Choca, Red and Parsley, I can't compare water birth with with an epidural as never had an epidural but I will say that for me, being in water takes away all the extra pain and I was just left with actual contraction pain rather than the all over your body pain. It also stopped any pain between contractions, whereas out of water the pain was pretty much constant! It meant I could rest between contractions. I didn't give birth in water as dd2's heart rate rose and they made me get out, and I tell you, the pain when I got out and gravity kicked in again was much, much worse. I really hope I can stay in the water the whole way through this time round.
Oeshia, that made me laugh, I ended up in hospital when the exact same thing happened to me with dd1. I thought I was leaking amniotic fluid but it turned out I had thrush too!! Why does noone warn you 
Is anyone else still getting their BMI wriiten in their notes at appointments? 3rd time today I've been weighed and height measured for BMI. I can understand they need to do it once but I know I'm getting bigger and at nearly 17 weeks, does the BMI measurement really tell anyone anything!?