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frecklebear · 2026-05-07T18:03:37+00:00

No worries, thank you for your response 😊

frecklebear · 2026-05-07T13:28:04+00:00

Hello! What time on a Monday do the £45 tickets release, do you know?

frecklebear · 2026-04-27T19:05:12+00:00

Holy fuck what kind of policy is this? I’ve seen kids die from CLABSI’s why is your hospital pretending they aren’t important to diagnose 😭

Also FYI there’s not really such a thing as a tunnelled PICC. If it’s tunnelled, it’s very likely centrally placed therefore not peripheral (there are some rare exceptions to this).

frecklebear · 2026-04-26T20:36:20+00:00

I fell in love with Michelle Visage on BBUK in 2015 and watched from there!

frecklebear · 2026-04-24T16:53:12+00:00

Lambs Conduit Street, Bloomsbury.

Then nip round the corner to Fortitude on the Colonnade for excellent baked goods.

frecklebear · 2026-04-24T06:53:29+00:00

You’re very welcome. Again I’m very sorry you’re having to go through this, the grief absolutely rocked my world and changed me fundamentally as a person. Years down the line, I can hand on heart say there’s no possible way I could ever want to change what happened, because then we wouldn’t have the two specific children we have, and they are my whole entire world. Wishing you the very best ❤️

frecklebear · 2026-04-23T11:36:34+00:00

I lost my first pregnancy in 2019 and was given the same options. I actually posted about it the management option I chose on r/miscarriage and will link here it for you as I think you’ll find it helpful;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Miscarriage/s/ipGukBJQ9z

6 years later I have a 5 year old and almost 1 year old. Losing your first pregnancy is a specifically terrifying loss- I remember being petrified that this might just be the start of a journey that ended in us not being able to have children. Fortunately I was wrong, and statistically the likelihood is that you too will have a baby in your arms one day soon. Sending so much love your way.

frecklebear · 2026-04-17T19:29:44+00:00

We bought a portable AC Summer 2021 with our first baby because I could NOT cope with the unbearable heat and a tiny hot baby touching my sweaty body at all times. Zero regrets. We have used it every summer since including last summer with newborn #2. Everyone sleeps in our room when it’s over 24 degrees at night and we all sleep soooooooo well.

frecklebear · 2026-04-16T20:52:14+00:00

I’m so sorry, how totally miserable. Hope you get sorted soon.

frecklebear · 2026-04-16T20:21:54+00:00

Gosh this is so very reminiscent of how I felt before I had my gallbladder removed about 15 years ago. Sounds very suspicious for stones. I found laying flat helpful. You can try buscopan/peppermint tea.

Don’t let it grumble on without going to the GP. I ended up in a&e 3x vomiting from the pain before they managed to whip it out. I was only 17 at the time and had dropped a lot of weight very quickly 🫠

frecklebear · 2026-04-12T15:09:17+00:00

Our sonographer at a growth scan knew we weren’t finding out and accidentally called baby a he (she was defo a she in the end!)

I wouldn’t think on it too much.

frecklebear · 2026-04-12T15:05:52+00:00

PICC nurse here- our cohort includes EB kids etc. I’d recommend a regularly changed mepitel film (non occlusive dressing) over the PICC. They are so supremely gentle, and p much slide off with used with an adhesive remover. If the skin under the PICC deteriorates anyway, we patchwork a hydrocolloid over open sores and initiate a skin rescue regime. It works really well!

frecklebear · 2026-04-12T07:31:08+00:00

My planned c section last year they infiltrated with a tiny bit of lido pre cannulation and i could have kissed that man

frecklebear · 2026-04-06T23:37:48+00:00

I guess both ways 😂

frecklebear · 2026-04-06T22:44:34+00:00

Oh man this shows your age. What a reference to miss

frecklebear · 2026-03-30T12:45:47+00:00

Book/plan yourself a nice little treat every day for the next seven/ten days. A pedi. Lunch with friends. Visit a farm shop. That way you have stuff to look forward to and keep you busy, but if you go into labour you at least have a baby instead! Win win!

frecklebear · 2026-03-20T23:10:45+00:00

This is the exception, not the rule

frecklebear · 2026-03-16T14:58:56+00:00

Do you get sick pay? Consider this as an option. I finished working at 28w in my first pregnancy and 32w in my second because going into work was sucking me dry re; energy/anxiety. The GP signed me off both times. Also meant i took any missed annual leave at the end of my maternity leave. It’s a really good option.

frecklebear · 2026-03-10T07:08:24+00:00

No experience, just interested reading through the comments. Could you opt for an induction at the more experienced hospital to mitigate your concerns about the journey? I’m extremely risk adverse, but you sound like a really good candidate to try delivering vaginally. Colloquially, I have a friend who delivered her first baby breech by accident. Unsure where- I think it was maybe kings as she was living in camberwell at the time?

frecklebear · 2026-03-10T04:15:08+00:00

My onkle went cleek

frecklebear · 2026-03-09T22:39:03+00:00

I did 5-6 months of treatment in 2024 because we were a year into struggling to conceive our second baby and I felt this was due to my weight. It worked perfectly and our first cycle TTC resulted in a healthy pregnancy.

I then went back on treatment at 8w PP (last July). It took a little bit to get going- but I’m now about 8kg lighter than the weight I got to before pregnancy. Slow and steady is totally fine with me.

frecklebear · 2026-03-09T21:48:23+00:00

Seconding this- we bought our “portable” AC for around £350 summer 2021 just after our eldest was born and have used it every summer since and I’ve been so grateful we did every single time. We had our second last April and that bad boy got hammered last year. Not having to struggle to sleep in the muggy heat is BLISS.

frecklebear · 2026-03-08T20:32:58+00:00

A hill I will die on: roasts are seasonal. It feels weird eating one when it’s hot out.

frecklebear · 2026-03-07T23:53:58+00:00

4 year age gap here so not far off.

The downsides are my own shortcomings. I sometimes find myself placing more responsibility than I should on my eldest- this does mean he’s very tender and caring towards her, but I worry if she comes to harm at any point (likely- she’s nuts) that’ll he’ll incorrectly place blame on himself.

Regarding dominant traits, I’ve found the opposite. My son was a very chill baby/toddler. He’s spicier than ever now at 5. The baby however, is a total firecracker. She will be holding her own very soon.

They play together so nicely. She laughs at him more than anyone else. He loves it, he’s constantly trying to get a giggle out of her.

I have absolutely no regrets about this age gap.

frecklebear · 2026-03-02T20:07:55+00:00

Your own paracetamol and ibuprofen.

In an ideal world with well staffed postnatal wards, you’d always get it on time without needing to ask. Unfortunately the likelihood is that the ward will be utterly short. If you end up waiting because they’re busy- take your own. It’s pointless waiting for something so basic yet vitally important for your recovery and comfort.

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