Special how crap for you - hope you and your DH can sort something out, but it's unnecessary stress just now. Have you looked for a childminder locally though, as that may be a good option for child care. I know we rely on ours a lot, she is like a second mum/sister to me, without the judgemental attitude, or low levels of hygiene my own mum and sister provide :o DS adores her too, which is lovely, he is totally at home in her house now, and her kids love playing with him, despite being 9 and 11 years old!
regarding childcare, I would say now is a good time to look around, and get baby down for nurseries/childminders. We registered DS with his current nursery in the June of 2009, he was born late September, and didn't get a place until September 2010 - and we were lucky, as didn't need full time. I registered this baby at nursery when I was 10 weeks pg, and they have said there is no guarantee of a place, even with a sibling preference, and us only needing 2 days a week. I reserved a place with our CM when I was about 5 weeks pg, and she will be taking baby occasionally before I go back to work anyway, as DS will continue to go to her 2 days a week anyway. Finding a good CM was hard though, as so many were fully booked up when we started looking (when DS was about 3 months old, and nursery had told me he wouldn't have a place by the April I wanted to go back to work!). There are some weird ones out there... it's worth looking at the directgov website for local childcare options anyway, and going to visit some now whilst you don't have all the emotions of a newborn to deal with too!
Tea sorry you had another bleed, how odd they can't find a cause for it. Hope baby remains lively today though and stays put for the time being!
well my little 'darling' has been very active this morning, but kicks have definitely changed place, so think she was just moving around. I'm sure I'll have more days over the next few weeks where I panic though.
really need to crack on with ordering the cot soon, or baby will be directly into our bed again, which I'd rather avoid. I was just chatting to colleagues, and they were asking if we had everything sorted, and I was going 'um, no, we have a pushchair, does that count?'. One of them recently had a 2nd child, so was agreeing that with your first you are super prepared, but with the second, it's much more 'meh, that'll do' and leaving stuff to the last minute! Although we didn't get a cot for DS until he was 4 or 5 months old 
Neglectful parents :o
I've started putting together a list of meals for the 1st month though, so DH knows what we have to eat, and can just crack on and cook it. So far it seems to be about 20% Spag Bol, so am trying to find other ideas to stop us crying at the sight of spaghetti. It's so hard to plan it all though, when my brain is just going 'la la la la la' all the time :o
right, MANUSCRIPT. got the abstract written yesterday. Not at all due to the fact I'd already written a version of it for a conference, oh no! Now to get my introduction sorted, I will finish a 1st draft before baby arrives, I will!
have a lovely Thursday all, only 1.5 days until the weekend!