bugs that's great about the scan. Birth choices are a very personal decision. I'd decided that I was ok with ventouse (friends have had good experiences) and just about ok with low forceps, not ok with high forceps. It all comes down to personal preferences and attitude to risk. And as my experience shows, you can decide whatever you want, but your body/baby might have other ideas!
I know what you mean bugs and draf about the weight lifting. Long term ttc really hung over my whole life like an oppressive cloud. It improved after the first tri of pregnancy. The stress returned a bit when we were not sure if centime was going to make it in the 6 weeks before her birth, but it is starting to lift again now she is here an seems to be doing well.
cunty scan anxiety is normal, even for folk who have not been through what we have. My ante-natal thread showed that. A few folk were just looking forward to seeing the pretty baybee on the screen but most were nervous.
fankle you are likely to be astonished at the rate of expansion from here on in!
frank how are things with HWHNN and the news about his relative?
C is doing well. When we were got there this morning they were getting her out of the incubator and putting her in a cot, which is great. :) It means that she is dressed (cuuuuuuuuute) and much easier to handle. She just needs to start feeding now, either from breast or bottle. I'd prefer boob, but she isn't showing much interest, so we are going to persist with that plus tube feeds during the day for now, but try bottles of expressed milk at night and see if she prefers that. Frankly, much as I want to bf, at this point I would do anything to just get her home asap, and the main thing is that her delicate little tummy gets the good stuff from the boob by whatever delivery method.
I'm shattered today. The stress, sleep deprivation (no crying baby but I need to express at night to keep the supply up) and loss of nearly a litre of blood seem to be finally taking their toll. Neeeeeeeed sleeeeeeeep.