Right - back now and managed to read through most of the posts, not that I'll remember half of them, I'm sure!!
MrsMcJnr - pleased to hear that there is no additional risk to your lo. That must be a relief for you!
Rubles - snap! We left ds with a babysitter on Saturday afternoon and went to see The Bourne Ultimatum - fab film!! I think the last time we went to the cinema was just before ds was born so over 18 months ago and we saw Underworld Evolution, I think...
Uki - glad to hear that you are getting some sleep! That's fantastic for such a little lo! I'm sure there'll be a few more of us moving on to the other thread soon - only 5 weeks to go and I do have a strong feeling that bubba might come early...
MOM - good news on your m/w appointment. I had the same m/w all the way through last time, but she wasn't around at the birth. She's unfortunately retired now so I am seeing a different one for my AN care. As for the birth, see below!
Bouncing - we got tiny baby stuff (up to 7lb 5oz) for ds as they had concerns about him being small. Unless there are similar concerns, I think you'd be fairly safe going for the bog standard newborn stuff - Next stuff comes up very big, btw. I would only get a pack of 3 vests and 3 sleepsuits, personally, to tide you through the hospital and send your dh out to buy more once you know how big/small bubba is. Also, you'll probably get given loads of outfits in newborn stuff anyway...
EllieG - think it's St. Thomas which has a walk-in EPU clinic, but if you're unsure of dates, I would have thought your GP might refer you for an early scan anyway...
Feedmenow - good to hear you sounding so positive. Now you just have to hold onto that feeling. We didn't get a doppler, but sometimes in early pg, I wished we had one. Once you can feel the baby moving, it gets so much easier, but difficult to keep positive all the time before then, I found.
Fettle - I hope you were suitably spoilt on your anniversary. This lo is due on our second wedding anniversary (and dh had the V&D bug last year) so not holding out much hope of celebration this year!
On my part, turns out that East Surrey hospital is massively overstretched at the moment so dh is now happier about the idea of a home birth which I'm booked in for. (We're lucky 'cos East Surrey is only 5 minutes drive from where we live so it would be easy to get there in an emergency.) Then I heard about a woman who had a home birth and was in labour for 24 hours with the m/w turning up one hour before the baby was actually delivered, so am now trying to see if I can get independent m/w. Feeling slightly stressed and nervous about the whole thing.
This week is shaping up to be a challenge. Dh is away on a business trip in Vietnam and we finally moved ds' cot back into his own room on Saturday - cue crying in the middle of the night - he managed to cry for an hour in total last night!! Plus he is going through a clingy patch anyway which is made worse by the fact that dh is not around. I think he's terrified I'm going to disappear as well. It was awful leaving him at nursery this morning. So, I am probably going to have a good few disturbed nights this week with no support... Dh rang this morning and I was virtually in tears on the phone, I was so relieved to hear from him and ds seemed a bit happier to have "spoken" to his dadda...
Anyway, enough about me. Hello to everyone else on the thread.