ATouchOfInsanity ? I was like that from the first section, I was terrified going into the second. I suffered from Birth Trauma and I don?t think anyone really took it seriously, came around after the second and it had all gone. The last birth didn?t bother me, not worried about this one but the idea of being back in that ward terrifies me.
Em, I think the nub is probably easier to tell from than a 20 week scan where baby can cross their legs and hide the interesting bits. Having had a 20 week baby, I can understand why it?s so hard to tell them apart!
Thank you mandasand 
I used to love driving, so I hope it?s all going to come flooding back and I?ll ace it. I?ve done a few online practice tests and usually come out with a pretty good score, do need to do some revision though.
MrsR, names you can pronounce have to be part of it! I?m slightly deaf and don?t hear the soft S sound properly so I couldn?t pronounce a name that had too many or a soft S so it would be ridiculous for me to use a name like that. James is also the name of a disciple and the king who commissioned the first mass produced English Bible. Not helping, am I? Your ILs sound like loonies! I don?t know about you being mentally ill 
You need to talk to your husband and come up with some plans. Things like telling your ILs that your date is two weeks later than it is (I actually tell everyone to do that!), they?re not to know baby has been born until you?re ready to see them (you have to see the two events as one), give the hospital a password for your mum to use and tell them that they?re not to talk to anyone who doesn?t give them that (I wouldn?t even let your husband know it). I?d even consider staying elsewhere for a week or two after the birth so that they can?t just drop in on you. One of the benefits of premature babies is that people can?t just drop in on us on the ward and they can?t go without me.
Sheldonella, Sebastian is not found in the Bible, it is the name of a saint though. I think that it?s very difficult to find names that aren?t in any way ?religious? but when you look at other uses of names there are plenty none religious connotations to most names. I like the name, even if I am Brummie! (Although I could hear it in a strong Brummie accent and that might put me off...) Agree with tiddley, as long as it?s not the obvious they?re pretty safe. There were twins abandoned around here at Christmas a few years ago, they named them Mary and Joseph. About bras, I have some I?ve had since my 6yo was baby (they?re going in the bin as soon as I can get more!) and have fitted me all the way through two pregnancies and nursing three babies, I don?t seem to have changed much though, I don?t know if that?s because I?ve been nursing constantly though. It?s usually best waiting until you?ve had your baby and know what size you are, unless you?re small enough to find them cheaply
Dame, that?s horrible and you?re not unreasonable! It wouldn?t bother me because I?ve lost a child and live with that in every pregnancy but it?s not something that you need to hear constantly if you haven?t or don?t want to hear.
Lovely news tiddley! I?m assuming by 2 weeks they actually mean 4 weeks, otherwise they?d have only just had the treatment and wouldn?t know if it worked. I agree about being online, at this point I?ve refreshed the page twice and been trying to read it most of the day!
Zoey, do you have an IC? I have been tested every pregnancy because I had a 20 weeker, I don?t have one but they?re going to check each time. Got to looooove those scans!
Tramp, have you tried Long Tall Sally? Last I looked they had maternity clothes and they?re really good at making clothes fit all over. Wish I could afford their clothes, I used to work for them as a teen and had a very nice allowance.
We don?t do testing, anything serious enough will be picked up on the gazillion scans I have. We have all sorts in our families so we know there?s always a chance of something coming up. All our babies are premature and we?re living with the effects of that, he has a son with serious health conditions, I grew up in a house with a brother with learning difficulties... we?ll take what comes. And as Rainbowbabyhope says, we?ve lost a baby ? a perfectly healthy baby who just shouldn?t have been born ? we?ll deal with whatever.
We had a big enough problem thinking of names for #3, the first two have really significant middle names that were chosen when we first found out I was pregnant, third was really difficult because we?d used all the significant names. We found one person who was important to him who we decided to include but goodness knows where we?ll go this time. Waiting to find out what we?re having first I think to narrow it down a little. Unfortunately we have no choice in finding out the sex because of a boy condition that could affect the pregnancy, so we?ll find out at the 20 week scan, unless it becomes obvious before then.
I?m feeling the hormones! Just watching the news and they?re talking to the lady who was beaten by her ex-bf who?s just been jailed, they said that her twin sons joined her in bed when they woke up and when the paramedics found her, the boys were covered in her blood. They then cut to the boys playing and I started crying and said ?they?re just babies!?
I have a pair of maternity jeans that really annoy me, they have no front pocket because it?s just a jersey patch and they never seem to fit right. I bought them last year when I went to Eastenders with MumsNet.