I really hope I look pregnant. THere's certainly a lot of extra mileage going on around my middle.
Another vote for co-sleeping here Working out how to breastfeed a baby lying down is one of the most important skills a sleep deprived woman can master But yes, it depends on the baby. I know women who've cos-lept with 4 children and then the 5th is having none of it, just wanting their own space dammit. But great to have it as one of the weapons in one's armoury.
Mummyloveslucy I had a back-to-back/posterior labour first time, with a baby who never turned, even going down the birth canal, and came out sunny side up. No one warned me in advance about how different a posterior labour is from an anterior one - the pain is excruciating by comparison, say those who've done both, and of course it's slower and the back ache is there throughout whereas in anterior labour, apparently you actually can relax between contractions. I'm determined to have a right-way-round baby this time - there are all sorts of books and websites with advice about getting your baby into the right position nearer the time if you're wanting to explore the VBAC BUT ABSOLUTELY BLOODY NOT POSTERIOR THANKYOU route. I've been told that posterior labour is a much smaller deal second time round anyway - there's more room for the baby to turn during labour. But that may only be the case for those of us who had a vaginal birth first time. Dunno.
When I started exploring this soom after getting pg this time, it really felt as if posterior labour is this secret ghastliness that noone talks about until someone opens the subject and then, for those that have had one, the flood gates open and the long labours and "failure to progress" and astonishing back ache and blah blah all emerges.