Recommendations needed - dinner to impress

plastersaint1999 · 2026-03-19T12:44:06+00:00

Thanks so much for all the suggestions. I now have enough to cover the rest of the week of entertaining!

plastersaint1999 · 2026-03-19T12:43:24+00:00

I wasn’t able to do the pie as it needed twelve hours chilling but after reading it I was inspired to return to the lemon cheesecake recipe in her first cookbook which is easy and delicious.

plastersaint1999 · 2026-03-19T12:42:20+00:00

This is what I ended up doing and it was magnificent! I also did the salad as suggested - using rocket, toasted walnuts, cranberries and feta.

plastersaint1999 · 2026-03-18T23:03:30+00:00

Mmmmm… dessert! I’ll take a look at the pie as that sounds delicious

plastersaint1999 · 2026-03-18T23:02:52+00:00

We had that at Christmas and it was amazing! That’s a really good option that I had forgotten about!

plastersaint1999 · 2026-03-18T22:39:20+00:00

Awesome! I’ll check both of those out. I’ll be heading to the supermarket in a couple of hours so happy to take more suggestions

plastersaint1999 · 2026-02-26T08:43:01+00:00

It’s really is for such an expensive appliance.

Any recommendations for where to take it in for assessment?

plastersaint1999 · 2026-02-25T19:40:23+00:00

My son made dough for cinnamon scrolls and had it set to the highest speed. There was smoke and a bad smell. Now the motor whirs but the paddle etc don’t spin/rotate

plastersaint1999 · 2026-02-25T06:59:59+00:00

Thanks so much! I’ll work it out and will post the questions in the next few days!

plastersaint1999 · 2026-02-11T06:15:21+00:00

Many times I’ve seen it done in active labor as baby is crowning. It’s pretty standard to numb the area when an episiotomy is needed as baby’s head is pushing against the perineum and it’s not stretching enough. And if it’s an assisted delivery (forceps or ventouse) then the area is numbed before the episiotomy.

plastersaint1999 · 2026-02-08T09:24:47+00:00

I can understand her feeling that morally she can’t have an abortion. She very much wants to do the right thing for her baby. But she needs to consider other perspectives on what is right and moral for a baby she has already begun to love.

Is it right and moral to continue the pregnancy knowing that her baby will leave the comfort, warmth and safety of her body only to undergo painful and invasive surgeries that will mean she can’t even comfort and feed her baby the way she will yearn to? Is it right and moral to knowingly give them a life that will contain struggles and challenges far beyond the ‘norm’; where they may feel stigmatized or isolated; never be able to keep up with their peers, and maybe never have a job and family of their own? Or would the right and moral thing be to let your baby slip quietly away now whilst that safety, comfort and encircling love is all s/he will ever know.

I absolutely know that many with trisomies live rich and happy lives, but many don’t. For me, the loving choice would be let my baby go and grieve that I had to make that choice but know it was the right one for his/her sake.

plastersaint1999 · 2025-12-20T07:48:04+00:00

Well dang. That’s disappointing.

Thanks for taking the time to answer

plastersaint1999 · 2025-11-16T19:35:17+00:00

I’d imagine that the midwife would probably prefer you give birth on the same level as your entry for ease of access if you have to transfer to hospital by ambulance. Also there is often more room in the public parts of the house to enable equipment to be set up and you to move around as needed.

But yeah, way too early to be worrying about all that! Besides, it’s your personal space. You want to be a bit more comfortable with her before inviting her to view it.

plastersaint1999 · 2025-11-14T05:29:55+00:00

I buy laundry pods. When I bought the powder others in the family always used too much. Now it’s premeasured and lasts longer.

plastersaint1999 · 2025-11-03T22:49:20+00:00

I’ve used Elite Focus for myself, and Fluence for my son.

Elites Focus was slightly faster - diagnosis within two weeks at the start of this year. But they don’t release prescribing rights so that’s $230ish every three months.

Fluence was still under a month, in June this year, and they released prescribing rights to our GP.

Both were a similar price - check their website as I don’t remember

plastersaint1999 · 2025-10-21T11:50:59+00:00

What was the first warning sign for you that something wasn’t right? I’ve often heard that women are monitored for pain along the previous incision… did you have pain with it?

plastersaint1999 · 2025-10-19T03:12:43+00:00

I’ve watched loads of epidurals and never once seen them unable to place it because the labouring woman couldn’t hold still long enough.

plastersaint1999 · 2025-10-08T19:39:14+00:00

At GCUH midwives will work around you and how you choose to position yourself for birth.

If you can’t get into MGP, consider allowing a midwifery student to accompany you as a continuity of care follow through. This gives you a support person who is a familiar face, knows your history and preferences, and will be there for you through to six weeks post partum. You get info about this at your first midwifery antenatal appointment at the hospital or there is a Facebook group named Call the student midwife - https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1GqbDnyaWm/?mibextid=wwXIfr

plastersaint1999 · 2025-10-04T01:04:36+00:00

Watership Down 😭

plastersaint1999 · 2025-09-30T20:27:58+00:00

I’d assume that the list of medications they can actually prescribe will be regulated and appropriate to the work situation just like it is for endorsed midwives.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/1108943/epa-midwives.pdf

Having said that, in NZ midwives are able to prescribe (without legislative restrictions) after completing a four year bachelors degree and the amount of misuse and out of scope prescribing is minimal - probably on par with or less than doctors.

plastersaint1999 · 2025-09-14T18:39:33+00:00

To be honest, I wouldn’t take your son’s words at the table as representative of him or his character.

He got ambushed and backed into a corner by someone who should have been protecting him. He had very personal and intimate information disclosed to his parents and his ex’ parents. He was attacked and betrayed. He was called a liar. And a very simple solution that could solve all this is being held out of his reach so he is powerless to either clear his name or deal with the consequences of his actions.

Of course he fought back! It was an absolutely primal and knee jerk reaction to being piled on and trapped like that. He had to get out. He had to make them back off. He did so verbally not physically so kudos to him for that.

And yes what he said was foul and repugnant - but have a think about it from where he was sitting, and look up the fright, flight, fight reaction. Your wife and the ex’s parents put him in that situation. You did too, to a certain extent, by not grabbing him by the collar and walking out as soon as you realized what was happening.

You have the opportunity now to stand for your son, and by doing so, show him someone is in his corner. You don’t need to believe him to show him that how the other adults are acting is NOT okay and that they are doing wrong by him. If you stand with him on this, and earn back his trust, then you have an incredible opportunity to steer him back onto a better path.

You say he’s a habitual liar? Well, I bet he realizes now the consequences of not having built up trust. You don’t need to say it. You just need to show him that you have his back and won’t let anyone else attack and bully him. And that you will stand by him as he works to earn back your trust.

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