Hello all, hope today finds people feeling OK.
I've just had my 2nd IM appointment at home and am feeling pretty good. She had a good feel of my tummy and said that baby has dropped lower so that his head is now on the pelvic rim and she would think that by next appt, he should be engaged. He is also not back to back - in fact is in a prefect position for labour. He also does not feel big for dates.
There's nothing in my urine and my bp was 105 over 77 this morning. It was higher when she took it but she knows I have white coat hypertension, so was not concerned.
Apart from feeling knackered after a looong day in London for work, I'm doing OK.
Luckily, I'm in Barnsley tomorrow for work and then that's it - technically in work till 3 Nov but all working from home.
TMI alert - I am waking every couple of days around 3am to go for a poo. MW reckons it's cause baby's head is starting to press on my bum. I wake up and go for a poo, then can't sleep and sometimes feel sick so I try to eat an oatcake and watch an episode of Corrie :)
I also have the highest sex drive atm!!! 
Poor DP - am planning on jumping on him tonight! Sex is a great way to start labour once your body is getting ready and (to the delight of men) one really good way is to ingest semen - honestly, you couldn't make it up!! I've said that DP has to help with orgasms and nipple stimulation 
and I'll 'reward' him with, ahem, the odd bout of oral sex.
Hey ho, it'll be a while until we get it again once baby is here.
Sorry to hear about strep b Cali. If it helps, I had it with my first pregnancy and it was part of the route to an over-medicalised birth as I had IV anti biotics throughout labour.
I have thought long and hard and am not testing for it with this one. Up to 40% of the population carry strep b in their bodies naturally and of these, up to 50% will pass strep b onto their baby during labour. However, of these 50% only 10% of babies will actually become ill.
I am aware of the signs to look for with a newborn and don't forget if you end up with a section, there is no risk at all as the baby has not passed through the birth canal (which is where it is passed on).
Having IV antibiotics does not prevent you from having a bath, shower or getting into the birth pool as you can remain mobile and only get hooked up when the next dose is needed.
One thing you can try is to thread string through a clove of garlic and insert it, um, in your fanjo overnight. Do this with a new garlic every night for 8 nights and then re-test for strep b. Garlic is a natural antibiotic and can kill off the strep b.
You also need to think about how you feel about passing on antibiotics to your baby during labour.
Good luck.
Anyone got any thoughts on vitamin k injection to newborn? My MW has said she can give it in one jab, not give it at all or give it orally over a few weeks if birth was nice and natural. I'm lucky that I have that option with an IM but wondered if anyone else had thought of it.