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Hospital room set up

For those of you giving birth on the labour ward, do you have plans to bring your own things from home like battery candles, fairy lights, a diffuser?

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Nope as not in a private room unless pay post giving birth. I only went into the birthing room when completely dialated and contractions and then back out again. Prior to that was in shared room with 6 cubicles

I'm not sure they'd let you use a diffuser but ask your midwife as each trust will be different

I'm only going to bring in my own pillow. I don't think I'd even notice anything else

I think you could only bring those things if you are in a birthing centre. Definitely your own pillow though

I was advised not to bring a diffuser because though you may like the during pregnancy when you’re giving birth, the smell may make you feel sick. So best not to fill a room with diffuser smell as you won’t be able to get it out. She recommended taking a napkin or something similar with your favourite essential oil and dabbing it on there and smelling it.

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I’m 29+6 just been in shower felt some pee come out but it’s clear not yellow, I’ve been having reduced movements. Since sat and my belly been in pain all over cause this mean going into early labour ?

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I feel like I've fallen into a TV trap with my toddler

We did no screens up until I fell pregnant with baby number 2 and my only way to survive the sickness and fatigue was to allow 1 show per day. It started at 30 minutes now it's an hour and twice a day.

We get up at 7am have breakfast, get outside, attend a toddler class or playgroup then when we get home I let her watch nursery rhymes for 45 minutes whilst I make lunch. Then she eats, naps for 1 hour, wakes, we then play together, head outside again then she gets 1 hour around 4pm of tv whilst I cook dinner. Then she eats at 5pm and we go to the park after dinner before coming home for bath and bedtime routine, bed at 8pm.

I feel like it went from nothing to almost 2 hours per day quite quickly. Is this really bad?

She's almost 2.

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