motor lots of us had persistent spotting in the first trimester. Most of the time it has been due to implantation (the placenta implants at the end of the 1st trimester) or a haematoma or is unexplained. Cramping, if not severe, is everything stretching. I would have thought that if you saw the bubby a few days ago and it looked fine, if something had gone wrong now with it rather than one of the more innocuous reasons you would be having heavy bleeding and severe cramping. I know it's very nervewracking but try to think that it is much more likely to be nothing to worry about.
Your BP was 80 over 60? That is extremely low! I normally have quite low BP and when I was at the midwife a couple of weeks' ago it was 92/64 but still not that low. Good excuse to eat lots of salty crisps. I do find I get a worse headrush than normal when standing up these days. I guess it's the extra blood volume. As you say it's also a great excuse to swoon when confronted with a disagreeable task, like the washing up.
dildals it's wonderful that Bella is becoming able to interact with you in those ways. Your description of her is so delightful too - although if I thought I was BFing my mum I would be a bit freaked out too! And mariana's right, BFing does hurt at first, especially when the milk lets down. But it doesn't last long and the sleepy joyful look they get when they are filled up with milk is (IMHO at least!) totally worth it. We used to say DS was 'munted on milk'.
mariana such a touching mother and daughter scene you describe! Like a page right out of the Boden catalogue. 
Whoever linked to the tuppenceandcrumble site with the star wraps thank you! I am too lazy to flip back to see who it was. They look so cute and practical I am definitely getting one. I just can't decide on a colour.
Someone also posted about the study reported on the BBC that gestation actually naturally varies up to 5 weeks. I also thought that was really interesting and made sense - why would gestation, unlike any other sequence of human development, vary so little in terms of length? Maybe it will help inform decisions to induce although it does make it a lot more unpredictable.
I've started having lots of Braxton Hicks contractions, particularly at night. It's kind of nice in a way as it reminds me that the end is in sight. And like you, expat if I don't feel the baby moving I start worrying until she wakes up and starts rummaging again. I'm trying not to get too hung up about it, it's so subjective whether it seems as though there is a change in her pattern of movement or not. She seems to move a lot first thing, then again mid-afternoon and then again in the evening but it really depends on what I'm doing as to how much I notice it. Really not long for you now though!