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see my consultant will be the last to perform a C Section or medical intervention when not needed and the first when it is needed find a Doctor that works like that and your sorted lol We have mostly a midwife system in the UK and you only see a consultant once, twice if you are over your due date unless there is a problem. We have enough checks that an over 40 pregnant will get extra tests rather than a C Section. I get monitored more because of my pre-eclampsia with my first, but I have managed to avoid C-Sections because my Consultant doesn't do them unless life of Mother and Baby are at risk (and even then in the case of my first he didn't lol), And in the UK a woman gets the choice between a VBAC or C Section if she has had one. However being under the NHS if you want an unnecessary one you need to pay for it

trials aren't really trials once you are through them and dealt with them they usually turn out to be the greatest blessings in our lives. We are all born and blessed with what we need to reach our full potential eternally its our decision whether or not we become that person, Chieko Okazaki has been on every general presidency a woman can serve on, yet she talked in one of her books about how she never gets these great vision like, earth shaking spiritual experiences, but she also realises its simply she doesn;t need them to progress. Also there is a possibility that some people know get along with understand Heavenly Father/Jesus better than others because thats how families work.

My husband is American, I am British our marriage is interracial and intercultural - seems to be working lol

do you mean Mormon Culture or do you mean American culture or Utah Culure, here in the UK jello isn't available for purchase, we do have jelly but green jelly is not the favrouite flavour certainly never seen carrots in it lol Even with modesty there are some variations never met a Latter Day Saint in the UK that felt the need to wear anymore swimming than a standard 1 piece etc

fact is its always risky after 30 its just more likely - my daughter nearly killed me at 27. my sons just made my life difficult lol I was after 30. You can have a healthy child and pregnancy after 40 and things can go wrong at 18. Its the luck of the draw like with everything

bishop may not be the better guy or the most righteous of the two its the heart with which your approach the calling that counts. Right now I am inactive and have no calling that does not mean I cannot serve

nope you get more because its the unrighteous that are ruining your tyres lol

I am totally non tech but don't think we have either lol I use ubuntu linux through my TV, hubby seems to have no bother fixing it, we don't get virus, if we needed a piece of windows only software we just install windows on a partition. I notice a huge difference in my frustration levels when I use Windows but being non technically minded not sure why that is:)

for me the key to true happiness is knowing I am. Taking life one step at a time and appreciating loving each moment its the constant prayer in my heart, its neither giddy nor down its constant

My Mum set the example she told us where she was going what time we were to expect her back etc If she or my Dad were going to be late they phoned and told us. It was set up as a family rule because families care about each other and its about keeping each other safe. We do the same in my home my children right now are under 7 but I tell them when I am leaving the house and how long I expect to be, if I am going to be late I phone and let the family know - we leave notes for each other. By the time I was a teen it was a common courtesy to let my Mum know where I was going and when I expected to be back, to leave a phone number. I was 21 and more or less left home before I gave her a night of worry lol

Everyone bears the testimony they are at the stage to bear them - and a little child probably does just know they love Jesus and love their Mummy and Daddy, or maybe they just know they want to be there because wait for it they felt prompted by the Holy Ghost but when they get up don't know how to express it so say what they have seen other children say. Remember my 2 year old nagging me to get yp to the stand why because she wanted to, because everyone else seemed to be doing it, she actually blew a raspberry and said Amen and came back to sit with me lol I bet that 2 year old just knew they had a feeling they wanted to ex[press and they expressed in the only way they could, its no different to the lady we had in our congregation who would say hers in Hungarian just because I didn't understand didn't mean she didn't have a testimony. We had a very new missionary who only spoke Russian didn't understand him intially does that mean he didn't have a testimony? If we sit and listen with the Holy Ghost then we understand the children and get uplifted and edified no matter what they say or how they do it. And yes someone who doesn't like the church may well see it as brainwashing but that is because they have closed their hearts to listening and are only using their ears

actually I think it still holds true my children's names the meanings came through revelation my daughter's name is Hebrew for Tree. my middle Child is Strong Man of God and the youngest means to Laugh. When i was writing lists for their names we found that the shortlist always had names of similar meanings

