Hi everyone and thanks for the words of encouragement. It really means a lot even when you think you don't need it.

Thanks also to Nixon for posting me that advice on the c/s. I remember Asher had to be in the brace for her hips after she was born. I really don't want to try manipulation because it just seems too risky and too rough with so many unknowns. Then you find out too late that there was a reason for the breech position like with Asher and maybe you create further problems. Bring on Wednesday and lets just see what's going on in there so I can prepare for the birth one way or another.

Grub - I'm not much good at gratuitous RL hugs (outside of the family I mean) but in your case I'd make an exception right now. Oh what a rough "trot" Sorry couldn't resist Hope you are feeling a bit better. I guess the stress doesn't help the situation either. take care of yourself, you know it just takes a little while to accept the way things are and move through it. Let your dog give you lots of cuddles and make your sadness a little easier to cope with. You'll be right, if anything happens while DH is on his course, they'll send him home I'm sure.

I've been feeling a lot better, but have had to accept a few things for what they are and manage. For one, this reflux is not going away so I have to manage the times and amounts and choices of things I eat. By taking full control I have been sleeping really well. still sick and still have to really fend off the feelings but mostly under control and feeling better. One other thing is really getting on top of constipation. Oh what I'd give for a good old fashioned loose stool when it gets to this end of the game, I have found there is no such thing as TMI girls so I'm not gonna apologise. anyway, that's coming together for me too now that I've decided to have brown rice as the base for every meal. Tonight I ate rather late as we tried substituting brown rice for arborio in a recipe and took about twice as long, so my rule of eating early was blown and yep, I am suffering now. At least I know I brought it on myself.

I won't mention you all now (who ever can these days?) but just a quick shout out to Poppyfairy. I'm now imagining you on that English design t.v show, (my fave when I had t.v). damn, can't think of the name, but I imagine you out in a rural setting in your version of a tree change. Grand designs! I was jealous of your big wash day but then the sunshine was too damn good today not to waste a bit of precious water and wash the baby clothes...yay they practically dried before I hung them all out (who's jealous now!) I thought the singlets all hanging up were ridiculously cute and DH got a real wake up call stringing up all these silly tiny things and it hit home to him how funny things are going to be, then I hung the socks and we rolled around laughing. The pegs were bigger. How bizarre, these tiny things are soon going to be part of our everyday lives.

Thanks again for your advice and comments this week, I have only got until wednesday to wait now so I'm not quite as anxious.

Can't wait to hear about Kelly's bub. Smithy, you're the birth tracker, we're relying on you if we don't hear it here first