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January 2014 Babies Club
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Yep as long as coleslaw (or anything containing mayo) isn't homemade, it's fine.
The homemade stuff may contain unpasteurised eggs; anything from the supermarket will be pasteurised.
I've been avoiding nothing, really, except alcohol. Looking forward to a nice cold glass of sauvignon blanc in a few weeks. 0 -
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The storage is the most important thing. One word listeria!! All mayo (unless homemade) use pasteurised eggs. A lot of places the food is left sitting there and then the plonk new food on top of old stuff (total cross contamination)! At self service deli bars (like in superquinn) some people actually sticky their fingers in and pick at the stuff!! I actually witnessed my friend do it in superquinn (Vile vile) Midwife said unless you make it yourself (with the likes of hellmans) don't eat it. Like I am sure the majority of places are grand but I am just weird about food (maybe because I am a home ec teacher!!).
But why would you eat the stuff from there anyways then, even when you're not pregnant, if it's that bad?
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I bought SO MUCH baby stuff today! :eek: Just need to wash all the little baby clothes, then I'll finally be able to get my hospital bags packed and ready to go.
35 weeks today. I've been telling everyone I'm convinced I'll have the baby early, maybe over Christmas (I'm due 4th January.) Probably won't happen, and I'll look like a right eejit when my due date passes and no sign of a baby.
Anyone on maternity leave yet? My replacement has just started, I've got three weeks to train her in and then I'm finishing up on 20th December. 0 -
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We did our antenatal class last night with the domino midwives. 1 hour and have another one next week they were absolutely brilliant but it really showed me that I really didn't have a clue about labour and positions!! They want you to be very active!! Lol lol some of the moves were crazy! I didn't even realise that the labour would last so long! Next week is the scary stuff tears, forecepts etc! Is anyone getting a TENS machine? The domino do a rental €20 for 4 weeks I think that is a good deal? 0
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That's a really good rate for the TENS machine, I think in Boots it's closer to €50.00. I'd probably go for it at €20.00 myself, if I could ... €50.00 seems a bit steep though.
We had our last antenatal class the other day, where we watched a video of an actual birth in Holles St. The awful thing was, they showed it up-close-and-personal where the biggest part of the head was coming out, and it did look quite horrifically painful ... but what freaked me out even more was seeing what happened her stomach immediately after the baby came out, it collapsed in on itself, and suddenly she had all this extra skin there and nowhere for it to go! Of course I knew that's what happens, but it's scary to see the reality of it! :eek:
Everyone I've told has laughed at me about that - it's such a shallow thing to notice, and it's not like I even had a perfectly flat stomach before getting pregnant. :rolleyes: And I'm sure, when the time comes, the state of my tummy is the very last thing I'm going to worry about.
I still haven't decided about pain relief options. I'm ruling nothing out, and I'll make up my mind on the day based on how I'm feeling and what the midwife thinks. It would be lovely to get through with no pain relief, but if I need all the drugs, that's fine too!
End result is the same anyways!
By the way, for any public patients who are apprehensive about sharing a ward after the birth. I was speaking to a colleague recently, who had her first two babies in Sweden (well known for their top-class medical facilities) and her third in Holles St. She said that Holles St was by far her best experience, and a big part of that was having the shared ward afterwards - she had a room to herself both times in Sweden. She said it was really lovely having the feeling of sisterhood and bonding, you've all just been through the same experience, and if you're struggling with the new baby you can see that others are too and that you're not alone. I don't know, it was just a much nicer way of looking at it! Rather than complaining about having to share a room, like most people do!
I'm 36 weeks now, still look only about 5-6 months pregnant most of the time, no one can believe it's so close for me! I'd love to go a little bit early. Only nine working days left for me!! :eek: 0 -
Chattastrophe! wrote: »That's a really good rate for the TENS machine, I think in Boots it's closer to €50.00. I'd probably go for it at €20.00 myself, if I could ... €50.00 seems a bit steep though.
We had our last antenatal class the other day, where we watched a video of an actual birth in Holles St. The awful thing was, they showed it up-close-and-personal where the biggest part of the head was coming out, and it did look quite horrifically painful ... but what freaked me out even more was seeing what happened her stomach immediately after the baby came out, it collapsed in on itself, and suddenly she had all this extra skin there and nowhere for it to go! Of course I knew that's what happens, but it's scary to see the reality of it! :eek:
Everyone I've told has laughed at me about that - it's such a shallow thing to notice, and it's not like I even had a perfectly flat stomach before getting pregnant. :rolleyes: And I'm sure, when the time comes, the state of my tummy is the very last thing I'm going to worry about.
