Oh dear - DH's cousin in Florida has just set fire to her apartment, it's totally wrecked and turns out she has no insurance, it will cost at least $25,000. Apparently she was making popcorn in the microwave late at night. 400 residents were evacuated between 1-4 am, now they want her out of the building, she is in her 60s (with bleach blonde hair) and has anorexia and lots of other things wrong with her. She has no close relatives and nowhere to stay. Poor woman. My DH will probably have to go over there and help her sort it all out... I hate being left alone with DD for more than a few days, I really admire single mothers!
PotPourri - hope you get better soon, that sounds awful! I didn't know you could break a rib coughing.
Pelvic floor exercises, yes important! But I think they might be even more important after the birth. Sorry for TMI but for a good few months after giving birth to an OP (back to back) baby (which apparently means a bigger head circumference when it passes through the birth canal), I peed my knickers every time I laughed, sneezed, coughed or jumped. Trying out a kids' trampoline was not a good idea! Now I'm 90% back to normal thanks to pelvic floor exercising a few times a day, could probably be 100% if I wasn't so lazy. First timers - don't be too scared or ashamed if this happens to you, it will get better and apparently you can get special help too if needed. Ulrika Johnson (a fellow Swede!) did a newspaper interview about this subject a while ago and she said that apparently lots of women suffer this in silence but shouldn't have to as you can get better. Of course Tena don't want you to know that... Ok, rant over!
Names names names... that's just another reason to find out the sex for us... I'm kinda hoping for a boy this time but we find it hard to come up with a boy's name so if it's another girl we don't have to worry as we have a name already.
Perhaps some hospitals have a policy of not telling because they don't want upset parents complaining if it turns out to be wrong...