Wow lots of catching up to do! I?m just sitting up so that my hubby can have as much time in bed as possible (he has an early flight so is going to sleep until I go up then come down) as we lose him back to Jersey tomorrow for another 10 days. Mum came around earlier and asked how we?re planning to do school runs next week and offered to have the eldest for the week so they can do them and I don?t have to worry about rushing around first thing in the morning getting three kids dressed and out before 8am for the two hour walk (middlie is a slow walker!) so that?s a relief! When he gets back he?s going to drop them both, taking the eldest to morning club first, then he?s going to take a late lunch, pick the eldest up as she?s closest to his office and pick me and the little uns up somewhere on route home so that he doesn?t have to hang around anywhere. He had to pop into his own office today to sort out his expenses and his boss collared him. Normally he doesn?t take PL because it doesn?t pay very well but his boss is concerned that because of how my pregnancies go if he doesn?t he will use up all his AL and at some point need to take unpaid leave which is obviously going to be more expensive to us than PL. He said he?s never looked at it like that before so going to take it this time. His parents had the eldest two over the weekend so we took the baby to London to see his sons and we told them whilst we were there. This?ll be baby 8 for them (their mum has 2 and we have 3) so they were a little ?meh? about it but my husband was saying that they go dotty over our girls (he takes them on his own more than I go) far more than they do over their mum?s baby and they?re brilliant with little ones so it?s bit of an act.
Welcome Emus! Congratulations, you have a cool date!
pinkpeony4, I?ve had three girls (well four with our angel) so we?re pretty much expecting this one to be as well, the nub looks girl too. I?ve barely been able to eat since April, I?m at the point where I?m eating a main meal alternate days.
Mandasand, I don?t need to push the belly out, I can?t get over how big I look! I think it?s part of the bad belly though. You usually get the first Bounty Pack at your CMW appointment, then you pick up bag 2 from Boots, bag 3 is given after you deliver and has useful stuff for whilst you?re still down there, when you go to the postnatal ward you get bag 4 then a voucher for bag 5 comes in the post. Some hospitals have banned them though because it?s just a lot of advertising really. If you want one you can apply through the Bounty website and there?s also Emma?s Diary.
Vivee74 my two scans matched the date exactly but I don?t remember my LMP as I was still 6 weekly and not tracking. Are you going to have to show your notes to get your maternity pay? If not then fib, if you do then explain the situation to a friendly doctor/ sonographer/ MW and maybe they?ll fudge a little for you, it shouldn?t affect your treatment for a couple of days or they might print off a letter with the date you want on.
Em2010 ? I love the Bounty pack stealing! 
About the bump, some women never ever show. The first the ILs knew about SIL having a baby was her father ringing her mother to say ?SIL is in labour? she?s the skinniest person you could imagine, she?s skeletal it?s quite scary (not anorexic) so where she managed to hide the baby is anyone?s guess!
ThreeForTea that small pot should last you pretty much for one baby, so they?re not that tiny really. The Boots changing bag is for the Boots parenting club which is part of your club card, don?t need the Bounty pack for those. I highly recommend signing up to the Boots club, I nearly always have over £100 of points, despite treating myself regularly! It?s at it?s lowest for a while at the moment. Not too much stuff from them, about 4 magazines a year telling you what your baby should be doing at this stage and invitations/ coupons for baby events where you get things like double points to use twice BOGOF on clothes etc.
GummiberryJuice, make sure it?s not just pelvic floor exercises you do! This is the article I first heard about how they?re not as good as we think.
Sunnymeadows, is there a reason to think you?ll be premature or just something a bit real with a friend having one? I?m expecting to deliver in January which will be 31-35 weeks, as long as I make next year I will be happy whatever gestation I make. Buy the nappies! You?ll go through so many that it?s never too early to stock up.
All the talk of maternity clothes reminds me of a project I?ve been thinking about for a few years ? maternity clothes library. Not sure how it?d work, I think that it?d cost a certain amount to borrow a pack of basics and at the end you?d get some money back when you return it but you wouldn?t have to necessarily return the same items, just the equivalent so that clothes were refreshed all the time. You could also have more than the basics to borrow individually.
Right, I?ve got to the end of Sunday and I need my sleep, so I?m going to catch up the rest tomorrow when I?ll probably be on the other machine.