Lise, Finnian is adorable. You and DH must be soooo proud of him.

YogiBear, Totally understandable for you to be worried about this PG given your history. Hopefully discussing your worries and anxieties in here with other ladies will help to lessen your worries. Welcome!

Lisa B, I'm going private because we went through IVF and needed to be privately covered in order to try to recoup some of the IVF costs. Plus my fertility specialist also delivers and for peace of mind I really want him there. It's looking like I will have a c-section, too, as I am carrying twins so I definitely want to see his calming face there not some stranger. And as Wishes has said, I too don't want to share a room with other mums and their babies, especially if I will feel like crap after having a CS and being a first-time mum.

I want to raise what is probably a contentious issue, and that is weight gain during PG. I have been regularly weighing myself throughout this PG, once a week on the same day for ages now. I have put on 1 kilo over the last week! To put it into some perspective, though, what I weighed at week 6 compared to what I weigh now, week 16 (Yay!) is only 1 kilo in gain. Not too bad I think. But I will be worried if I keep putting on 1 kilo every week! Can others add their perspectives/experiences? I know it's hard to ask what is "normal" because we all have different experiences, but did anyone else put on 1 kilo in a week and maybe not so much in other weeks?