Morning all! 17 weeks today! Woot! Starting to feel surprised at how big the belly seems every morning when I get up (though I know I ain't seen nothing yet!)
Ah, interesting Mad. This is why I refused to let them change my EDD at my 12 week scan. While it would be nice to be 17+5 today, I figured it wouldn't be worth the hassle coming out the far end. It helped that I'd had a private scan done by a consultant in that hospital about 10 days earlier, so the sonographer was happy enough to go with his dates, which he'd kept in line with my dates. But yes, you can resist induction. Much as I hate interventions, I personally wouldn't go much past the 2 weeks overdue guidelines, because there is apparently good evidence that babies do worse if they do "overcook" so to speak, but it's probably worth sticking to those 2 or so weeks by your own calculated dates if you're certain.
Mind you, I say all that and we'll probably all have Christmas/New Year babies & all this worry will be for nothing. 
Saras I'm sure baby's fine! But I know what you mean - now that I've started to feel little wriggles, I do start to poke & chat to him/her a bit if it gets to evening & I haven't managed to feel anything much all day. DH talking into my belly always seems to stir up a response. 
(Another reason to think I'm having a little girl - already SUCH a daddy's girl, by the feel of that. )
Lady that's really annoying. I was peeved with my DH cause he did the same thing to me last week - suddenly announced he couldn't make it due to work after knowing the date for weeks, but I managed to get the date of mine changed, & it's been brought forward a week! So I've got it at 18+6 instead of 19+6, which has worked out nicely for me.
Oh man, do I have another bout of growth spurt-induced misery to look forward to next week? Nice...