Hope everything's going well top and ilove!
Bex I've had sharp pains down below for all of mine when I get past 30 weeks ish, it's just been baby putting pressure down there - it is horrible though!
My waters have broken at home twice whilst I was in bed, but they didn't go with a big gush, just a popping sort of sound and then they dribbled for ages, so luckily didn't destroy the mattress! We had a waterproof mattress cover on too though.
Hope you manage to get the room finished Ella
Aisha I don't think any hospitals in the UK take the baby away into a nursery, and they don't here either in NZ where I am. I wouldn't have liked it all personally as I just would have worried about my dc and not slept, so wouldn't have helped me much 
. A friend of mine here, however, had her dc1 in Mauritius and they took the baby away into a nursery and just brought him back to feed and she liked it and was disappointed that they didn't do that here, so I guess it does some work for some!
I had a C-section last time and they let me keep dc3 in bed with me so I could easily feed him and cuddle him, and they helped me with nappy changes if I needed it. I didn't find I bonded any less with dc3 compared to my 2 vaginal births, in fact I was a lot less tired this time (had two traumatic births though) so felt a bit more able to stay awake and stare at him :) I did find the recovery longer with the C-section but I managed to look after my 2 dc (3 and 1 then) at home once dh went home after 2 weeks and do a birthday party for dc1 2 weeks later, so wasn't too bad.
Quick question - those of you that have had more than one C-section, did you find the recovery worse the second time?
theonlyseven another one having their 4th dc :) That's 3 of us on this thread! How old are your other dc?