Hello, sorry it's taken me a little while to come back and update!
So having completely convinced myself that I was definitely going to go overdue and have a really long labour, I went to bed still pregnant on Friday evening (3 days before due date) and by Saturday morning I had a baby!!
Waters went quite dramatically around midnight. Within minutes I was getting pains every 2-3 minutes but I told DH they couldn't possibly be contractions yet as this definitely wasn't how they'd described things in antenatal class 
. On the drive to the hospital they became extremely painful and we started to wonder whether maybe they were proper contractions after all. By 1am I was being examined and already needed gas and air - I was 4cm dilated!
Went to labour ward where contractions got very intense. Baby was back to back and I didn't really feel anything at all in my abdomen, it was all in my back which was unexpected. Used pool and gas and air and would DEFINITELY have got an epidural if my labour had gone on longer, but as it turned out that wasn't an option as by next exam I was 10cm. 40 mins later DD was born! Just under 8lbs. Not sure I'd describe it as a "good" experience but at least it was quick!
Unfortunately after that it got a little dramatic as delivery of the placenta didn't go well and I lost a lot of blood. Had to stay in hospital a couple of nights to recover but we're home now and doing well.
DD is absolutely gorgeous and am enjoying spending time with her. Finding breastfeeding tough but it seems to be a little easier each day. She had a huge crying session last night which went on forever and was so hard to deal with. Hopefully as time goes on we'll get better at recognising her cues and what she actually wants from us! DH has been just incredible and so supportive.
So that's me! Def up for a postnatal thread so we can share tips. Good luck to all of you still waiting, it won't be long now 
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And huge congrats pikz!!!