Poppyfairy - how lovely to hear from you, it's spooky I was thinking about you and Smithy this morning! I love "lactivist", very cool. He is such a little man - can't believe he's so grown up already!

Lisa B - wishes is right on the bed thing. I'd check with your local hosp, RWH does single rooming for most women and most you get in a room is two. But lots of older public hospitals have different rules. But Danni Minogue, for all her money ended up giving birth in the public system... so you can never tell. I'm surprised she's picked such a normal name (does that sound awful??) Got two texts yesterday from friends/ antenatal people who have given birth. And I wanted to ask an etiquette question: how have you responded/ what do you think is the best way to respond if someone gives their child a wierd name? Do you just ignore it, or do you lie? In general on BB, I don't tend to comment on names and you can't tell how well it works really unless you know the sirname and we don't all tend to use those. Or as in the one yesterday, where its not immediately obvious what gender the child is (poor texting from the DH if you ask me!!), would a general reply be ok and wait for them to tell you?