ultimately each member has the ability to verify and check every revelation its why each of us has the Gift of the Holy Ghost and a personal relationship with God - we may not be entitled to receive revelation for the church but each of us can receive revelation to reject or verify something is from God

yep we just call it English lol:)

what is LA? sorry lol? right now we just do an hour writing and reading my daughter is 6 and son 3 (so he joins ins in) and we used to do a walk afterwards

not really lol but thanks for replying I need something regimented for my son who is Autistic and right now struggling with an additional trauma. We were managing like yourself but he needs that security, I was mostly unschooled but guess it needs to change for his sake and don't think it will be too detrimental for the others

Just wondering if you have a set routine and what is it? I need to set up a routine for various reasons but am not that way inclined HELPlol

doesn't bother me lol but then I grew up in a non LDS family where I often glimpsed one or other of my parents in the nude - my Dad wearing my Mum's knickers on his head was worse for embarrassment lol but kind of glad they ignored my protests as now I am relaxed myself. My kids are 6, 3 and 10 months and they don't think twice about me with no clothes on or in my garments. I think its good for them to learn that there are times to be covered and times not to be. Now I just need to teach my 3 year old that dancing on the windowsill in the nude is not acceptable even when you close the curtains so Mummy can't see you lol

I agree Ben part of why I feel if he doesn't need a diagnosis we won't get one - I'd rather he learned to be Gabiel than autistic. And although its awful right now hopefully the situation is temporary and I don't want to make the life changing decision right now. Although today he has spent his time libing up cars and boots lol. I think lots of hugs and kisses are the way to go just ignoring the behaviour until the family is in a more settled place and come Monday we are going to set in place a regimented day for him and hope it helps him feel more secure. He is desperate for the house to be cleaner so today that is what is happening lets hope it all helps:)

is smoking a health risk yes, but so is crossing the road, we make this child abuse and already stretched systens let more serious forms of abuse are ignored. A very wise poster when I first joined the site said as parents none of us are perfect we all to some measure neglect or abuse out children main prayer is we do them no serious harm. Of all the abuse I can think a parent can heap on a child smoking in the car to me seems very light.

my Mum used to smoke with us in the car still does lol worse things a parent can do, its not ideal but no worse than feeding your kids lots of unhealthy food:)

he had a blessing last night said although he was foreordained to be a strong man of God he needed to remember he was only 3 lol Because he is high functioning and we home ed anyway we have with discussion with various health professionals decided to hold off on a diagnosis until he has been through speech therapy. His behaviour is difficult but i am not willing to get the diagnosis unless we need it, I have appointments next week but really I would just like ideas about how to help him usual discipline isn't working, a hug seems to be more effective and also ideas for Mum to stay more serene and calm when dealing would be nice his behaviour is a combination of what is probably a high functioning autistic faced with a smashed window and other weird things happening in his life

My middle child might be autistic and recently we have had some really appalling problems with our neighbours following a really bad week which involved smashed windows, graffiti etc my son has gone out of control, everything he can dump out of a bottle has been done, when I take him out he runs away, I am spending all day cleaning up one mess after the otehr and have no energy left - discipline doesn;t seem to be helping if anything a cuddle seems to help more he then tries to help me clean up and we get a longer break between things. I just have no idea how to handle this he had delayed speech anyway, but it was improving now we are back to nothing.

lol OK you seemed much younger:) not sure haven't dated in a few years, I think you are right about your stability, your children have had upheaval and I'd be doing the same and probably not praying about it tbh

I had the missionaries every week for a meal and have to say the vast majority of the young men we have been blessed with in my area are amazing, and having them in our home I feel helps the next generation of young men and women decide what kind of missionary they are going to be, have I seen poor examples of missionaries sure but to dis our missionaries like that is unwarranted and unfair to the ones that come out of it having grown My husband is an RM and for me it informs part of his spirit and I am greatful for what he learned out in the missionfield. It was an example I wanted for my children as my illness prevented me then I wanted a husband who had been, if I had been then I would have been less fussy. However a good man and a good missionary is what I was looking for