Ferrals: Congratulations to you and your family on the arrival of Ella! Wishing you a speedy recovery so you can enjoy cuddles and feeds with her ASAP.

Forshelby: I had a similar experience with my labour with DD: lost my mucous plug over a couple of days and then woke up one morning with mild period-type pain. I had mild regular contractions every 5- 10 minutes for quite a few hours before they got more uncomfortable (DH and I played Trivial pursuit for a while and i had a bath)! Apart from a check up in hospital after about 12hours i was home for 24 hours before I went in to hospital to labour. I hope your pre-labour doesn't go on for too long but I hope you can make yourself comfortable at home for as long as possible. Sending you very positive labour vibes.

JennaJayen: Positive labour vibes to you too!

Welcome to the thread MummyDeb and Mummytotwo. How lovely, we now have a batch of three newbies!

It felt like such a long wait to get my BFP and then another loooong wait to get to 12weeks but then I look at my ticker and can't believe i'm 17 weeks already! Three more weeks till 20wk scan. Can't wait. I've popped a bit this week: I'm finally starting to look pregnant instead of just fat!