cherished & sunbeam, it's such a pleasure to see you both in here that it brings me to tears of happiness. I joined up in April and you were both there with me going through the same things as me and I have been waiting for you both to move across! Still a couple other ladies to come on over but we're getting there!

greenslw - being your first it won't get all that huge. My ob keeps telling me not to stress about how big I'm getting because they just keep getting bigger and bigger as you have more cos everything has already stretched etc. Make sure you do casts for any future pregnancies as well!! I'll probably do one in the first week of Feb, maybe a little later, depends how I'm feeling really. My sis has volunteered to paint it for me as I haven't got any artistic talent and she is incredibly talented. I'm thinking about getting my daughters involved in it too, perhaps just for hand prints on it though as my younger has no patience for putting genuine thought into her artwork.

cherished - hope you have a chance to try the recipe, it really is a great flavour sensation. I wish I could sleep so much! Having the same prob as greenslw, very difficult to get comfortable and when I do manage to sleep, I keep waking to pee or waking because my hips are aching etc.

I gotta be honest and fess up to having been lucky enough to have three pregs and not have to work during any of them. I have done a small amount of work towards the end of this one but only on a casual basis and only for a few days at a time and that's over now. I admire women who are able to work through preg as I can remember how tired I was first tri and I could barely get off the couch, slept almost all day every day and night as well!

Keep it going girls! Glad to see this group growing!!