Hiya noseymcposey yep I am working up until 3 days before my due date. I am counting down the days already though and feeling especially knackered today... But as you said, I might go over, and I have heard first babies often do! I think I'd feel very lost not working, even for a week, as I cannot do much these days. Just going to work and occupying my mind is nice actually.
Misshoohaa thanks for the birth story. Also taking your advice to 'sit on the sofa and eat biscuits', I need it today!
Hiya Zaxter thanks for your lovely positive comments both about home birth and c-sections, my outlook is that no matter what happens in the end there will be a baby and it will be an experience of a lifetime! Saying that, what you said about being left/sent back etc is a worry of mine too. One reason I decided upon home birth, no trips back and forth to worry about.
Phew- I had my blood taken to check iron levels yesterday. They said if they're low, they would advise against a home birth, so I've been on ferrous fumerate religiously and they just said the results were 'satisfactory no action needed', yay! Only thing is, they said the level is '101' and when I asked if they mean 10.1, no, apparently the leveling has changed. So I do hope they are enough for the midwife to be happy with. My next appt is on the 30th so ages until I can ask, a bit frustrating! Guess I better keep knocking back the iron, at least it is working. Does anyone know if they check bloods again right at the end of the pregnancy or are they likely to leave it?