Ooh good tip about the nappies, Fern, Let's hope for a sunny autumn then! What type of nappies are you going for? We've picked out some prefolds with wraps and someone has persuaded me to try a wool soaker with them too (I find them hard to believe in, though, so I'm only making one).
I get the Braxton Hicks sometimes too, usually quite a few together several times over a day and then none for a few days. They often follow times I've been laughing a lot, so I told DH his job is to line up some good comedy on i-player or something, in case it helps me speed up the labour when it starts.
It's so nice that your mum is still so excited about a new grandchild that she got you lots of clothes for your new arrival, Super. Ours will be my mum's first and she is bubbling over with excitement. She has made two quilts (a bed one for when he's a bit older and a floor mat), knitted two blankets (nice size for the car seat) and is making a crocheted shawl, which I'll use as a receiving blanket. She also gave me some newborn baby clothes she’d kept from when my brother and I were born, including the outfit my brother wore home from the hospital. There are also four tiny brushed cotton nightshirts, which I remembered my brother wearing. On one, I can see the remains of some pink ribbons that had been trimmed away when they were used for him, so I think it must have been mine first! I was planning to make some similar ones as they make changing the baby so easy at night and I couldn’t find any in the shops. They are all in such good condition that either we must have outgrown them quickly or it’s true that they made things to last in those days!