Sarah - it is sooooo great to hear that Zander is settling down! Woo hoo for you guys! You must feel like a new woman with some actual sleep under your belt!

Trish - who says you have to leave anyway?? You all know that I don't disappear for a while once I get used to a thread so, to me, everyone can hang out as long as they like Congrats to Tehya for hitting 1 month already. Man, that has gone fast!! Sorry to hear that she isn't sleeping as well as usual. Perhaps a growth spurt?

Fi - don't worry about the induction process. Like I said in my SMS to you, I wasn't even due yet, Gabby wasn't even presenting well, I hadn't had any niggles or even BH's so I was induced WAY too early. I would never accept gel again unless I was overdue and my cervix was ready for it. I bet you will get one dose of gel and that's all you will need! So don't go having nightmares about going through the same crap as me - cos it ain't gonna happen!

Nat - Welcome, finally! Congratulations on the birth of little Jacob. It sounds like his brothers are being really helpful and protective.

Tanya - just checked out your site and Violet is looking sooooo cute! Can't wait to see more pics

As Fi said, I got a lovely bought of gastro yesterday. I went to bed on Friday night feeling really aweful. By 2am I was puking my guts out. Of course, Gabby woke up AS I was spewing! Timing! Neil helped me to feed her a bottle because I just couldn't sit up and I expressed a little but I was just too icky. I spent the night running to the toilet and trying to get Gabby back to sleep. She chose that night to wake every 2 hours (and sometimes every hour). Urrgh! It was horrible!
Mum came over yesterday to help out and she was an absolute God-send. I would get up every couple of hours to feed Gabby. It was hard because she would take a good hour and a half to feed but then she would zonk it for 2 hours while I slept. Mum did the dishes and pottered around the house while I snored, LOL. Gabby went down for her last nap at 5pm then didn't wake up until 8:30pm which was wonderful. Mum went home after dinner (not that I ate anything!) and Neil and I watched a DVD. I started to feel a little better and managed to force myself to eat some fruit and a salada. I was just so frightened that Gabby would miss out on her nutrients if I didn't eat anything.
She was up every 3 hours last night (even after finishing her bottle that she normally only has half of!) so I think it's a growth spurt thing again. Still, strung together, I got about 8 hours. She is sleeping now and has been for an hour and a half so I really can't complain. I feel much better now too - I am sooooo glad this didn't last all week!
Neil seems ok and Mum says that Gabby will probably be ok because of all the good stuff that breast milk contains. I am keeping my fingers crossed n e way!