Ooh no, confusion Scream and Wants! I meant 1/5 engaged in the pelvis, 4/5 palpable. I thought the fraction worked the same way as Popcorn and Stacks did! So, that makes me 4/5 palpable, so I'm in the same boat as you Scream. Wants is currently in the lead race wise! However Scream, it's worth remembering that Wants' LO can engage whenever it fancies as it's not a first child - would be nice for us first timers to have ours engaged soon!
Scream, it's been a lovely week! Chased the solicitors again, and got a call back late yesterday - completion has been set at the 27th, and they were trying to complete by the end of the day yesterday! Not sure if they succeeded or not, so will call them when they open in an hour or so (they don't have solicitors working at the weekend, but someone can check the case for me). If not, should complete on Monday - so we'll legally be houseowners soon, hurrah!
Wants, you are well and truly beating me, engaged baby wise!
. I also had a Pinard's Stethoscope used on me for the first time in my appt yesterday. I had a different MW (mine was on holiday) so I wonder if it's just different preferred procedures by different MWs? Either way mine still used the doppler so I could hear the heartbeat too - not that I'm so concerned about that now I'm being kicked/wriggled at constantly! We also need to do our birth plan this weekend - although we know what we want, we just need to get it down on paper.
Stacks, congratulations on the scan! The HCG level sounds fine - mine was ridiculously high ridiculously early on too (and there were people suggesting twins... but my DH was adament it wouldn't be, and that was that!).
Scarlet, lots of Braxton Hicks sounds promising!
And I agree, Ninja your pregnancy does seem to be racing! You've been very lucky leave wise - how lovely!
Bought a birthing ball yesterday, ready to get bouncing. Should I already be doing that? I've been avoiding it as gym balls really mucked up my back - when they thought my sciatica was 'just' sciatica, I was advised to do lots of exercises on one, but they actually made the disc problem worse. Nevertheless, I'm willing to give anything a go, and found one on offer in Tesco yesterday so picked it up. I have talked to LO strictly about when it's to arrive - not before Wednesday of next week (36+3, so unlikely anyway), but then not around the two days when we'd like to move house (38w+4 and 5). Other than that it can come before or after, I'm not fussy!
Also, which exercises are particularly effective on a ball? What should I be doing? Rather clueless here..!