Lexi, sorry to hear about your light bleeding but so relieved to know that the bean is all present and correct! Brilliant! Take it easy if you can and rest up.
welcome haitch! glad you had a positive scan today :-)
you too rainbow! yay! mini-milestones an excellent plan.
tiddley, hope today went well! How lovely that your neighbours let you house-sit today and that you had the movers do all the lifting and carrying! I was the same re symptoms. One of the questions I asked the doc in the pre-scan chat was 'Okay, so if it's bad news what do we do?' and somehow that helped me feel in control, because there was A Plan. Goodness knows how my two beans (TWO, EEEK!) survived all the whiskey tasting in Glasgow at the end of last month :-) If they are good little beans, I think, they hang around pretty resiliently. Don't worry too much. Just make sure you look after yourself and have a bit of downtime each day. You've got so much on, and to think and worry about, at the moment! AND (just read your latest hotel room post) WE'LL MISS YOU! Check back in when you can 
Cor, a listed rural retreat with an Aga, sigh not jealous at all!
Shieldbug I'm starting to show too, I think (well, more than my usual belly!) DH just said what are all these dresses out for on the bed and I remembered I'd emptied half the wardrobe to find an outfit that I wouldn't feel uncomfy in and which was relatively bump-masking! Oooh what's your PhD topic again? (Soz if you've already told us upthread!) Good luck with it. I've got another 5 weeks to turn mine into a book, yikes, so that's another joy for you to look forward to!
Poor dameflamingo. So sorry about the constant, horrible sickness and the lost weight :-( But hurray for seeking medical advice and for them taking your predicament seriously. Good luck with the treatment and take good care of yourself :-)
JoJo, your supermarket shop made me chuckle! Esp. the meal for one and putting the pot noodles away under the bed (wtf?!) You're as bad as me!
KK sorry about the bumble bee incident but glad work situation is easing a bit - brill!
Hmm Tinker, I can see that your DH's comments are just a bit annoying! Maybe you could gently tell him how that could be interpreted as a certain lack of enthusiasm?! When really it's a whole new person who's going to be as exciting and surprising and delightful and heart-tugging as your DD!
Boo for not being in a good, supportive workplace at the mo, Flowery. Are things like your maternity pay related to passing probation? If so may be an idea to grin and bear it.
Ah sorry to hear about your argument with OH shimmy. It's such a stressful time, isn't it? Lots of anxieties and worries below the surface can make us all go a bit out of kilter. DH and I had an argument about stuff the other night. Now it seems to have largely driven by his worry and my hormones! (Though there is still stuff to sort out at some point, we think?) Hope you've managed to talk it through.
Not much news here. Spent full day in London and returned KNACKERED. Lured DH onto my train at Reading (normally he gets the bus) then we cycled home along the Thames in the lovely low sun and had a drink (cordial for me, alas!) at one of the pubs on the river. Very nice. Day was good too. Big chats with boss and head of dept about another funding bid two years hence. Looks like they want me to be part of that, which is great. I'm quite worried about telling boss (only the two of us on the project) that I'll be a beached whale from mid-December and then need six (or nine?) months off with the twins (all being well!) from Feb, so it was really good to take the long view, beyond maternity leave. Also tonight we talked about perhaps both of us going down to four day weeks so that we'd only have to think about childcare on three weekdays. And as I work from home it might be something like an afternoon with a childminder, not a full day at nursery. Maybe I'm kidding myself, but it all seems possible. And I think I'd feel less guilty as the twins would have each other to burble along with?! Anyway, it's getting late so I'll sign off this MEGA post (sorry!!)
Night all! xx