What to do with the other two
Hello other forummembers,
I´ve recently moved to the UK and am expecting my 3rd. I´m due in approximately 2 months time.
After some consideration we decided on a hospital birth, mainly due to the fact that we have a serious lack of (adult) furniture and having the baby on an airbed didn´t quite suit my fancy. No worries, the children are more than well provided for with extended furniture and more toys and clothes than I can store in them. We´re just saving up untill we can buy the exact thing we love and want to keep for the coming 20 years.
In moving to this country, I know no one. My partners family isn`t in the picture, and mine obviously lives in another country (and even then I´d let neither take care of the kids without my supervision). Neither of my children go to nursery, school, or any other type of childcare situation. It´s basically me and the kids at home since we´ve moved here.
I´m wondering, what in the world will I ´do´ with them once labour starts. My first was a hospital birth due to medical reasons and the second I had at home. My mother happened to take my oldest out for a walk with the dogs and when he came back nr. 2 was there, about 5 minutes after the midwife arrived. Labour with me is pretty unpredictable. I can be having contractions every 5 minutes, but at the same time can be ready to start pushing (which I then on don´t even notice myself and have to be told to do so). It can go pretty darn fast and that also runs in the family. For instance, I was born within 30 minutes of the very first contraction.
Has anyone got any good idea´s for a 1 time only childcare situation. Neighbours aren´t an option, no family, no friends, and my youngest has quite severe separation anxiety since my partner left 1,5 months prior to us moving here.
The only option I could think of is sending my partner away with them, but that´s a bit daunting in a country where everything seems to go very different from what I´m used to.
Hello other forummembers,
I´ve recently moved to the UK and am expecting my 3rd. I´m due in approximately 2 months time.
After some consideration we decided on a hospital birth, mainly due to the fact that we have a serious lack of (adult) furniture and having the baby on an airbed didn´t quite suit my fancy. No worries, the children are more than well provided for with extended furniture and more toys and clothes than I can store in them. We´re just saving up untill we can buy the exact thing we love and want to keep for the coming 20 years.
In moving to this country, I know no one. My partners family isn`t in the picture, and mine obviously lives in another country (and even then I´d let neither take care of the kids without my supervision). Neither of my children go to nursery, school, or any other type of childcare situation. It´s basically me and the kids at home since we´ve moved here.
I´m wondering, what in the world will I ´do´ with them once labour starts. My first was a hospital birth due to medical reasons and the second I had at home. My mother happened to take my oldest out for a walk with the dogs and when he came back nr. 2 was there, about 5 minutes after the midwife arrived. Labour with me is pretty unpredictable. I can be having contractions every 5 minutes, but at the same time can be ready to start pushing (which I then on don´t even notice myself and have to be told to do so). It can go pretty darn fast and that also runs in the family. For instance, I was born within 30 minutes of the very first contraction.
Has anyone got any good idea´s for a 1 time only childcare situation. Neighbours aren´t an option, no family, no friends, and my youngest has quite severe separation anxiety since my partner left 1,5 months prior to us moving here.
The only option I could think of is sending my partner away with them, but that´s a bit daunting in a country where everything seems to go very different from what I´m used to.
