Yes good luck Vicbic hope things get going soon! Exciting to know it's the beginning of the end 
I'm trying to decide whether to ring my GP about getting some pethidine for my planned HB. I had always understood that you could have pethidine at a HB, provided you ordered it in advance from the doctor and basically held it in your fridge, because the MWs don't carry it. Although I'd rather not use it, I had planned to get some, because it's the only pain relief I had with DS and it worked for me - took the edge off nicely and really speeded up my dilation. I didn't have gas and air because I was throwing up already and the MW advised against it. So I'm slightly nervous about going into a HB with only water and entonox, as I didn't try either of them last time and have no idea how well they'll work for me... However, when I saw the MW last week to discuss the HB, I asked if I just needed to ring the GP to get some on prescription and she totally dismissed it saying no, they don't give it for HBs, she never has and wouldn't want to because you need to monitor the baby closely and they only have hand held dopplers. Then she proceeded to pass me an information sheet about HB which referred to being able to have pethidine at home if you want it! So am now not sure whether to ignore her and ring the GP anyway to try and get it as a back up plan on the basis she seemed very dismissive of the idea and may just have a thing against pethidine, or whether to trust that her dismissiveness is based on something e.g. a genuine concern about ability to monitor the baby... Any thoughts welcome!