I spend three days lost in Skyrim and come back to find an extra ten pages of messages? Might need to make a cuppa before I start ploughing through them all. I'm determined to finish that game before this kid turns up though - not likely to have much opportunity afterwards!
Re: the name Douglas, I like it. But that may be because it's my brother's name. My dad chose it because he thought it "sounded like a good strong drinking man's name". I like that it's a proper name (as opposed to some of the godawful ones that come out of America these days) but still pretty unusual. Need more names with those qualities!
backwardpossom - lime green little lamb nappies sound very familiar, I think they're the ones my friend favours. I must admit, I'm not sure about the colour though.
The flu jab is irritating me at the moment, or rather, my doctor's policy on it is irritating me. The surgery's having a flu day on the 20th, and I've been invited along to get the thing. Unfortunately I can't make it, because I'm visiting my sister in Cornwall for a week and travelling back on the 20th. I'm going by train, so if I'm going to be exposed to the flu then this trip seems the time when it's likely to happen. Can I get the jab before I go? No. Apparently they have to make sure there are enough doses of the vaccine, or something, and I'll have to ring them up when I get back and arrange an appointment. Which is fine, except a) they've invited me in for a flu jab, ergo there is already a dose with my name on it, and b) I feel as though surgery policy is taking precedence over my health. Not impressed.
Em2010 - you've given birth in Hull? Whereabouts? My options this time are a) HRI or b) in a ditch somewhere and I'd love to hear what it's like there. (Apparently Scarborough is also an option, but buggered if I want to be driven up and down all those hills for that long when in labour.)
pinkpeony4 - movement. At this point (18+5) I don't usually notice it unless I'm paying attention or sitting in certain positions. Last night I went out for a drink, and during the gossiping like a pair of washerwomen I didn't register any movements, but as soon as my friend went to the loo and I didn't have that distraction, I could feel someone doing backflips in there. I figure there's not much point worrying about it at this stage though, because the baby's still pretty small and not very strong, and I've got plenty of padding, so it's only when s/he moves in exactly the right way or place that I feel it at all.
Right, I'm pausing there, with pages 22 through 29 to read when I get back from dragging the man to the dentist. You'd think a grown man could be trusted to take himself to the dentist, but no. If I don't go with him and physically drag him through the door he won't go. Sigh.