Congratulations Hermya 
and on your EDD - that's precise! Asher is a lovely name, I hope you are enjoying getting to know your LO. Can't wait to hear all about it.
I hope that the induction went ok and congratulations are in order for you too, worrisome.
Fudgecat, I can't imagine how tough it must be for you. You have been so very strong throughout. Allow yourself to be as downn as you need to be. Today will inevitably be a painful milestone as I guess its the anniversary of what might have been. I hope you are getting the RL support you need to help you through. xx
MrsWajs I am also the main earner and have spent ages having similar worries to you. I've not been anything like as organised as Oneof8 when it comes to budgeting, but I worked out what my mat pay would be when averaged out between 6 and 12 months, worked out what all our essential outgoings were (pretty easy as we have a seperate bank account for all household expenditure) and took a rough guess on how much I could live on after all the essentials were covered. We are fortunate in that our income is enough to cover everything that we have to pay and allows us a bit left over, but we now have nothing left for extras (which in our case always goes on doing up our house). However, we had a plumbing emergency last week that is now sorted and most of the major work in the house is now done, so I don't think there is anything left that can break!!
Bunny My DH has supposed to have been keeping to within legal driving limits from 36 weeks onwards, but I know he's definately not been sticking to it. However, I am keeping the beer fridge stocked with placebos (Becks Blue is the alcohol free larger of choice in the YTD household) and he has cut down a lot. I do let him know when I'm having braxton hicks now, just to keep him slightly fearful.
kurly, I got a bit anal about buggy-spotting. I started looking in a superficial way at 25 weeks and as soon as I realised how complex a purchase it was going to be, I got organisaed and drew up a functional spec. I ended up with a list of essential criteria and had a spreadsheet to compare various buggies against those criteria (was a quiet afternoon at work!). We ended up getting the UPPAbaby Vista, as that met most of my requirements and seemed a reasonable price for what was included. (The place we bought it from had just started stocking it and had it on special offer, so we managed to get it at quite a bit below RRP). Also, it adapts to take a toddler seat as well, so it can convert to a double buggy should we decide to / be able to do this again! It was also the one I liked the look of most in the shop.
Crazy, I don't think you can control what messages your friend might get from other people. I think not telling people would be making an exception to what you would normally do, just because of your friends situation, which might make her feel worse. Maybe you could just let her know beforehand that you will be going public with your news, so that she is ready for the inevitable comments about your pregnancy from mutual friends?
Goodness, this has turned into a WhiteRoses type mamouth post (but I do have several months of thread neglect to make up for 
). I am still waiting for a sign that LO is ready to come out. I have just under two weeks to go to due date (EDD is 4th November, I never got round to updating the list) and am hoping to emulate Hermya and be bang on time. Am getting very unweildy now, and whilst not looking forward to the birth, am just desperate to stop being pregnant! Following on from suggestions here, I have reorganised my hospital bag into smaller, bagged units of stuff that may be required at different times. This evening I am going to make DH repack the bag(s) so that he knows what it contains and what everything is for. We will also go through the birth plan. MrYTD's attitude is a bit too laid back at the moment, so I thought is was time i reitterated just what his responsibilities are likely to be! [hgrin]