NO NEWS HERE. My efnik womble is still quite achey and my hips feel like they have softened (does that make any sense to those of you who have already had your bambinos ?) It's an odd feeling, but it feels more bendy and stretchy than usual. I have had terrible preggo insomnia the last couple of nights because I can't get comfy, but am trying to remain in good spirits by stuffing my chubby face full of mince pies at every available opportunity. Physically I am struggling a bit now, but part of me is quite sad about the fact that I'm going to have to share the nipper with everyone else when s/he is born. That probably makes me sound a bit crazy and possessive but I like the closeness of it being just me and the baby. That said, I could jot go on for much longer because I look like a Terry's Chocolate Orange on legs.
onions I loved the cock of Christ story with DD1, by the way. Bloody hilarious. Nat Geo are broadcasting a programme about Christ's foreskin (I shit you not) over the next week or so. If you really want to ignite the topic again with her, get that on the tv and see what she makes of it ! Christmas is such an emotive time and the present issue can really make people fall out. I do think that you're absolutely right about family members spending time with the kids throughout the year - don't shower them with loads of unnecessary gifts because it means jack shite if you don't have time for them the other eleven months of the year. I don't think that view makes you a middle class bastard though 
dildals in my experience, on the whole the working classes generally spend more (and get more presents) than the middle classes. I remember my nan and grandad, god love them, buying me absolutely sackfuls of stuff for Christmas. I think it was because they literally got feck all when they were little because they were so damn poor (my grandad and his brothers and sisters were one meal from the poor house on several occasions). As they were both working and earning a bit of money, all they wanted to do was spend it on their families at Christmas. That was a direct reaction to their childhood (which was in their very recent memory) and in context with my relationship with them, as I saw them twice a week and stayed with them at weekends. A display of lots of presents could seem vulgar to the middle classes.....
As I don't see myself as any damn class at all, I think that I would like the nipper to know the value of anything they have, and will probably make buying, wrapping and giving a present to a charity part of the Christmas ritual. That probably makes me sound really 'worthy' but I think it's important to think of others who don't have anything.....anyway, I'll get off the soap box now 
crisps still thinking about our Nancy and sending you all lots of love. I hope you've managed to make the flat nice for DD1 and P (I don't know if she's DD2 or DD3!). Listen to dildals - she may name her mattresses and her number 2's, but she knows what she's talking about, the crazy lady that she is.
motor I am glad that you got some reassurance from your GP. Sometimes, them taking the time is all that it takes.....I wish they understood that a bit more. Every time I go to my doctors, I am greeted by a huge sign which says 'APPOINTMENTS WITH GP's LAST TEN MINUTES' which really makes you feel cared for and valued 
. I generally ignore it and yak on for as long as I need to. I am sorry to hear about your friend too. X
shazza how is sister-in-jaws ? Is it safe to go back in the water 
? I hope that you are taking being away in your stride now you have been there a few more days. Hat said, I get you can't wait to get back home and settle into a routine with shazlett which won't be interrupted.
buzzbuzz I had some really insensitive comments after my MC too. The best one was 'I thought you would have got over it by now' followed closely by my sociopath of a boss at the time who 'couldn't understand why I hadn't gone back to work within three weeks of it happening'. Erm, because I waited for it to pass naturally for a week and a half (which I didn't want to happen at work) and then then when it didn't, booked in for an ERPC, which took a few days to organise and was then signed off for a week afterwards to recover from it YOU STUPID INSENSITIVE BITCH. She really covered herself in glory when she placed a newspaper article on my desk entitled 'Why multiple miscarriages won't prevent you from getting pregnant' when I wasn't in the office.....it was there for a day or so, so anyone walking by would have seen it.....and I sat right by a printer which was always in use by everyone in my team. 
. For many, many reasons she deserved a slap but I really wanted to knock her teeth out for that one.
Hi to everyone else. Are we all ready for Father Christmas ? I am having a coffee whilst DP 'tidies the house' (this involves him huffing and puffing with a hoover). My womble feels like it's going to explode.....