Tash, Milly - I love the visual of heavily pregnany women trying to shimmy. It almost defies the laws of gravity and good sense.

Tash SPD sounds very painful. I had heard of pelvic girdle pain but didn't realise the extent or severity of hte pain.

Bit of a selfish post from me today. Appointment with the Obstetirican this morning - all good. HB at 155 and cervix soft, closed and TIGHT! Got to record the heartbeat on our mobile phone. Ob even asked us to play it back to make sure we got a good clear one. Can't wait to edit it out some of the talking! We have our 20 week scan Tuesday week. Getting excited.Its nice to be excited after about 3 days of feeling inexplicably sad and weepy. Maybe it was those famed pregnancy mood swings?

I have decided to do a non diagnostic scan and invite some of my family along so they can see the baby. The place reckons the best time is from 23 June.... not sure I can wait that long to share the moment. The say before then is ok. I might try before then...... was thinking of inviting my mum and aunt along, I don't imagine they would have ever seen a baby on ultra sound before, and the first time is pretty mind blowing. Even for a hard but like my aunt. Maybe my cousins too. You can have up to 10 in the room apparently. Anyway, am going to wait to book a date til after the 20 weeks scan.

I got to pat a dog today. I know doesn't sound like much. I am a dog lover from way back but don't have one. There is a guy in a wheel chair that walks his dog every morning and I see him most mornings but don't say hello. But today after DH and I came back from the Obstetricians, the guy was in front of our house and had some sort of coughing fit. I asked him if he was ok, and he was, and then we got to talking and I got to pat his dog. Bad dog breath though! When I go out to wave goodbye to DH I can now say hello to the wheelchair guy and his dog ( I got both their names too, I won't just call out to him "hey wheel chair guy!") Anyway, for me, it's often the small things that make my day.

Hope you all have a good weekend and cat cuddles to everyone.