Hi girls,

Had an u/s yesterday to check placenta was well away from cervix, which it was. The sonographer initially just said "yeah not a problem". When I pushed him to find out just how far away it was so I could tell my midwife, he basically showed me that he couldn't accurately measure it because the placenta is mostly fundal and the edge of it was near the babies chest and that was two u/s screens away from my cervix, so to far to measure with any accuracy, but probably 15cm's away. So that was nice to know for mine and Dh's sake. He went on to do some fluid measurements which as he said are very subjective but mine were apparently the low edge of normal. Not worried about that. baby was measuring at 50th percentile. I learnt a little more about me and how I cope in hospitals with DH there yesterday. Mostly just that because he works at the hospital, even when i don't want things done I struggle to say so because i don't want to be difficult and embarrass him. I chatted to my doula about it last night and let her know it might be an issue if we transfer. Especially since because this is difficult for DH, I don't like to talk too much about all the little things I would/wouldn't want in labour. He knows the gist, but he has instructions that if we were to transfer that he is to listen to the women around me

I wrote out my birth plans the other day in case of transfer. I just wanted to do it so I could forget about them. So my doula and me went thru them and then we had a little burning ceremony and consigned them to dust cos I won't need them, I am birthing at home!!!

Can't believe that I am 35 weeks already. It is so close now. I think I have most things ready for the birth, like old towels and sheets to hang up for privacy. I have some proper absorbent pads to put down on the bed that I scrounged of mates at the hospital, plus this trauma sheeting that we used to use in emergency if someone bleeds alot. It is really thin so I will put it under our sheets from about 36 weeks to absorb fluids incase my waters rupture at night. We have a mattress protector, but I want to be sure .

Feeling really good at the moment, just chugging along, trying to cope with the hot days and nights. Hope all the rest of you are well.

XX Bella