Did you get hail up there naat - down here on the flat, we just got the crazy sun/downpour/sun/downpour combination. My washing dried and got wet again twice in the space of five hours! Very confusing - very spring though isn't it.
Fascinated by this circumcision talk. I had absolutely no idea there was so much to it. I don't know how to discretely put this, as a mature lady trying to register her daughter at a christian school, but when it comes to passionate moments, my personal view is the snipped variety are more pleasant and the untouched ones are a little more whiffy - the body fluids seem to hang around a bit more in the creases and folds . But on a prudish note, I've watched so few porn movies bunny that I would have no idea. Does that mean uncircumcised men who have huge movie aspirations have to have it done as an adult - now that would be painful surely!!!!
ermintrude - shall check out that link as curious to learn more now. It sounds like you have been quite busy lately. I am manically writing lists and trying to get everything finished. Currently hunting for a cleaner to help out 2-3 hours a week with bathrooms and ironing, as they seem to be the first to slide! littleS aren't bathrooms difficult to do at 8 months pregnant.
effie - my mother has mild epilepsy and also can't cope well with pressure. The week we flew out and she met her grandaughter for the first time, she had four seizures that week - the worst I had ever seen and she was in a right state. It was hard knowing that our visit had brought them on, because she had a lack of confidence about being a grandmother, and had become so anxious that she got in a real state (she would never acknowledge that). It is such a ridiculously paradoxical situation - on the one hand she was so excited to be a grandmother, but on the other, that she could turn that into something so negative and harmful to herself. And like laura says, sometimes you just wish everyone could be normally happy for you and make a nice little fuss, instead of all these extreme reactions going on. But I suspect extreme reactions are more common that I used to think.
laura - I always worried that you weren't putting enough weight on, especially when you were fainting. I was determined to only put on the recommended 11-13.5kg, but have actually put on 15.5kg, but my appetite has gone too silk and I have remained the same weight for the past three weeks, so hopefully I am over the worst of it.
bigcar - can the church occupy the higher moral ground when it behaves in such a shameless manner!!! Or is it all about coercement!!!! Blimey, I think I'm going to be off to church tomorrow to pray for a solution to my dilemma. DP is very anti church so I can't expect any help there - the school was so lovely though, just perfect, and the other one personality-less and uninspiring. Oh dear!
june - sorry to hear about your day. My bp popped up a couple of times but like you, once I got to the Day Assessment Centre it was back to normal. Do not worry, they are usually being over cautious, which is a good thing. I would love to have a doula but as expecting quick birth, really not much point. I think they would be wonderful for all first timers and it sounds a lovely idea. Glad your dh agrees.
effie - how exciting that it is all happening so quickly. My friend had the choice of 30 Nov or 1st Dec and chose 1st Dec because her birthday and her dd's were in Dec and she liked the idea of them all being Dec babies.
Today I asked my neighbour and good friend if she would come to the hospital with me if dp out of town. She has since sent all six phone numbers that she and her dh have between them!!!! Home/mobile/PA's etc. She works from home, which is the big plus so will be around and just over the fence which is so reassuring. She said she can drive suitably fast if needs be and as she has a 1.5 yr old and is newly pregnant, is 'in the know' with the hospital and current procedures etc which is quite reassuring too. So I feel much better now.