Wow, I have missed heaps! Sorry to everyone I forget to reply to, there was so many moments when I was reading the four pages I had missed where I empathised or commiserated with you all.

Sterla - congratulations! Well done mamma! I couldn't follow the link, cos my tala talk has issues with me following links, but I will try to follow it up later

tegam- honey, you are a machine! You are doing so well with working and caring for four children and doing so much. If you wig out occasionally, it's ok. Well at least I hope it is, cos I have had multiple occassions like that recently and I just have to tell myself that they love me and forgive me for not being perfect. I certainly love them unconditionally despite their imperfections. In fact I adore them.

Kellbell, I don't know lots about placenta movement, but I do know, that it is worth rechecking later in pregnancy, like 36 weeks etc to get a better idea. This is when the lower section is growing up and dragging the placenta with it. And good luck with birthtalk. I love Melissa and she has such a lovely heart. I adore her.

Meow and ladybug, so close for you girls! Sending you all my love and hoping that you are able to endure the end of pregnancy with lots of support and love, and that you are able to savour every last lovely moment, even as you struggle to cope with the harder parts. It won't be long till lovely babies are tucked up into your arms.

Oh and Jen! Sooooo happy that your sister has chosen an IM! Yayaya! I am so happy for you! I know it was hard for my sister to watch me have a c/s, I can't imagine her pain if she had to have watched me have a second one, or get a crap model of care. I really hope she has a beautiful healing birth.

Afm. Well mothering three is full of both ups and downs. Eddie is 13 weeks yesterday. Like Sterla, I think it am lapping him up more than the others. His skin is sooo beautiful. I just want to nuzzle him constantly. Which is handy cos he really suffers if I eat practically anything! Consequently I carry him a lot. He also is pretty windy and constantly wiggles in bed, trying to get comfortable. I am really struggling with exhaustion about now. I'm dizzy and today even shaky from lack of sleep. There is not a lot I can do. It isn't helped by the fact that dh just has no real interest in learning how to settle him. So even if he gets up with the girls, he has never tried to put the baby back to sleep on his own. He will bring him back to me after 30 mins saying he needs a feed, which clearly since I will have only fed him isn't true, he needs to be comforted back to sleep. But hubby brings him in to me and I then I comfort the screaming baby back down to fitful sleep in my arms. Gahh! He tries hard in lots of other areas, but he just doesn't do little babies. Anyway... I'm shattered. Despite that I feel guilty for being normal and being tired, cos I get help at home to keep the house tidy twice a week, so my house looks good, but I don't get rest, so whilst everything looks great, I am not feeling any better than any other mother since I am walking the floor boards with a really struggling baby. My Gp has said that I can have losec if I need it, but I would prefer to persevere without it if I can. Despite that, I am once again going to bat for local women as a maternity services consumer rep in our local hospital. Hoping that we can get some changes for the better locally.

Sorry for the essay. I needed a vent. Xx love to you all. Ps I am really enjoying this bub. He is too beautiful for words. If I could just get a tad bit more sleep, I would be all over it!