Meanwhile I have a bump that seems to have settled in for the duration, and my parents are telling me to hold off until the school holidays or my father's birthday - both of them are in JULY.

No spectacular cramps, no shows, no waters ... actually after a patch of feeling fuzzy a few weeks back I feel fine, barring this bump that gets in the way all the time.

*sits back and twiddles thumbs*

I'm not sure what is worse, a panicking false alarm like you got or just waiting without any signs ...