Rachie, I want one of those old-lady shopping trollies too! Lol Some can be very trendy!
All the luck in getting the care fixed helped ladies, because it only took me 3 hours!! Thank you. It was the whole units both sides - had to take the bumper off and the wheel arch covers just to get to some poxy little bolts! Well all fixed and our car (which is lovingly call Hubert) is back to the garage for re-testing with a brand new set of eyes! Fingers crossed it passes this time. I’m so proud of myself and Bronwyn for being so good! (she was encouraged/bribed by chocolate)
I second what PB says - don’t worry about where baby is at the stage, only a tiny % don’t manage to sort themselves out.. Some not until labour forces them in the right way.. But most get there in the end.
I had some bad news from my solicitor while up to my elbows in car grease. Turns out we are too “rich” by about £90 a month to justify the Legal Services Commission paying for our barrister and QC. So at the moment I have 4 options as I see it about my home birth. (without any action pending, I'm free to talk about this again)
1 - Wait and see when I’m in labour if anyone can come - I not to keen on this idea.
2 - Bring the case myself (court fees are about £200) - I’m seriously considering it, but with a 17 month old, I don’t know how I will have the time/energy to fill in the massive amount of paper work, let alone represent myself in the High Court and the additional stress that will involve. Plus although I’m legally competent, this isn’t my area of law.. It’s the practical side of this I have no experience in. If I slip up and fill the papers incorrectly, it is game over, which is why I needed someone who this would have been there bread and butter. My solicitor think I can do it - but then I don’t think he is considering the rest of my family commitments.
3 - a miracle happens, and I can appeal the LSC funding decision. OH had a “good month” last month, - I.e paid £100 more than he usually is.. So we could try again, and it goes through.
4 - Find the £10-15k to pay for solicitors, junior and Queen’s Council fees. Not sure that is likely, My parents are doing a get job in trying to spend all of their money.. And if I had that kind of money available to me, then I would pay for an independent MW - which is what most women have done, and the reason why the case has never been bought prob!
It has had me in tears - There is so much merit in the case, and the barristers agree it had wider significance than just to me. But like anyone doing a job, they need to get paid. I have asked if they would do it pro bono, but I feel that is unlikely!
I have a meeting tonight with the male mw at our house.. He is away from the 9th to the 19th of July (slap-bang in the middle of my EDD), but if I go before or after he might be able to help… So it has to be worth talking to him.
What would you do?
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I would appeal the legal aid first. Might it not be worth dropping some hours (flexible working) to bring your income down a fraction? I suppose it depends on how much you wish to pursue it and what you need to live on. I suggest it as this is one of our options to bring our income down to get tax credits next year. Utter madness!
