Another baby girl 
congratulations nomoreheels & well done, hope you soon feel rested & recovered x
Glizz Good luck for Wednesday!
Any word from goodvibrations yet? I think there is a fair chance she may have delivered already, if so hope all is well :)
Welcome to the thread Ifancyanewname
8rd that's good that your mum has come to help :) luckily my DP is good around the house though...probably a compensation for his lack of birth partner skills!
Re the sweep; Petitech & BP I had one with DS1 & it felt the same as the other VE's they do throughout labour in fact it was not as bad as them as I wasn't having contractions at the same time. What I'm trying to say is that seeing as most of us will be having regular examinations anyway it helps just to see this as the first of a few. It's not as bad as a smear test for me as it seems like the beginning of getting to see the baby rather than a smear which is just icky & has to be endured. I will be having one at my 41 week appt on Thurs without any qualms & I dont like smears either.
Truly hope that your friends baby can stay strong & pull through Prisoner it sounds horrendous, every parents worst nightmare :( & I hope you get through half term OK. TBH I don't miss the morning rush to do the school run but I agree half term can be tiring especially when the weather is bad & I am trying to keep the house as straight as possible. Biscuits & sofa seem like a good plan
Beautiful photos PP , hope your baby wriggles back to where babies should be asap. Sounds like your MW is using the wrong side of the tape measure.
Kara I have been a bit crap & not arranged anything for the half term to do with the kids, we have got a couple of really good parks nearby & I usually head there with a picnic but no chance in this weather. Mind you I feel so uncomfy I think I would have to take my fit ball with me to sit on...or I could ust style it out with a space hopper like Jasmine that would probably look better in the park! Your backache & abdo pains sound promising though kara , maybe you will be on the delivered list soon!
Ouch confessions you have my sympathes re the cyst, have they dressed it with anything (assuming it is external)? I have no idea whether it is safe during Pg but I used to swear by inadine gauze on anything infected, it's great for boils too sorry but I can't remember which one of us lucky ladies has that ailment; it's like a lottery of painful horrors in here bless us all!
Sasa Sounds like you had the same idea as me last night. DP & I went for a meal while the youngest was at a party & even though I didn't fancy anything spicy I ate salt & pepper chicken wings including every last piece of chilli & then had vegetables in a hot chilli connsomme which had tiny whole dried chillis in it. I too had abdominal discomfort last night & I have no baby to show for my efforts just really bad wind 
!!
Glad you had a lovely scan Barbie I remember how you were left without a scan back in the early thread days last year so I am glad you got the reassurance of a late scan 'in lieu' of what you missed. I wish I could give you news of baby thorny but I have sort of given up waiting for now & have resigned myself to a v late baby already. DS1 was 2wks late & it was awful waiting, DS2 was 2 days late & that was irritating but I think all the frequent tightenings & cramps stopping this time is a sign of another long haul. I do try & count my blessings especially when we have all seen (& read) the stress that babies coming too early causes but right now I feel like my uterus has actually forgotton what to do or is too clapped out.
Bump strain sounds painful Joanne hope you are resting as much as poss. Speaking of resting & strains I have been meaning to share a little help I use with you ladies in case anyone else is struggling, especially my fellow PGP sufferers. I have been using this grabber as much as possible around the house. I borrowed it from my dad who bought it after a hip replacement & I used it when I had surgery a couple of years ago. I too live in a house where the kids just drop things & walk past them so it has been pretty useful recently as bending down is hard work these days!
Off to clean out another drawer....