Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

i think it saves bed space rather than money, and i think there are a good number of births that can be predicted to be problem-free with a fair degree of certainty

nevertheless, i know Beloved wouldn't have wanted a home birth, though to be fair, hers were not entirely without problems, albeit nothing dramatic

Euhhh...I meant parcel deliveries...never mind.....

Did anyone see the 'Hampton Court Palace' programme on the telly a few nights ago?

There was an explanation of how Queens of England used to die not too long after giving birth in the times of Henry VIII.

And the main reason?

Inadequate removal of the birth placenta, which then duly rotted and caused something like Sepsis and consequent death. Midwives almost seem to have been chosen because of their 'purity' (ie. utter lack of experience!). They daren't stuff their hand into the Queen's uterus and fish the last few bits of placenta out - or whatever they do...??

Were you Beloved's problem?

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Part of it is due to some "militant midwives" and "natural birthers'" pressure. Costed out, I don't know.

Never understood why have a small work shop (home care) is more expensive than industrial sized unit i.e. hospital, or "care" unit with all facilities without duplication of "tools". Less delivery cost of "aids" and "staff or helpers", etc,.

Often puzzled me.

But who am I?

sounds good tv, but puerperal (childbed) fever was primarily caused through lack of hygiene

When was washing of hands advocated in "obstetrics, or midwifery".


Or in other areas of medicine and surgery!

amazingly not :-)
rhesus negative in fact ..... and no i didn't marry a monkey though arguably she married a chimp

I was told that if you pay your employees peanuts : you get monkeys....

Who employed you?

How many peanuts a day did you get?


I can see why you became a boss, somebody was bound to listen to you!

8-)

I think the above was off target!

8-)

you primate

Check out ITM power.....graph looking good...

Pound rising strongly v euro...

well tried fred, but overall perhaps 3/10 :-)

54952 - victorian times i'ld guess

Inflation is now at the lowest level on record. This means that wages will be rising must faster than prices. Also no chance of interest rate rises.

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latter yes, but former not necessarily

sticky - are you throwing in the sponge yet about "guaranteed rate increases before the election"?

I remember gf giving up that recently and admitting that you were right all along.

It does seem that the only way UK interest rates will rise in the medium term is if there is a run on the £. So the consumer appears to have an edge atm, what with fuel, (small) wage increases and no mortgage rises. Will the feel good factor come quick enough for the Tories?
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If the public realise the problems the Tories are stacking up. NO!