Megan - congratulations on the birth of Noah! How wonderful. Wishing you lots of lovely bonding and cuddle time. And thank you for telling us what the C/S was like. I'm having one (I have had a couple of major spinal fusions so always knew I wouldn't be able to give birth naturally) and I am so nervous about it, so it was really nice to read your message. Very different to the nightmare stories I've generally been hearing!

I've been away from this post for a while, so it's been lovely to catch up on everyone's news.

BG - I am sorry to hear your rellies are giving you a hard time about giving stuff away. Sounds a bit insensitive. I hope you're ok

Muph- you are so excited!! that's fabulous. Good on you - you deserve to be.

I am agonising over what to buy too - so hard! We're lucky because between our parents they will buy some of the big things like pram, cots, car seats, bassinettes, etc. We were all set to do it ourselves (typically stubborn) but when we found out we were having twins it was a quick slide to accepting all the help offered to us!

I am in 2 minds about the nappies too. The environmental impact of disposable nappies disturbs me, but so does the huge amount of water and electricity that I'll use to wash cloth nappies. I have tried to read a few studies about what truly has a smaller footprint, but they seem to say it all works out even in the end, or else they are so obviously biased that it's hard to take it seriously.

My MIL is VERY pro-cloth nappies, my husband refuses to put 'poo' in the washing machine (and has in all seriousness raised the idea of buying ANOTHER WASHING MACHINE - to be used solely for nappies), and my own mum says I should do whatever is easiest for me because with twins I'll hardly have time to breathe, let alone wash 20 nappies a day !

We need to get a new car too, so it's all a bit overwhelming at times. I did spend some time working out some sums on the weekend though, and it looks like we will get the Baby Bonus after all, which will be a huge help.

What I am pleased about is that I can finally start to get excited now. After the OHSS which scared the life out of me, I just couldn't relax and didn't want to get my hopes up in case it all ended, but now that I'm into week 13 I feel like I can finally go nuts!

Anyhow, hello everyone else - hope you're all well.

Jen