Hi all you lovely ladies! Been MIA for a while, laying low in the heat...

Firstly, M2B - congratulations! So very excited to see you back in here. Hope everything is going along swimmingly. I too am looking forward to the results of your scan - thats some HcG level you've got there!

CK77 - I'm still fuming after reading about your OB! Thats terrible. Sounds like you'll be armed with lots of facts and a quiet determination to get things done the way you want (as much as possible) - I think labouring with the midwives as long as possible sounds like a good idea. Hope your groin has recovered after kicking the soccerball! I can hardly contemplate walking for 30min, letalone kicking a soccer ball for an hour!

Renee - I found out last week that my bub had turned posterior, after 34 weeks of behaving itself! I've been leaning forward over the back of a dining chair (ie straddling it backwards), on my hands and knees with bum in the air and wiggling hips (much to DH's amusement), and lying on my left side on the couch and in bed. My girlfriend who is a GP checked bub yesterday and it had turned back around to anterior. Don't know if my efforts helped, or if it just did it of its own accord!

WW - sorry to hear the Active Birth class was very "left field". I guess at least it shows you the other extreme, and helps you find a happy compromise for what you want to do. I too have written a birth non-plan, I called it birth "ideas"! The midwife had a chuckle. She said to highlight the really important parts (eg don't offer an epidural), so any new staff can pick up the most salient points quickly.

What a bugger of a situation with your neighbour. Have you got a fan in your room? I've got ours on all night every night now, as we can't have the blinds open due to a streetlight right outside our room.

Juniper - great news that bub has turned, and that BP is down! Hehe had to giggle about the midwife's scales, my OB's are always "fast", so I take a kg off my weight before I tell him. PLUS, they're on carpet, which I think adds more... should take off two kg next time! You are starting to race towards the finish line too! How exciting.

Mellybelly - great to hear from you! Hope all is going well, definitely hear you on the tiredness front


AFM - all is going well, apart from bub not behaving itself and turning posterior. The heat is really slowing me down, but I guess thats a good thing, been trying to fit too much in! Got 5 birthdays between now and Xmas (including DH's), then 10 people coming over for Xmas lunch. Luckily my sister is coming to stay before Xmas, so I can just boss her around from the couch and she can get everything ready Getting my bag packed for the hospital, baby's room is semi-done, birth "ideas" are on paper, so I'm feeling a bit more relaxed about the impending arrival!

Have a great week everyone.