yes, congratulations SammyB!
TMI alert, but i have terrible diarrhoea at the moment - makes me wonder if it's my body clearing out for the big day - i otherwise feel fine, and still have no idea if the baby has dropped or not, although it does feel a little easier to breathe, and heartburn is easing off, but my bump definitely doesn't look any different...
i scoffed a bit at the "nesting" thing that people talk about, but i had the most bizarre urge to clear out all the shelves the other day - and i rarely have such urges! All of this makes me wonder if the baby will arrive before the 19th - in any case, i know my conception date, which was a full week before the one they calculate, although i realise that can be out by a few days..
otherwise, my BP is fluctuating wildly from being completely normal to over 140/95, which is slightly worrying me .. but it seems to go down after listening to my hypnobirthing cds, which i don't think are actually hypnotising me, but are at least very calming. anyway, after doing tests, dr just says i should buy myself a BP monitor - which of course will make me even more of a hypochondriac than i already am..
Gosh, littleray, sounds like you're getting close to the big day indeed! and yes, i'm also pretty anxious about the whole birth (but as a first-timer) - not so much worried that it'll be too fast, but rather than it'll just be way too slow and drawn out.
Also, what are people feeling about pain relief? I have nothing against an epidural, but a couple of people have told me they were hugely relieved in retrospect that they couldn't have one (dilated too fast etc) because their actual pushing stage ended up being really quick, but would probably have been much slower with the epidural. Would be interested to hear experiences from 2+ timers..
anyway, sorry for overly long post...