Morning (afternoon) sweet ladies!
So, update: DH and I talked extensively about everything yesterday. He had a bit of rough day yesterday (hehe, he had to go get his prostrate checked!! Now that is instant karma right there 
. All's well, which is good. He was very worried about the nether region) so he came home after the appointment to talk about everything (as being the drunk idiot he was, lost his mobile). It was good. It felt like he actually listened to me when I told him about what that night made me feel like and he genuinely apologised for blaming me for his decisions. It ended up being a lot of crying from both of us, so I feel like he actually grasped the seriousness of what happened. I definitely don't feel ready to face the prospect of him going out anytime soon...but I guess we'll just really have to keep talking about everything. You have hit the nail on the head Kitty. That is what DH is like- just drinking until belligerent and not remembering what he's done, and being completely shocked at his actions the next day. It used to be far, far worse when we first got married, escalated to his car accident, and now it's very rare (thank god).
Ouch, both for the naughty ninja-kicking babies and the big tumble. Hopefully those little ones will find new places to kick that aren't so tender. I second what Lor said. If you're nervous about, it's never a bad thing to get it checked out.
Hate to break it to ya, Kitty but Red raspberry leaf does not cause or induce labor in any way. It's actually considered a uterine tonic and it's incredibly beneficial for toning the uterus and getting in vitamins and minerals that we need in pregnancy. You can take it the whole way through. I do know some herbs for inducing labor, but I really don't want to give out do-it-yourself advice for mamas as they can be potent and need careful midwife monitoring when administered (some can cause really long contractions, changes in baby's heart rate, raising mum's blood pressure-or lowering too much, really bad diarrhea, etc.). I can say that foreplay with nipple stimulation and sex (with semen) and orgasm are probably the best thing she can do for encouraging things to move along at the end of pregnancy. Anything that raises oxytocin plus L-O-N-G walks, yoga, squatting, and eating super healthy are all fabulous for getting everything ready as well. Ina May Gaskin says that what got the baby in is what is going to get the baby out and that dads have jobs to do to help their babies out.