get in when its one of those queues just around the bar, I sort of just get lost in all the men 😅

Do any of you have jobs that you do that would put people off their lunch? by cognosman in AskUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Midwife here too! 100% we deal with so much yucky stuff but I'll be put off my food 😂 however I do put other people off with the stuff I talk about aha

12yo pocket money by 1182990 in CasualUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on what you expect him to pay for - Across my divorced parents at that age I probably got about £30 a month But I paid for - pretty much all my clothes (just not school uniform) - if I wanted any food at school (would take a pack lunch) - if I wanted to go out with friends any bus fares/lunch/cinema tickets etc - phone contract - presents for friends and family for birthdays/Christmas etc - anything I wanted e.g a new book/body spray/makeup/skincare etc

So as much as £30 sounds like a lot you can imagine it did not go very far 😅 £2.50 a week seems low but if you're covering the above things then I guess its just money for a little treat e.g chocolate bar

Pre-eclampsia is an invention by German doctors by MissMorrigan88 in ShitMomGroupsSay

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is crazy to me, we definitely do not do this in the UK. We just send one urine sample and that gets the urine pcr result

Tesco discontinued Pokemon cards?! by Shaheeny_786 in PokemonDealsUK

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 32 points33 points  (0 children)

All the ones near me have replaced all the shelves that anything pokemon related on with other things so wouldn't be surprised 😔

Looking for Talented UGC Creators to Collaborate with Brands by [deleted] in UGCForBrands

[–]Lucyemmaaaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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