Only been off for a few days again and there's loads to catch up on!
Wunna - Glad to hear that you're feeling more positive about things and the new job with less hours and same salary sounds great!
Sorry to hear that Matthew hasn't been moving as much and that you have an infection. Hope that the antibiotics are doing their job and you're feeling better now. How's the kick chart going?
Pink - How are things going with your OH now? I don't blame you for not wanting to get rid of the lizards, we have quite a few pets too (2 dogs, 2 tortoises, 3 snakes and a rabbit) and I couldn't imagine getting rid of any, they're like members of the family (especially the dogs!).
Glad everything is ok with baby, sorry to hear about the stress with the first midwife - sounds like it's definitely good that you're switching hospitals though! P.S Your bump pics are gorgeous and I love the pics of Ruby!
Mdscpa - People have commented that I still look like i'm carrying high too and I was really anxious about the fact that bump hadn't dropped - I REALLY don't want to go overdue as baby is already measuring big, but when I saw midwife last week she said i'm actually 3/5 engaged
For some reason it's not displaying your bump pics for me, there's just like a cross where the pic should be
Sarah - It was about time you saw someone who took you seriously! I'm so pleased that your new midwife got your referrals through quickly and it sounds like the appts. with physio and consultant went well
Hope that the exercises the physio recommended help and also hope your little man is feeling better from the chest infection now too x
Nilla - Thanks for the updates
I'm glad to hear your Abel's weight is going back up and that you've been able to pump more. Love that he settled down when you sang to him, that's just so cute
Eppgirl - I can't believe they've let you go all this time thinking you could try a VBAC and then tell you too late to do anything about it that their policy is a c-section
At least you feel ELCS is the better choice for your circumstances, but you should have had the option x
On the subject of leaking already, i've had the occasional (minor) leak from my left boob since before 20 weeks but in the last few weeks it's getting worse and the right boob is now doing it too. Last week I was sat on the sofa and managed to leak through a breast pad and bra and had a huge wet patch on my t-shirt in quite a short period of time
I mentionned it to the midwife when I saw her because sometimes my boobs get really sore too and then when they leak it's sometimes like 'pressure' is released and the aching feeling stops, so I asked if I could express or something to help with this and she advised me not too as apparantly stimulating the nipples that way (even by hand) can cause early contractions.
I hadn't heard about avoiding chocolate or cheese - these are definitely regular foods i'm eating at the minute so will definitely need to get out of that habit!
I need to pull my finger out and start taking bump pics, I really wanted to do this but I think I got a few at 4,5,6 weeks... then one about 11 weeks, then one about 28 weeks, one about 32 weeks and that's it
we move on the 23 and baby shower will be the 24th, thought I may as well get it over and done with seen as I'm 10 mins away from friends and family. Even hoping to have a few over from America 
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Baby showers are awesome!!!!
I go in and get an internal exam (OMEHOLYCRAP did that hurt!). No dilation and she thinks it is plug. 
