Alish - don't stress, when I wrote the last post, it was the day before I checked out of hospital. I was in private, so I stayed for 7 days (6 nights), plus the 2 nights I was in for my (unsuccessful) induction attempts! My nipples are so sore too! My midwife tells me that it should settle down a few weeks after bubs starts feeding...so hopefully in a week or so mine will get tougher!

Zap - how are things going for you? By the sounds of things, it's birthday central at your house! I can only imagine how hectic things must be with a newborn. DH turns 30 next month and we're having a casual open house party - I'm stressing already and DD will be a month old by then

Mad4e - welcome to the group! Hope your little one gets to come home soon. Are you healing ok after your c/s? For me it's getting used to having a slightly numb butt still! Can't wait for all that feeling to come back in the next few months.

AFM - I am so much feeling like a moo cow and nothing else right now. We've made 2 visits to the GP this week, DD has a really blocked nose, and on Thursday night developed conjunctivitis. Apart from that, we are quite lucky to get 4 and 5 hour stretches of sleep overnight, which is one of the only things keeping me sane right now!! So thankful that DH has another 3 & 1/2 weeks of holidays - if he'd only had two weeks, he'd be back at work on Monday and I think I'd then be forever living in milk stained pjs with mad hair, not eating anything!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend - 27 degrees here today and sooo lovely!