Nope, sorry guys, bubs has not come out yet. Instead of a baby I have a nasty cold. I'm doing everything I can to get rid of it fast because I simply CANNOT imagine giving birth in this condition!

Laney -- always happy to hear that you've had a good scan! Are they still checking up on you at frequent intervals? To answer your question about how long I'll go -- we have an appointment on April 16 (14 days after my due date) for an induction assessment. If my cervix is ripe, then they'll induce me at 7:15 the next day. If it's not, well... then I've already told DH that I might turn violent, as they'll make me wait a couple more days yet! But my midwife said that it's almost never the case that they don't induce on day 15 there and that they never ever have let it go past 43 weeks. Come on, Kebab, 3 more days to do your thing *poke poke*!

Jo -- Ooh, a big day, having the stitch out. Quite a milestone and a sign that things are coming along nicely.

Naenae -- (unfortunately) your worry about your early C-section isn't silly at all, judging by Rozzie's experience. Like Jo said, have a chat with her if you can (though she's got her hands full with Henry!). As for Sweden, I LOVE the long days in the summer! We have more like 20 hours of daylight down here perhaps, and DH, being both a native Swede and a big fan of sleep, isn't too tickled about it, but I love love love it. But yeah, I'm not sure it's worth the trade-off of averaging 20 minutes of genuine sunlight per day in the winter months... oh well, this weekend has been super sunny and lovely, so I'm not going to think about winter now!

Any of you who have gone into labor naturally before -- did you feel anything at all before they real, for-sure contractions came? Thing is, I feel NOTHING -- or rather, I have pain and aches and tiredness in my entire body EXCEPT my lower back and my uterus, which feel nothing but continued harmless kick-kickity-kick-kicking.