i'm due on thew 29th July. i'm also thinking that it seems very far off... i want a bump, to feel 'it' kick, have the twenty week scan, buy all of the big stuff. it doesn't feel like it's happening quick enough to me. the other thing that's doing my head in is maternity leave... i want to go earlier rather than later, but because we're having an extension built, to house the nursery!!, i've got to get back to full time work quite quick and earn a few more pennies (we got pregnant faster than i evre could imagine!) so i would like more paid time off after, thank god it's the half term holidays this week, a chance to think things through, do some more sums... try to find a way to manage it all. sorry to ramble on and hiack your thread by the way...