Hey Dee - hopefully Michelle and Lesley join in with you soon! And Min and all the other May girls who are due to drop their bits.

As for the hospital - liek Deb says, partners were allowed 9-9, but I dont think they cared all that much. My Mum spent most of the day there, and because she was quiet, noone really minded. The second day there (I only had two...) she looked after Jenna the whole "rest period" between 2:30 and 4, and I was able to sleep. Its all very well having a hospital policy of having babies in the room, but hard to get some sleep in those first days. If I only knew then what I know now. Man I would have slept, and slept and slept, and not worried about her at all.

The spots you are talking do sound liek Gabby's spots that she had - and like deb said, just a staph infection that cleaned up fairly easily from what I understand. Hopefully are you seeing any more midwives? Hopefully if you get to see one in the next couple of days they will help you out.

Fi