Thanks for all the constipation advice, possom, tramp, jojo, flowery, eigmum and pink - you're all lovely! - and hoping you too get sorted out soon, Sheldon! I won't bang on about it any more, especially as Lactulose has somehow lessened the pressure, but I am still not so patiently waiting for the earth to move? I've starting eating again now nausea has inexplicably passed, so surely I have to go soon?!
Flowery - have you completed on the house?! Never used to before DH, but now we get all our appliances from John Lewis as they have longer warranties or something and are v.v.v.g. at after-sales. Had an almost exciting moment earlier when I couldn't get our machine to work. I re-pressed all the buttons, got a bit wahoo about it giving up the ghost (it's ancient and came with the house and I'd like to replace it before babies come) ? but then realised I'd failed to shut the door properly, gah.
Wishing you all the best with the gallery opening this weekend Tramp.
Pink happy birthday to your gorgeous DS3. Sounds like he (and you!) have had a very nice day. 
JoJo not long to go now! Keep on truckin'.
Ta for new thread Sheldon! Number nine!!
OC ta for link to SAHM discussion - food for thought, as you say!
Zoey glad to hear it re wind-down!
Lexi hope you have an easier night tonight. I am v. sympathetic on lack of sleep. Past four nights I think it's been 2, 2, 4-5, and 4 hours for me. The last two nights have felt luxurious by comparison!
Sarah your trials re DS's uniform made me smile, but I can imagine it's a massive pain in the *rse. Can't you somehow make childminder take responsibility for it? She is your stand-in, after all, and it's something you would, and need to, do.
Lanny enjoy those fjords, sigh! Lovely My pregnancy risk assessment was hilarious: I put n/a for almost everything as I work from home, hehe. I love being a nuisance with those kinds of form.
We had a Chinese last night but I managed only a tiny bit. Babies went bonkers with the chilli (and I've not been eating much recently as well) and kicked and flumped for ages. It was getting a bit much actually, especially around my belly button where I think I either have no muscles, or my muscles have come apart, so I held my hand there as all the prodding and poking was making me feel a bit queasy, but the slight pressure of the hand seemed to encourage them all the more! Oh dear! In the end I just put a rug against my bump and tried to ignore it!
Just had a funny moment with our new(-ish) cleaner. She's only been about 3-4 times for us as I've been out quite a bit with work on the days she can do, but we're going to start weekly now, on Mondays. We must have been talking at cross purposes for ages because she was saying how she didn't have enough to do and could she iron (no, we don't iron) or do all the windows (ooh, okay) next time. We looked at the diary for a bit and I waved her off saying see you on the 10th, and she said, no - I'll see you on Monday ... i.e. in three days' time! That's why she needed more things to do as the house won't be a tip after all her immaculate work today (unless we try really hard?) I was sure we were talking about the 10th, but, erm, nevermind! It's going to be an expensive week, then, but from her perspective she's been really v. flexible over October/November and she probably needs to start coming in every week asap to make it worth her while. She already did a lot of internal windows today so I'm a bit stuck as to what other things to suggest. Would it be okay to ask her to scrub down the baby furniture friends and family kindly gave to us without always cleaning it down first, I wonder?