Hi, all, I've just spent about an hour catching up! Sorry I'm not going to mention loads of things, but certain topics seemed to drop (e.g. stretch-marks, though, for what it's worth, I thought with DS the issue was that i "popped" suddenly, compared to this baby, who's just growing into an already-stretched balloon! 
msbuggywinkle, that's terrible about your grandfather. But you're doing exactly the right thing, by going and cooking for your GM: you're keeping her company; you're helping her practically; and you're soothing yourself, too, as why would you want to feed stress to your baby? 
I do pelvic floor squeezes when squatting in front of the loo, waiting for DS to do his buiness! But that's rather irregular, so I have to get better about this...
OiMissus with regard to your tax problem - have you discovered when the transition period ends? Remember to put it in the diary, or it could go over
It's a bit alarming about the low placenta, aethelfleda, but don't worry until/unless you have to! Please wait till you have another scan to make up your mind!
msbuggywinkle again: RE: feminist breastfeeding: the more feminist thing about it that I can think of is that THERE'S NO WASHING UP! hahahahaha. Love it. I also didn't feel stressed and incompetent for having forgotten to make up bottles or put something in my changing bag again.