I didn't lose any hair either. But after birth my skin worsened and I lost the preggers glow and my leg hair regrew with avengeance. Boo. However it was just fab not having a canteloupe melon under my skin anymore.
I think 41 weeks is considered the gestation of a baby pretty much universally across Northern Europe, there is an evolutionary argument that in a highly seasonal climate such as ours where you have a long period of winter scarcity - babies would be slower to cook. Shame NICE and the NHS aren't more enlightened.
Fatpony the room is lovely but yes a sheepskin in puking distance of the cot wouldn't be my choice of location! Maybe on the back of a rocking chair / feeding chair (if you have one) to keep you cosy during night feeds? Just don't wind baby over your shoulder. I might be tempted to move a fluffy white sheepskin to a different room full stop actually.
I'm glad the two weeks earlier thing seems to be being generally filed as 'tosh' and an old wives tale - this baby has the all clear from us to come after 35 and ideally 36 weeks (like his / her brother) but earlier would be very hard as it would be very tough to try to balance my time between trying to pump milk / BF a new baby in the NICU and spend enough time with a very loving little 22 month wee boy who would miss his Mummy badly if I wasn't there for extended periods. Taking a toddler into the NICU just isn't realistic because of infection risks. Snotty toddlers and frail babies aren't a good mix. I do hope he/she can hang on another 3 weeks.
I have to say that I know no one for whom the 'two weeks earlier' rule has worked in real life. Though most pals did indeed have their second earlier than their first, it was by a matter of days or maybe a week (and my sister by 11 weeks!). I have noticed that folk that needed induced for their first, needed induced for their second too.
I was awoken about 3am by baby trying to turn from breech to vertex. It was like something out of alien and pretty uncomfortable at this stage! Sadly they didn't manage it, despite me hopping out of bed enthusiastically to help with a bit of gravity. I hope they are not being restricted by a short cord? He / she keeps trying to do it today so they clearly want to turn but are finding it hard to do.... Or maybe they just have a shit sense of direction like their brother! Am looking forward to our next scan on the 16th to check he or she is ok.