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I am in Australia and if u want intervention at my hospital you literally have to beg, even if it's written in your birth plan they still won't give you pain meds or epi's without a fight :) <br />So I would very much say it depends on your hospital..

That's not true pp. I lot of people where I am we're immunized within the last 3 years and have the highest rates of catching whooping cough. You have to understand, it's like the flu - u only get vaccinated against the strain the government thinks u will catch. And it evolves all the time so even if u had ur shots last yr chances are they are no longer effective.

I've had 2 water births (one 6 hrs, one 2 hrs) and only had small grazes with both.

Oh, I forgot to says dd2 was also 9pd11oz with a 38.5cm head circumference. She was a BIG baby with a BIG head. <br />With this baby due only 19 days after her 1st birthday im terrified of prolapse & all the problems u mentioned above. <br />I can only just hope I get the best results possible..

Hi! <br />I feel like I've had your sisters & your birth. And I relate to you & I'm 37 weeks pregnant with my 3rd and I cry often thinking it will be like my last labour.<br /><br />My 1st was 6 hours from 1st contraction at home until giving birth (in 2006). I laboured at home 12pm-3pm, had a water birth @ the hospital which was my plan, she was 8pd6oz & the labour was spontaneous & went smoothly 3 pushes & she was out at 6pm. It was what I wanted & I have spent 6 yrs being so proud of how it went & thinking I can do it again NO WORRIES! <br /><br />Last yr (May 2010) I had my 1st contraction exactly at 10:30pm; & they were immediately 60-90 sec long & only 30-60 seconds apart. I think I went into shock straight away, I don't remember getting to the car - my oh told me he carried me screaming. We arrived at the hospital at 10:45pm & was in the water by 11pm. My contractions were 90 seconds to 2 mins in length for the next 1.5 hrs, with about 30 secs in between, sometimes they were overlapping. I couldnt focus & I became completely absorbed in the pain. I felt like my legs were being sawn off - that my body was ripping apart, then I remember disappearing, I think I either passed out from not inhaling or I mentally went somewhere else. The next thing I remember is the midwife slapping me across the check (true!!) because I was still screaming about the pain of contractions yet my daughter was on my chest!! I wasn't even in pain anymore but couldn't get past how insane it was.. That was 12:35pm - 2 hrs after my 1st contraction.<br /><br />sorry about the long story - but I relate - and I need to tell you the best thing I did was see a hypnotherapist because there was no way I was going to move on from that by myself. I also had 3 sessions with a councillor so I could say things I couldn't say to those I was close to (that I couldn't connect with my dd because of the trauma). It was a pretty brutal road.<br /><br />My OH & all my friends are so excited about my upcoming birth because I "breeze through them so quickly" & I resent the fact they have linked fast to easy. <br />I'm still sooo scared but I'm just trying to remember it ends. The pain ends & I look at my dd who turned 1 today & I could tell u without a doubt, I'd do it again a million times over for her.

Pain is different! <br /><br />This is a really terrible comparison but I don't know if u have ever been doubled over with waves of strong gastro pain; and then when ur really for the "clear out" it still is painful but u use all ur force to push? haha <br /><br />Sorry, but I've had 2 births & that's what they've felt like to me - I can't imagine everyone's feel the same but could be similar..? Haha

No nothing.

Oh. Ant Rid. Or something along those lines.

If there's a small hole it's easy to get some gap filler from the supermarket & fill it so they can't get in. <br />Otherwise there's this cool product that is a squeeze bottle that u put a drop down; they all take a bit back to the nest & kill the whole nest. Can't remember what it's called but it's worked for us.

I was the same last week & lived off panadol, fresh lemon juice & honey tea (jugs of it) & Vicks rubs.<br /><br />I somehow survived ;-)