Oh um ok if you like. We talked about roles and what I wanted done. Some stuff was technical in case of a transfer. Because my kids doula is an emergency nurse, she would be with me, dh and Mw helping me or baby and photographer would call 000, that sorta thing.

Went over where I will set up birth space so photographer could look at lighting in the room and what I am happy with. We talked about simple things like getting someone to come thru and pick up dirty clothes if they are on the floor if I or hubby haven't done it. Just cos I know it will drive me bonkers! Lol! And I don't want a mess in all of the photos videos and I can just imagine the commentary going on in my mind when labouring if I can see it there but am not able to come out of labour land to deal with it.

We talked about silly stuff like how I wanna put up my hair lol! My Mw joking that she never thinks of what she wears but since my last video was shown at loads of conferences, she 'might' slap some makeup on if their is time. Silly stuff I know, but we are women and so lots of silly, vain stuff in-dispersed between the serious discussions.

We talked about what authority my transfer plans give my Mw in advocating for my baby, should I not be able to actively participate in decision making and baby care if I am unconscious.

We discussed my eldest daughters participation and making sure that everyone understands that I want her in the room if she is coping with my labour etc

After the others went we just had a normal antenatal appointment and she checked baby and listened to me talk about my fears and pains. I am quite sore and having to take a fair bit of panadiene to keep functioning. But I know it is all part of the process and I don't want to wish it away because it hurts. So taking the pain killers allows me to get some sleep and keep smiling. I will see her again in ten days. She saw me about four days early this week instead of next Tuesday because she forgot to leave the birth pool last week at my mother blessing, so to get back on track for weekly appointments we will stretch it out a little.

There you go Tegam, loads more than you wanted to know. I'm feeling very loved and supported by my community. My hubby is doting on me too and we went out for dinner last night. He is off from when I am 41 weeks, but won't do any oncall shifts from when I am 40 weeks to make sure if I go on time he isn't making it hard on rostering for his colleagues. And now we just keep getting ready.

Sorry, what a mammoth post!