pash/megsmum - the hospital is apparently one of the blueribbon ones in the area and gets booked out incredibly quickly. I didn't really find them all that friendly on the phone so have decided to go with a smaller one that has a really good reputation for their nursing staff. I guess what I'm looking for most is that as I had a very bad experience with the last hospital I gave birth at. The nurses were not even remotely concerned that 2 days after the birth I was still passing very large pieces of placenta after they had apparently confirmed the placenta came out in a single piece... hello!! We all know that can kill you if it stays in an rots!!! Two nurses just brushed me off and it wasn't until one of them saw me at the same time as my ob was around that she finally told him and he went pale and freaked out. So, yeah, going to a hospital one of my girlfriends had two babies at and she can't speak highly enough and I haven't been able to find anything particularly negative about it online either.

pash - can you feel the baby yet?

megsmum - isn't it funny how whenever a cleaner is organised, we have to clean before they arrive?! I so understand that concept! Don't think I know any women who are not like that!!