Welcome Rachel. It's always exciting to have someone new join in. Don't worry too much about catching up on the thread - it could take you awhile! I had a baby girl, Matilda, on 6 December. She was supposed to be a planned CS, but it ended up being an 'emergency' CS by definition because my waters broke a week early. But it was all a great experience that I will never forget.

Hi BS - are we living parallel lives or something?? We must catch up for a coffee next time I'm in Brussels Thank you for all your support! I'm feeling much better today. My back is still touchy but its not the disaster I was worried it was going to be. Its just when you've had bad injuries before the threat of a reinjury really gets you panicky. DH was a complete godsend this morning and tokk Matilda so I could sleep in for a couple of hours, Matilda was hysterical again tonight due to lack of sleep. Its so hard isn't it when you know they need to sleep but they just fight it! We tried a dummy a week or so ago and it settled her to begin with but within about 5 minutes it had dropped out of her mouth and we went back to square one. So we thought it might just create another issue. Anyway, take care of yourself. You're sounding so tired too. Being Sunday morning over there, I'm hoping your DH was able to give you a sleep in too.

Alison, Beany, and Rose, it will be great to catch up in perth in a couple of weeks! Will be in touch about it.

Hi everyone else. Sorry I can't do great persies tonight. Need to give DH a break so better go.