Turtlejane I hope you're feeling heaps better in yourself and back to looking forward to bringing your little one into the world. The last few weeks I'm always so over being pg- and the longest I've gone is 39wks 2ds! So I can definitely imagine that it'd be really easy to get deflated by the time I was 'overdue'... Bubby WILL arrive anytime now and you will do a wonderful work in bringing them into the world whenever and wherever that ends up being. Hang in there!

ReeRee have you checked gumtree for birth pool? I think I'm remembering right that you are near me and if that's so I was looking just out of curiosity the other day and there was a new/unused one cheaper than the hire one listed and a few new liners listed cheap too. Also what a twit that ob sounds to be! I'm with you that its actually REALLY sad to know there are drs (lots of them!) that say those things to women who for whatever reason take those words as the complete and only truth. Anyway off my soapbox now...

I feel a little funny staying in this thread now actually coz I'm leaning towards a hospital birth now this time. Honestly I'm not even totally sure why coz I'm not concerned about the pg or baby it just kind of feels like the right thing this time. I saw my ob on Fri to discuss results from previous two ultrasounds and get his opinion. He checked it out and did another ultrasound to see for himself and reckons all is fine baby girl is just one of the smaller babies, and there's no reason I can't have another hb if that's what I want. But he's also happy for me to see him for the rest of care if I want. I dunno I'm just not feeling passionate either way, when I talked to dh he surprised me by saying he thinks hospital this time (hes usually VERY hb). I guess I feel like I don't really belong anywhere here coz even if I go to hospital it'll be exactly the same as at home just ah not haha there's no way myself or dh would let ANY intervention occur unless it was a clear emergency. Gee I've rambled on a bit sorry.