I still haven't decided about pain relief options. I'm ruling nothing out, and I'll make up my mind on the day based on how I'm feeling and what the midwife thinks. It would be lovely to get through with no pain relief, but if I need all the drugs, that's fine too! End result is the same anyways!
By the way, for any public patients who are apprehensive about sharing a ward after the birth. I was speaking to a colleague recently, who had her first two babies in Sweden (well known for their top-class medical facilities) and her third in Holles St. She said that Holles St was by far her best experience, and a big part of that was having the shared ward afterwards - she had a room to herself both times in Sweden. She said it was really lovely having the feeling of sisterhood and bonding, you've all just been through the same experience, and if you're struggling with the new baby you can see that others are too and that you're not alone. I don't know, it was just a much nicer way of looking at it! Rather than complaining about having to share a room, like most people do!
I'm 36 weeks now, still look only about 5-6 months pregnant most of the time, no one can believe it's so close for me! I'd love to go a little bit early. Only nine working days left for me!! :eek:
I think €20 is cheapest rate. You have to give a deposit of €70 and get €50 back the €20 is just to pay for new pads (they don't profit from it) and you get it for 4weeks! You need to ring them and ask for a lady called amanda. I don't think we are getting video. Our antenatals seem so condensed! Only 1 hour this week and probably the same next week! They seem sooo condensed compared to the normal ones. We get a tour of the delivery room (not the domino one as it was in use!). They want us to stay at home for as Long as possible before going in, I just hope I don't end up staying home too long. In fairness to the holles street dominos they were not like "you can't have an epidural" they encourage you to go without it! Are you going to go to the breastfeeding class? I think I might go next week as they keep asking me at my appointments if I have gone 0 -
Haven't really heard too much about the breastfeeding class, is that just a Dominos thing or can anyone go? I couldn't do Dominos as we live too far away from the hospital! Would definitely have wanted to do it otherwise.
I think the midwife for the antenatal classes did mention something about breastfeeding classes but I'd completely forgotten, I'll blame the baby brain. 0 -
Chattastrophe! wrote: »Haven't really heard too much about the breastfeeding class, is that just a Dominos thing or can anyone go? I couldn't do Dominos as we live too far away from the hospital! Would definitely have wanted to do it otherwise.
I think the midwife for the antenatal classes did mention something about breastfeeding classes but I'd completely forgotten, I'll blame the baby brain.
I think the breastfeeding class is for everyone as they have been at to go since 12 week appointment! It is 1st friday of each month @ 12.45,
2nd Thursday of each month @ 12.00, 3rd Tuesday of each month @ 18.00. It is meant to be very good I am going to try and go next Thursday as I don't think they cover any breast feeding at my antenatal classes.
Just saw on my handout the breast feeding workshop is run by "lactation consultants" not the domino so it is Defo for everyone!0 -
Chattastrophe! wrote: »By the way, for any public patients who are apprehensive about sharing a ward after the birth. I was speaking to a colleague recently, who had her first two babies in Sweden (well known for their top-class medical facilities) and her third in Holles St. She said that Holles St was by far her best experience, and a big part of that was having the shared ward afterwards - she had a room to herself both times in Sweden. She said it was really lovely having the feeling of sisterhood and bonding, you've all just been through the same experience, and if you're struggling with the new baby you can see that others are too and that you're not alone. I don't know, it was just a much nicer way of looking at it! Rather than complaining about having to share a room, like most people do!
Not wanting to destroy the nice sentiment and bright outlook, but from experience, the sharing IS the worst bit.
In UHG, you share with 6 mothers plus babies. That's pure horrible, as you will NOT get any sleep, ever (speaking from experience. I had to be in for 5 days following a section, and it was a nightmare. As soon as one baby stopped crying, the next one started. Permanent ringing of the nurses, constant coming and going). 12 people in total, plus constant visitors is simply too much, and in my view completely detrimental to recovery...Also, with only one bathroom (and a tiny one at that, it gets messy).
I'd say sharing with 1 or two others, fair enough, but any more than that is just cruel (or as my gyno in Germany put it: 'we stopped such large wards back in the 60ies. 2 to a room is the max in any modern setting').
Sorry to be a spoilsport...0 -
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