my pics I sell them for £25 with p&p. I do jersey and fleece, I'm still using the ones I first made when Tink was 4 months, never had problem with them being stretchy. Jersey is heavier than normal t-shirt jersey, but still quite light (I wore mine around Menorca last year and Tink was the coolest in my family!) Fleece is a little heavier than mircofleece, it's actually quite cool in most weathers. I have a zip file with "swatches" in, if you want a look.
That makes sense Jamilla, I was just writing what I had found. I think it is a shame we have become so medicalised towards pregnancy (from someone who can't carry babies on her own or to term with drugs) and routine pregnancies have become so difficult.
"i take aspirin and heparin injections daily which i will need be be weaned off in advance of birth,"
Aspirin shouldn't be a problem, Heparin (Clexane?) is fine after 12 hours. The only reason it would be a problem in birth is if you need an epidural (why I had to have a GA for my CS) so they may want to stop it and induce, which they mentioned would be the plan for me (I was in labour and they said "what's the plan for when you give birth?" "I don't know, they're telling me next Friday" )
should i be any more worried about the next 5 weeks?
Babies move all the time, she still has plenty of space to move around in and may settle head down before you go into labour, she may even turn in labour.
is there an increased chance of early labour with a footling/mishaped uterus?
Don't know, don't use my story as a proof to anything as it's more likely to be because I had a premature labour before.
is she less likely to turn now being footing as apposed to other breech positions?
See previous answer.
should i just give up and accept she will born by elective section as after 3 m/cs just getting her this far has been a struggle?
No, not at all. She could turn or settle into a frank position so with the right support you could be able to deliver her.
i feel cheated by the whole process of pregnancy/loss/birth and i am worried this will affect me over the longer term
I feel the same. For me having a GA/CS at 31 weeks made it worse. I didn't believe I was pregnant because I had m/c at 8 weeks then had my first daughter at 20 weeks. Not sure it was I didn't think I was pregnant, just I didn't think pregnancy meant I was going to have a baby. Missing out on her birth, especially after having a really good labour and delivery last time, after how I felt in pregnancy messed my head up. I still feel like a baby sitter to her, but I'm working through that with the hospital. My nurse asked me if I felt that way, I told him I was her babysitter and he said it's a normal feeling after what I had been through.
Speak to your obstetrician about your feelings and see if they can get you to see the mother and baby psychologist or their nurse to help you to deal with your feelings as you could be a risk for PND.
Do you have Hughes by any chance?
tinierclanger I was high risk and by the sounds of it so is jules, so I had at least one scan a week from 20 weeks and three from 24 weeks. So we were aware of everything she was doing, even what her favourite food was! (she still is a curry baby!)