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@Mrs squirreld: 6 days?!! That's so exciting!! It's going to be amazing when you get there and you can spend the next few weeks really making it feel like home. Let us know how the move goes - a three day drive sounds a bit tiring at this stage so take lots of water and snacks with you.

Here are some nursery pics. The photos are terrible!!

@Mrs squirreld: I love a good road trip!! It's a shame my DH hates it - he is a terrible passenger but hates driving! I can't even begin to imagine a 3 day car journey right now, though, especially in this heatwave we are having over here (which would be like one of your winters!) but I guess your cars are better equipped to deal with hot weather, with decent air-con etc. It's been 30c here (86f) and we're really not coping!!

Woodland cave sounds wonderful!!! Have you already bought everything you need to set the nursery up?

@Mrs squirreld: You can play it be ear when you set it up. You don't have to use everything if it looks too busy. I suspect it will look lovely though! 0-10c is like most of the year here. I hate the cold!!! I'd love to live somewhere scorching hot! Even heavily pregnant I'm getting out in the sun as much as possible! This picture is from the weekend before last at a music festival! It's just the night that is hard to cope with - we don't have air con in our homes here and our bedroom has been 28c at night, even with two fans on. Not good.

@Mrs squirreld: GASP!!!! That's outrageous!! Mind, air con isn't cheap to run I guess. It'll be worth it for the gorgeous weather and beautiful scenery.... you'll be by the beach, right?

@Mrs squirreld: I'm soooo jealous (in a happy for you kind of way, of course!). I live in the only county in the UK that doesn't have a coast. One day we will live by the sea... but the place we really want to move to in North Yorkshire has very high levels of unemployment and it doesn't seem fair to bring kids up there, even if we could get jobs there ourselves. We will see, difficult economic times never last forever, do they?

@Mrs squirreld: I didn't realise you had crime in Australia?!! lol. Not sure I'd enjoy cyclone season much to be fair!! Wishing you all the very best with your move, post pics when you get to your new house - and especially of your nursery!!!

@Mrs squirreld: Thank you!!! I will think of you thinking of me thousands of miles away on Sunday and it will make me smile!

@chibee: Chuckle!! Its dragged for me!! POAS feels like a lifetime ago! How are you? How did your procedure go?

@Cherrybee: @Mrs squirreld: It seems like you guys are both having a rough week, just wanted to let you guys know I'm thinking of you guys!

@Cherrybee: just trying to enjoy the summer. It's been a bit hectic since we've been going through some house renovation projects but its nearing the end so I feel much less stressed. I still can't believe you have a baby!! I know things have been a bit rough for you but I hope it's smooth sailing from here on put for you.

@chibee: I LOVE wood look tiles. I want to do out first floor in it. Did you install yourselves?

Up with contractions, ugh. Currently sitting in the glider hoping my water doesn't break, on it because I simply cannot lie down any more.

@Mrs squirreld: that's the annoying part, it keeps changing! Nothing is consistent but I'm getting back labor so in some pretty real pain right now. Right now they're 14 min apart and 40 seconds long. An hour ago they were 7 min apart and 1min long. I just got woken out of a snooze by a sudden intense grip on my lower spine.

@StrawberryBee: I had back labor, and found a lot of comfort sitting on the toilet, hunched over. Or on your hands and knees with your butt up...it should take some of the pressure off of your back. If you're looking get things moving you might consider nipple stimulation...I tested out my breast pump. It's a generally accepted method of natural induction, but my understanding is that it really only works if your body is ready/already in early labor, which is sounds like you are.

Good luck!

@Mrs squirreld: every time I get up contractions seem to slow.

@FutureMrsMcK: thanks! I've tried every position I can think of and no relief :(.

So, I had contractions all night at 11min apart, and now it's more like 20. Sigh. Really hope it's doing something and I'm at least dilating. Ow.

@chibee: omg I just saw your other post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Huge hugs!!!

@marionberry: thank you I am still in disbelief! Like I need to go home ASAP and do a digital to see the words you know? I can't even believe this is happening!

@Cherrybee: responding to you here - I told dh immediately well I first told him I was late and he was like take a test right now and I was at work! But like a freak I had a few wondfos stashed at work so I took it and called him. We are both a little nervous but starting to get really excited! I'm the last of us to join in on the pregnancy train!!

@chibee: You being last just means you'll have all the advice you'll ever need. Between the few of us, we're sure to have gone through pretty much anything you'll face. Take pics of that "pregnant" and share it with us!