Kellie - YAY! Congratulations Just wanted to say it again in here cause I'm so excited for you.

Alish - Can't believe they took the toilet away.... wtf. I'm surprised that's even allowed! 35 weeks would be a good time to take your mat leave, IMO. And YAYYYY for a girl..... how lovely!

Ferrals - Your suggestions are all good. I already have him on wind drops, which have helped a lot. We've had a few good nights in a row now (he was also well behaved for my sister at his sleepover night). Last night was a little bit iffy.... but we got through it. I spent the entire night holding him while I slept. He grizzled a little bit but nothing major. This morning was a bit harder though, he just would NOT let me have a little sleep in. Even if I held him. That's just the way it goes though, I suppose. After such a good sleep he was ready to get up and play. I also like the wheat pack idea. I'll remember that. I'm not going to change his formula just yet as if he can have 4 reasonably calm nights in a row, it must be ok. I think a lot of the problem was wind, and possibly my tension. By the way, that photo of Ella is beautiful , and I second Tegam's comment about your moving house. AMAZING. Excuse me while I go and get you a medal.

T-Hopes - Thanks, it helps to know I'm not as isolated as I feel sometimes. I remember having the 'what if I suck at being a mummy' moment... it was terrifying. Just remember, we all have our sucky moments, lol. I know you'll be a fantastic mum. The only advice I have for you now is to accept any and all offers of help. And sleep now. While you can How exciting that you have a deadline though... eeek!

Reet - Lol, don't panic. It is different when it's your own baby. Just hold him/her the same way you would a baby doll. And the midwives will teach you to swaddle. I had no idea until I saw them do it. I hope you're resting a LOT and getting DH to do all the heavy duty housework. Scratch that, ALL the housework. I can't wait to find out if it's pink or blue for you!!!!! Oh and I will definitely be here for you if you need to talk (or have a meltdown like I have) after bubs is here. I don't think anyone copes well with sleep deprivation, so I guess it's something we'll all have in common. My 'over being pg' moment didn't happen until Axel was overdue. And the pain started. Once I was in pain, I was over it. I also lost weight in the last week or two, so don't worry about that. Yay for getting organized and buying your baby stuff! Yaaaay!! I know you don't want to be bored waiting for bubby to arrive, but make sure the essentials are done, like clothes etc washed. Once he/she gets here you'll barely have time to scratch your butt. LOL. We did enjoy our night 'off duty' but I kept hearing phantom cries and waking up, lol. We spent most of the night looking at pictures of him from a few weeks ago and marvelling at how big he is now I didn't end up giving DP any action, I got scared I might hurt my tummy. Probably TMI, but if it 'jiggles' it hurts. We'll get there though. Baby steps!

Possum Magic - I'm glad I'm not the only one to experience the screamy baby. I've been watching for tired signs and am starting to get better at picking what he wants. I do feel better after a bit of time out, as well. As for maternal and child health.... I've had it with them. I'll explain further when I get to the end of this post. *sigh* I also just want to say that your fears are totally normal. They never do really go away completely. I was reasonably calm during my pg, but I did have thoughts of 'what if I lose the baby' the whole way through. Until I heard him cry for the first time, I couldn't fully relax. I remember hearing him squeal, and thinking 'Oh good, he's alive and he's safe. I can relax now.' Little did I know.... LOL.

Damprye - Pills?? OMG, so glad your DS is ok. Must have given you a heart attack!

LysnDan - Welcome and Congratulations! The first pearl of wisdom I will offer you (LOL) is not to worry about the strength of the line, the speed it comes up, any of that stuff. A wise woman (kitfaerie I think?) once said to me A LINE IS A LINE. If there's a line, there's a baby and that's all that matters. So YAY! I was also told the differences in line darkness usually has to do with the amount of dye in the test, not so much the amount of HCG in your urine. Anyway enough technical mumbo jumbo... WELCOME!

AFM - Well the bloody hospital strikes again. I can't believe it!!!! A lady called me from the healthy hearing clinic on Wednesday wanting to come out and do Axel's hearing test (which they didn't bother to do or tell me about until last week..... pfffft!). I told her I had an appointment at the hospital and would come up and see her after he'd had his new plaster put on. She told me to come up at about 3.30pm. No problem. So we go and have his plaster taken care of, (good news there, he may only need one more if that because his foot is repositioning so well... YAY) and head upstairs to the maternity ward. I felt sick going in there again.... it was like reliving it all over again walking down that hallway. Anyway, we get to where we need to be and apparently the hearing clinic is closed for the day, and they go home at 3. I explained I'd been told to come at 3.30 and asked why in the hell that was. I got no response, except that they'd send a midwife out to do the test sometime. Right, sure you will. I AM SO ANNOYED!!!! What is it with me? They just can't get the simplest thing right, like give me the right information... or be where they're meant to be when they said to come and see them. I'm so sick of being jerked around. I was so angry I didn't even have the energy to pretend I wasn't, ITMS. I stood with my arms crossed, glaring at this woman as she wrote me yet another appointment card. I might as well throw them all in the bin because they can't get anything right anyhoo. I'd have been better off performing my own fricking operation. Where's the exploding head emoticon again???? ARgh!

Happy Easter, everyone... lol.