Thank you everyone for the lovely support! It literally brought a tear to my eye to log on this morning and see all these messages. I don't have much in the way of family, and not a single person from our parish has rung to see how things are going so I was feeling a bit sorry for myself last night.

Rommy'sMommy, what an ordeal you had! I've had threatened preterm labour with four of my other five pregnancies but there's never been any cervical changes before this one. I have an extremely irritable uterus (matches the rest of me LOL). I've never gone early, though. Always at term, or over!

Tobily I had a similar experience as your friend with my last dd - thirty weeks was contracting regularly, had all the shots and everything, and then by 33 weeks it had all calmed down and I was induced at term.

Inertia I'm meeting my boss on Weds to discuss how I can work from home as much as possible. With the kids off at school all day and me having to stay off my feet, I know I'll go insane, and there's only so much time I can spend on Bellybelly I have some projects to finish for work that can be done remotely. My urgent need this week is to get my stuff ready for handover for my replacement, who we are just about to appoint. I am so fortunate that I have enough sick leave to pretty much cover any time off I want before I start maternity leave.

Anna, how did you find the Nefidipine treated you? I've had Ventolin in the past and I thought it was vile - but that stuff - I couldn't stand up without feeling like I was going to pass out because of the headache it gave me. The steroids are stuffing me around a bit too - I've got the big chipmunk cheeks. Mind you it's cleared up my heat rash nicely I'm not on any medication now, thank goodness.

Beema - thank you for your pm. Do they know what triggered your early delivery? I hope that things go very straightforwardly with this one

I'm in a much better frame of mind today. My eldest dd who has left home has offered to come and keep me company during the week when I want it (she's unemployed atm) and will cook the odd meal for us. I'm thinking of paying her to clean the house - and that will help her out financially too! If I can keep working from home, that will make me happy, and that time in hospital with the little babies all around me has moved me further down the track towards looking forward to this little one making his grand entrance.

Thanks again everyone