Hello again!
Thanks everyone- you're all right, I've just had a baby (who is gorgeous and the healthiest bub you ever did see) and need to go easy. And, if I am going to keep eating everything that wanders past, I should wander past the apples and tomatoes rather than the cheese.
I'm much happier this morning- Laura must have been tired, because I put her in her hammock at 10.30pm (awake, but showing tired signs) and didn't hear a peep out of her till 6.20am. Yay for a decent sleep! Yay I say!

Sara, Colby's pretty darn close to Laura, you're right! The little laugh you described made me smile- I've heard things from Laura that could nearly be a giggle, but I'm not sure yet. To answer your earlier question- I hadn't planned a caesar at all, but at the last checkup (4 days overdue by then) Dr Yeoh found that Laura had moved UP from the last appointment and he couldn't feel her head through an internal at all, so I was admitted for observation in case the waters broke and the cord prolapsed, an unfortunate thing if it happened. Three days later, she'd moved even further up (I think she was trying to be the first baby ever to leave through her mother's ribcage) and we gave up on the idea of her coming out the normal way and had a caesar. Oh, and during the op I could feel the 2nd surgeon pushing hard on my ribs (I was thinking "I'm not dead, why is he performing CPR?") and it turned out that Laura had STILL been trying to move up, and he'd been shoving her back down.
On another note, good luck with getting into the midwifery course-I really hope you make it, we could do with more midwives like you!

sconeonamission and kirst11, it's good to be back! scone, sorry to hear that the Babylove nappies were hurting your poor little boy's bot! Not good at all. I've had Laura in cloth from the beginning, aided by a nappy service. The first week I was washing everything, and then my auntie bought us the service for six weeks, and I was all gloomy that it was going to end... and then DH bought another 12 weeks. Without telling me he was going to. And I'd only made him scrape one bucketful of nappies!
Oh, and I'm so terribly sorry to hear of Andrew's Nan. I hope she'll be all right, and that the options presented won't be too grim.

Sehra, back to you. Thanks for the sympathy/empathy! It's an awful feeling, isn't it? And I hear you on the terrible guilt thing. The number of times I've castigated myself for being irritated that Laura is crying... I'm glad that Ela smiled at her daddy when he was giving her the bath though. Sounded as though you needed somebody to give *you* a nice bath, preferably with bubbles and a glass of champers. I've organised with my DH to have 2 hours on Saturday morning to myself, and I'm going to go to the gym! Still don't *want* to make the effort, but am forcing myself. It will be good, I am determined. Would you be able to organise something similar with your Mum/DH?

Hi Claire! Congratulations on your little boy! Do post the vital stats, I'm curious!

Hi to everyone else- I've been posting this with Laura on one bosom or the other and I *think* she's now going to sleep again, which is my signal to scamper out of the house (with her! I'm not leaving her behind, in case anyone was wondering ) and I'm heading to the shops to buy various birthday presents for various people.
Contrast with my last post, eh- I repeat, it's amazing what a good sleep can do! I don't even care that my hair is wet (again!) it'll dry, and if I'm smiling I'll look all right. And Laura's officially in the top 100th percentile for *every* measurement, which makes me grin. See, she really is a big girl!
Tee hee.
See you all later!