Right! Hi everyone! I've caught up I think.
Been completely wiped out today so just had afternoon nap. dh took me for breakfast this morning to a nice place by a lake, then I sat in the shade in the garden for a few hours reading and then went to bed. Absolutely cream-crackered.
Have no food in house and dh has gone to work so I'll have to order take-away :D
OK catching up...
Plug stuff - very interesting! So a mixture of stories, I will wait to see what (if anything) happens
JC - yes perhaps see about sling once baby's here? I knew I wanted the caboo and it was on offer which is why I bought it. My baby has high chance of having hip dysplasia so I bought the Ergo carrier when I saw one for cheap. But as the others have said you can go to sling library and try them out, or our NCT session had some to try also which was fun.
Cat nets - heard they are a waste of money. Most people say that the cats just don't go near the baby's crib once it's here. If anyone's interested I wrote a blog post recently for my work on preparing for baby with cats - it's on the Facebook page if anyone wants to read it. It was checked and added to by a qualified cat behaviourist.
It did annoy me because when it was published on social media some folk commented saying 'this is a fuss about nothing, the cats will just cope' but that just isn't true - cats are so much more sensitive than people think and so many people give up their cats after a baby or other turmoil because cat starts soiling house or other unwanted behaviour, due to people not bothering to think ahead and prepare them for it. I see it all the time on the MN litter tray threads that cats are soiling houses and first reaction is 'I've got a baby, cat will have to go'. I'm always jumping on and offering behavioural advice. Having also worked in rescue centres I've seen the number of cats and other animals brought in as result of person being pregnant and deciding to rehome their pet. The pets are usually the first to suffer - either by being rehomed or ignored and they then become unhappy and stressed.
But what do I know? I should know by now not to argue with people as 'they've owned cats for 20+ years so they know what they're talking about'. Grr...
(rant over)
My cats are my family and will stay part of my family, so we need to make sure we help them to adjust to baby arriving and make it as stress free as possible.
honey - yes, you will get a lot of inappropriate or unwanted comments. Lots of 'was it planned?', or 'ooh look at how huge you are!', or unsolicited bump touching. I got from my mil 'I'm not getting excited until the baby's here' because she fully expected me to MC. Nice.
Early scan - totally your choice to make. I had one because of having had one with my previous pregnancy and there being a suspected ectopic and then mc, as I wanted to know there was definitely something there this time. Chances of mc after hearing hb at 8 weeks drop considerably, so if you do have early scan I would wait til 8 weeks.
mae hooray for no bleeding!
would link to stats sheet is in the header post, but here it is too! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oLJqpadAb2givKYq8OJfGCti3s6xzsTGlI-GoaBfM_M/edit#gid=0 You have to be on PC to amend.
Crampy feelings are normal in early pregnancy, although unnerving! My dm used to say it was baby nestling in and settling down for the long term.
dulcet poor birdy :( I wouldn't try cervical dislocation if you're not confident as it can go wrong - you basically have to pull out and twist though, it's over in seconds. Used to have to do it as part of my job.
If you go to Boots baby club they have some lovely unisex stuff - purples, greens. I bought some stuff there and I really like it.
mae on this thread we have NFMA (news from my arse) due to the amount of arse rain/constipation! 
Epic post - sorry