Haha Kirstie I have a super bladder too! Used to come in handy for being able to hold 3-4 pints of beer...now it means I never need to pee at night when pregnant. I'll still toss and turn at night but just no need to get out of bed.
I'm a pelvic floor exerciser. I do sets of ten to twenty repetitions at random times during the day/night (eg brushing my teeth!). I don't really leak when coughing or laughing but I really want to avoid it. I was shocked at how much my vbac affected me - in those early days/weeks when I needed to go I needed to GO NOW. I don't remember this after my emcs at all (just had the dreaded first poo to worry about!). Not pleasant but motivation to exercise that pelvic floor. And it went away within a short while. I also think the exercise helped my episiotomy recovery (increased bloodflow to my bits - not a scientific theory mind you!).
My Nct teacher drummed the exercises into us during my first pregnancy. Said it was pregnancy rather than birth which has the long term effects.
ExcitedCJ wow that is some workload! Hope you enjoy Thursday and I bet your ace your appraisal! I had a vbac and hoping for one again. I recommend it though it's a personal decision (I was really committed to it as wanted to be able to lift my toddler etc. Also really hated the cs recovery and found the vbac much easier to recover from, episiotomy and all).
20 week scan tomorrow morning. I love hearing all the scan news and looking forward to seeing bubs on screen. My 2 year old will be joining us, which is not ideal, but otherwise dh can't join me as no childcare. We'll stay team yellow (though I shall also adopt team green!).