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Another shout out for Nick. I?ve used Nick twice over the past 6 months for some work following these recommendations -work include fixing a window, some plumbing, electrics, painting and general odd jobs. I really couldn?t recommend Nick enough -all the work was done to a very high standard (in a few cases it was fixing poor work done by others....), he and his team were extremely reliable and friendly (I?m on my own with two small kids and felt very safe with them in the house and they were lovely to my kids) and his rates were very reasonable. Nothing was a problem and he was generally a dream to deal with. Highly recommended.

I just wanted to add another recommendation for Saied. I contacted Saied after reading recommendations on here. I wasn't disappointed. Saied can to see my garden very quickly and gave good recommendations according to my budget. When he came to do the work, he was efficient, hard working and the quality of the work was excellent. He was very clear to talk me through everything they were doing, flexible when unexpected things came up and I am delighted with the outcome. Saied has turned my overgrown with weeds garden into a lovely place I am looking forward to spending the summer in! He's also a generally lovely guy to have around and I felt completely comfortable giving him a key. I can't recommend enough and I will definitely use Saied again.

Hi everyone, Hope you're all well and had a lovely Christmas? We had a lovely Christmas with the new little one, now with two kiddies, we strangely feel like more of a family, it's been really lovely! :) Huge congrats LHF! Hope your early days are going well, such a special time! AnyaJoeli, please do add me to the WhatsApp group! I'll PM you my mobile. Thanks for organising. Jemma, hope it all went well with the ECV. But if you have to have a c-section, there are definite advantages (I reckon if this baby had been breech like my first was, I would have definitely been up for considering that route!). Although it's a bit more initial recovery, overall most people I know seem to make a full recovery from a c-section quicker than a natural birth... Fingers crossed for the best outcome, whatever that might be! Looking forward to hearing more baby news soon! X

Hi Jemma, My first was breech and my experience of the ECV was similar to tomo's -I didn't find it too uncomfortable (but I have a friend who found it really uncomfortable so I think it varies). I'd describe it as feeling a bit like Chinese burns. They injected me with a muscle relaxant, had to wait hours for them to do it, which was the most annoying part! They scanned the baby all the way through to make sure he wasn't in distress and fortunately it worked. I've heard seconds are usually more successful than firsts as your muscles are a bit more stretched. I'd agree that it's good to be as relaxed as you can. For me, it was worth trying (but I really didn't want a c-section). Hope that helps! X

Hi everyone, hope you're all keeping well! Just a note on water births at Kings -the issue is the pools are taking 1-1.5 hours to fill. I had a water birth in the midwife led unit and it did take a while to fill (just over an hour), but this was fine because I wasn't ready to go into the pool until then anyway (they advise you don't get into the pool until you're further down the line or it's not as effective). So unless you have an extremely quick birth (in which case you're probably not going to make it into a pool anyway -and I am very jealous of you!!!), you should be ok as long as they get it going as soon as you get in. I'd highly recommend it -the room was much nicer than the normal rooms (last time I was on the labour ward in one of the blow up birthing pools), the birthing pool was nice and white, felt very clean and had a ledge bit I found really good to lean on. I had a really positive experience. And this was only 1 week ago so I hope everyone else will have a similar experience. I'm not around much at the moment but looking forward to hearing news and hope to see everyone before Christmas or soon after! X

Thanks everyone :) had a little boy, name is Zac -he's awesome! Hope everyone's keeping well, looking forward to more baby news in the coming weeks! X

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well? Just thought I'd let you know I had my baby last night :) fortunately we ended up in the midwife led unit and as it was our second they also let us go home last night, yay! The intro to my toddler went well and we're settling into life well! Look forward to seeing you all soon! X

Typically my toddler wouldn't go down for a nap until very late, so I'm going to be there at 3:30pm -SORRY! X

Great! I'll head to the Victoria with toddler in tow for 3pm -yay! X

I can make tomorrow, what time are we thinking? My toddler usually naps 1-2pm but can be flexible X

Sorry I couldn't make today, I could do either the 24th or 27th X

Hi everyone - unfortunately I can't make this morning (my lovely team at work bought me a spa voucher which I'm off to use - hooray!), but I'd love to see you all before the babies come. I'm now on maternity leave (only a few weeks before number 2 makes his appearance, gulp!), so I'm around in the week if anyone is around for a meet up then. X

15th November is good for me and I'm completely easy - always love Franklins, either ED or Peckham way is good for me, so I'm pretty easy. I'm also feeling the need to get out and about before being hit by the juggernaut of baby number 2! My last day in the office was yesterday and just doing some final bits from home today and Tuesday and then THAT'S IT, hooray!!! So I can also do meet ups in the week if anyone is around... Feels like December is coming around very quickly..! X

Thanks AnyaJoeli! Once I've finished work (just under 2 weeks, yipee!!!) I shall come along! Hope everyone else is keeping well? Must organise another catch up soon - are Saturday morning's generally good for everyone? X

Hi everyone -are we canceling tonight then? I can make it (and was excited about pizza!), but am so tired, I'd also welcome a night on the sofa if no one else can do ;) Sorry to hear about lots of sick toddlers, hope everyone feels better soon. Btw, I haven't had a chance to do a yoga class this time round, but wanted to do something when I finish work -what yoga class is everyone doing? X