Hello all. Wantbaby - there's no symbol for kick-up-the-bum but I send one over the electrickery waves to your DH. Spending your birthday money is rubbish and I hope he makes up for it with something (albeit cheaper) but with loads and loads of thoughtful effort put into it. I'm glad that DH is an economist by trade and stopped smoking years and years ago when he worked out how much he was paying in tax. I think they should make it $30 a packet but then I've never smoked

Lise - not quite sure how to put this, but one book I read implied that you can achieve the same thing with.... fun for one? Apparently its the female orgasm that does the trick so ..... if DH is quite insistent about not doing it then perhaps time for "alternative measures"....? I'll stop now before I completely lower the tone.

DH looked at me last night as I levered up my whale-like proportions in a series of engineering style movements off the sofa, with accompanying grunting noises (think Argentinian ladies tennis player and you're half way there) and said "you are absolutely enormous, aren't you?" with a look of sort of fascinated interest, a bit like you do with a nature programme. Well, I've been needing a bit of organic matter to put on the garden for some time so he's under the patio now...

Apparently I've started "snortling" during the night. I think this is a sort of combined shuffling/ snoring/ snorting/ shifting technique of sleeping which explains why I wake up more tired than when I go to sleep... I am now so excited about finally meeting our little girl that I think I'm becoming increasingly delusional about the practical side of delivery... I'm being all blase about the whole thing, one would think that she was coming by DHL rather than being pushed out my wotsit. Lise - are you the same? It's like it's finally got too scary and real so if I just pretend it won't be like that, and I'll push a few times, be handed a g'n't and a nice clean baby, that's what actually might happen?

MissAma - a big welcome to the thread, and eventually Australia. When do you move here?

that's enough rambling for now. Big belly rubs to you all and I hope you are all well and enjoying the Queens bday. Happy Birthday old girl!