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Yvonne, thanks for your reply.

Sabbi, thats great information. thank you very much. I got Susan’s number from the HSE home birth services site. I have yet to speak to her as she was driving when i rang DOH!

I would love love love to have a home birth, i had a 4th degree tear on last delivery so am not sure if i am chasing a pipe dream to be honest.

hi Jme
yeh i’m on for a meet-up anytime. sorry am only seeing your reply now (yet again!!). did ye meet in Jan?

hi am only seeing this now but i live near Ardee and would love to meet up with others. am raging i missed the first meeting already. has there been another one organised yet?

thanks for your reply linda. 😀 i really appreciate it.

i’ve had 2 vaginal births, unfortunately teh second resulted in a 4th degree tear. i’m currently not pregnant as i am petrified as to how to deliver baby. both options have risks, but i am not fully aware of them, which is why i posted. i want to educate myself and decide which is the…[Read more]

hi Moonflower, Berry and Sabbi

thank you for your replies. Berry it felt so good to let it all come out! i looked up your website and i read about homeopathy. i think its a great idea to try it some time but now i just am not ready, sorry.

Sabbi, thanks for your kind words. i admit i felt kind of silly when i first posted on this thread and…[Read more]

hi chickpea and berry

thank you both for your replies to me, and for taking the time to read my post. i really appreciate it.

i have been screened over the months for postnatal depression because of the severity of the tear and the repercussions, and the phn and gp were satisfied each time that i wasn’t affected by it. i can carry on each day…[Read more]

thanks taylor5, you are right at least when i get the info i need, i can then choose how to plan my family. it def seems now to be the best option

fabienne, great news about moonflower 🙂

also thanks to you for your earlier post with advice on c-sections and recovery. yes it def seems now to be the best option in future, in order to preserve…[Read more]

hi taylor5
thanks for your reply. i have been referred to colorectal surgeon for rectal examinations and to discuss possible treatments thereafter. the pelvic floor specialist has said he doesn’t think i need any surgery, and i have been told that any long-term treatments won’t be advised/offered until i am sure my family is…[Read more]

hi scole
thanks for your well wishes. i was on high do for a while after being told everything was going so well.

i still have incontinence issues and am going to physio every 2 weeks. i also had my birth delivery notes checked, and as of yesterday it was confirmed i actually had a 4th degree tear. i am now inconsolable as everything seems to…[Read more]

hi ladies,
i was going to reply sooner but i thought it would be best to write when i actually had something to update ye with! 😛
soi’ve since had Urodynamics done which is an investigation of the bladder. i was told that yes i have a slight bladder prolapse as a result of having had 2 vaginal births. this is fairly common and very…[Read more]

Wow, Siobhan that is fantastic indeed. I would love a homebirth but live too far from the hospital if there were any complications.

My second daughter is 9 months old. like you, i laboured for 2.5 hours. she was born after 3 pushes but unfortunately i suffered a 3rd deg tear due to the speed of her delivery and so am slightly jealous of your…[Read more]

hi Scole1

thank you for your reply. it is so good to be in contact with someone else who understands the enormity of a 3rd deg tear. I feel so sorry for you as you seem to have had a really bad case in comparison to mine. i didn’t have bowel rupturing (is that not a 4th deg tear?) and can only imagine the effect it has had on you. also, the pain…[Read more]