HotI - hope this slump is just a short-lived thing and soon you're feeling like yourself again!
Eenee - how are things going?
Arimeh - what's new at your house? Has the flu passed by now?
Bella - how are you and your pregnant hubby? I hope the nausea isn't too severe for you! I think that was the toughest part of my pregnancy this time - I felt TERRIBLE in the first few weeks.

How's everyone else doing?

Caleb and I are still doing well - just a quick question from me for all of you:
Do you give your midwife a thank you gift? Got any good suggestions? Here's the scenario: I had four midwives involved in my care, so I'm not quite sure what to do. One (Christine) was assigned to be my primary care midwife at the beginning of my pregnancy, and did all my early prenatal appointments, but then was switched to be my second when the midwife (Debbie) who delivered DD5 returned from leave (she had broken a wrist, or something...?). Debbie does a job-share with another midwife named Lindsay, so they together were my primary care midwives. I saw them each a couple of times in the later half of my pregnancy. Then, as a back-up, clients are assigned a third midwife, whom they see once. (Joanne. She was also there at DD5's birth.) So I saw all of these ladies through my pregnancy, and then at the delivery, Debbie and Lindsay were both off, and Christine and Joanne attended. My post natal visits have all been with Debbie again.
The gift-giving budget is not THAT big, so I can't get anything too huge here. Do you think I should get a little something for each of them (gift certificate to book store...? Bath and Body shop? other...?) or something for the practice? (books or DVDs for the lending library? Feel free to suggest titles - I can check what's on the shelf when I see them this week. I was thinking about a copy of Hello Baby, but I could probably get a couple others as well.)
Any suggestions would be appreciated!