I don' wan' a new one. You like a old one.

The plumber is here dismantling the bathroom. He's being very industrious. Today the tiles are all coming down and the bath is being replaced, then tomorrow the sink and loo, I think. Emer thinks it's interesting but would prefer everything to stay unchanged, possibly everywhere, for ever. Linnea is less interested.

This morning there was a but on BBC Radio 4 about the ever-increasing use of epidurals and the presenter tried to change it from two people who basically agreed with each other to an argument about a man telling women the pain is necessary and they shouldn't be allowed etc. I ended up crying so now have an SF movies soundtrack playing instead, which is much less stressful.

Epidurals: women wouldn't choose them nearly as much if they were getting adequate midwifery care, and anyone trying to reduce access to epidurals without first fixing the actual problem needs to be poked firmly in the snoot. Both experts on the radio today agreed with me, in spite of the presenter trying to get them to argue.

You must, as Doctor Latchford says, expect some discomfort after childbirth. However, as Mister Smith The Antipodean Gynaecologist says, If it hurts that much we must fix it. That goes for during childbirth too.

Why vaccinate?

I have to get this out or I will burst.

I vaccinate so that my children don't kill anyone. My children are strong enough to withstand most of the illnesses against which they have been vaccinated, lucky me. This is why I vaccinated - if they were weak, I might have thought twice.

Conversations with Linnea: What she's going to be when she grows up.

A builder who builds a big building with a flat roof. A hotel!

Then, a shopkeeper, with a shop which sells all sorts of things. Food, and furniture.

But the most important thing about being grown up - whether you marry someone or not. (Is that the most important thing?) Yes. Because if a grownup don't marry someone, that means, it's going to be lonely unless it has a baby. Yeah. But the thing I want to do, is marry... Louis, when I grow up. I'm right next to the age of Louis.