Oh my goodness you have all been chatty! If we go on at this rate we won?t have any babies before we need a new thread!
Birdies My bag is not packed either. I have washed my ?spare? dressing gown and have found one suitable bag but that?s it. You are due nearly three weeks before me though. The gap between dd3 and dc4 will be two years and three months ? the same as the gap between dd1 and dd2. I haven?t thought what to get dd3 for a gift yet either. She loves her dolls so maybe so baby accessories that she doesn?t already have (can you get a car seat for a doll?)
Bernie We are buying a Bugaboo Donkey which can be used as a single or double pram. DH is planning to start using it for dd3 as soon as it arrives?so not a lot of superstition here! Brugs & Bealos I?m with you on this one. Better to be organised to make things smooth after the baby arrives.
Complicated I think that right at the end of pregnancy a baby puts on about half a pound a week so there is still plenty of time to gain weight. Once you are off work you will do nothing but sit around and eat (if you?re anything like me) so that would help?
Pascha I got the newborn clothes out of the loft at the weekend and washed them. If my baby is a boy he will either be a pink one or naked. I really must go and buy some neutral clothes. Does anyone know where is good for unisex newborn things?
If I ever get organised and buy things for the baby (I haven?t done anything at all yet) it will all be stashed in our room. Dd3 co-slept with us for 15 months and then moved into her cot in our room. She is just over two now and has moved into her own room in the last week. I expect the baby will do the same. I have co-slept with all of my children and it has been the single most bonding experience for me. Apples I always feed lying down in bed too and it?s been fine. You must have been really scared finding your ds all squished in the duvet. I only have duvet over my back and sleep facing the baby ? there won?t be any bedding anywhere near the baby at all.
MarasmeAbsolu What kind of sling do you have? I couldn?t get the hang of the newborn tie on my Kari-me but loved it once dd3 was a bit bigger. I?ve been watching you tube videos of how to tie for a newborn and am determined to be able to do it! I bought a maternity coat intentionally so I could sling the baby and still do my coat up.
Bunny I have SPD too and the night times are awful. I wake up every time I move I think. I had become so tired that I have been falling back asleep but the situation had become extreme last weekend. I hope you have been getting better sleep since you last posted. I?ve been listening to the natal hypnotherapy pregnancy relaxation track on my iPod to help me get back to sleep. Not exactly it?s intended use but it works well.
Boutique I really hope that you are ok, you must have been so worried. I?m glad your baby is ok. I hope you aren?t feeling too bruised today. I was very noisy in the final pushing part of labour last time (bloody gas was not working, cylinder was empty) and the midwife asked me to be quiet 
. It was a drug free labour and I went from 8 cm to birth in under ten minutes. Ouch. Of course I was noisy!
Tugs Put a pad on so that the discharge can drip onto it and call your labour ward. They will be able to tell from the pad if it is your waters, definitely shouldn?t take risks with this sort of thing so it?s worth getting checked out. You are going through it a bit, will you be glad when your baby is safely in your arms now?
Wow, a mammoth post, I must keep up so that that I haven?t got so much to catch up on. Is anyone else nesting? I am so busy cleaning my house at the moment and seem to be able to see dust and dirt that?s probably been there for a hundred years!