Yay, first appointment booked with the midwives, another booked with their doctor so I can get the official referral, and I've opened a new bank account specifically for birth money It's starting to come together!

I felt I should open the new account because I'm hopeless at keeping my grubby hands off of money while I'm trying to save - it's with a different bank than my usual accounts and I've made it so I have to go in to withdraw any money I wish I could've gone for a "Christmas Club" account so I could only access it in November/December, but there'll be other expenses and fees we'd need to cover before then.

Agh, I'm so excited! Before now it felt like the homebirth - and the baby itself - was sort of a dream, but now it's moving towards reality and I'm just so happy