He's saying " I wish you and Blizzie could eff off" so I can chew the furniture.

Cheeky sod!

Just read your childbirth experience Essie. Bleeedin nora Thank frig things have advanced a bit since you had yours. I've heard some right horror stories of the way things were done 30 odd years ago in comparison to today.

When my mum had me I was ill when I was born and had to be rushed away quickly. They told my mum I was a boy and I was David for about an hour My brother has never forgiven me for being a girl

That was the problem in them days. My Mum told me when your water broke you had the baby 30 minutes later, so when mine broke I started painting my toenails thinking thank F**k for that only another 25 minutes to go.
I didn't anticipate the enema or the shaving, or the Samurai Warrior leaping across the room with the pethidine injection, 29 years later the top of my right thigh goes numb when I'm cold. It all went down hill after that.

 Years later when I had my second, they all knew I was a nutter, so I was given a top consultant, I noticed at our 1st meeting he had 3 scars on his cheek, the night before I'd watched a documentary about female circumcision in Africa , I told him there was no way he was touching me or my thingy, I was transferred to another hospital where I'd arranged for a birthing pool, epidural, morhine, cocaine and a hammer. I was 3 weeks early, they weren't prepared for a psychopath, unfortunately I kicked the wrong midwife during labour, I meant to kick the big one, but I kicked the lovely little one. All sympathy for me went out the window, I was wheeled to theatre, I was trying to push my little son back up, coz the big one prevented my epidural. He was so tiny. Then weeks later he was ill with Pyloric Stenosis and also had a tumour in his stomach, another great row with Romford hospital as they thought I was an over protective mother, when they finally listened to me he was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hackney, in those days it was a part of Great Ormond Street, who actually knew what they were doing, sadly QE  are no longer there. He was baptised 20 minutes before his operation, he's now 19 is as fit as a fiddle, he has a large scar across his stomach which we call his magic present zip. Seriously to all new mums, every bit of it is worth it. I 'm just a drama Queen

You're not a drama Queen woman! It sounds like you had a traumatic enough time with your 1st so it's only natural you're gonna be nervous about the second. Made me howl when you talked about kicking the wrong midwife though

And I know how annoying it can be when you just know your child's ill (like mums do) but you keep getting dismissed by medics. My son had pneumonia when he was 2 and 7 doctors (most of them casualty doctors) said it was just a cold, all because they didn't listen to his lungs (I didn't know at the time what they were supposed to check for but I do now) and by the time it was correctly diagnosed he had had it for 3 weeks. It's left him with a really weak immune system and winters are a nightmare cos he gets ill all the time.

I'm off to my bed now Essie, catch you later. Take care xx

I only had gas and air with one of mine...it never stopped the pain at al but I foundI in't give a toss. Had an epidural with the frist one...never again cos it took the pain aay (at first) but it also slowed down the labour and I had no urge to push whatsoever....neeless to say with the subsequent three I had nothing and they were so much easier (two were at home) not omention much quicker (4 and a half hours in total for the three)

i'm totally with you on this one, if this was the case i would have had more children  its funny you say this btw as my daughter said the same thing while watching the programme

Watched it on demand last night, thought the midwife was ok, rather her than some battleaxe, as for the hubby! I would knock someone out if they spoke to me like that while i was struggling to give birth to their child! You noticed he only spoke to her like that when they were on their own too? And when baby was born and midwife congratulated mom on all her hard work he said what about me?? Then quickly added and you, the bell end!

I wanted to punch his lights out  him telling her it was all her own fault

He would have been a good candidate for Blizzie's birthing technique

Karma, its on now

brilliant programme  even though i get stomach pains just watching

I thought Richard, Shelagh's partner was such a lovely man. Sad that he didn't get to see the baby being born.

i agree, to say he wasn't the babys real dad, he seemed to bond with him, not sure about her though

i just caught the end of this and thought shelagh was a surrogate   judging by the all round reactions

They'd been together on and off for 7 years, she got pregnant by someone else and then got back with richard, she said she wasn't into children and didn't think she would feel very maternal towards the baby

I can't not watch this programme, it kinda scares me knowing i'll be going through all that again in about 5 months but i still watch it!! I am picking up hints and tips though

Thought the 17 yr olds last week were good although the mom was a bit much.

It made me very broody last night, I even cried when the baby was born

Chuffin hell, after reading through this thread and watching the programme every week I'm glad I had to have a C-section now.   I was gutted when I was told I couldn't have Hetty naturally, but I have to say if I'm given the option (probably going to start trying for number 2 after we move house) I'd definitely go for another section. It did hurt like hell for a bit afterwards but there was no trauma and no nasty surprises. I was in a section only ward with Hetty and there was a poor kid in the bed next to me, aged about 17 and all on her own, who'd had the baby naturally after a very long and painful labour but then had to have a c-section anyway because she couldn't deliver the placenta. Poor lass had all the agony of a birth and a major operation.

Aww the poor thing.