morning ladies, hope you all had a good weekend (and didn't get the hailstorms/torrential rain/tornadoes that we had down here!)
Nikki - glad to hear your first birth was a good experience, I am getting tired of only hearing people's horror stories!! Why do they think we want to hear about how terrible and painful their labour and birth was? A bit jealous you are having a sling meet - I wasn't able to get to any locally, so did loads of reading, and have ordered a BabyHawk mae tai from the US (only £10 more than over here, plus I get it customised with a pocket, longer straps (for DH as he is quite big), and choice of fabrics). I felt I could justify the expense because I plan on carrying baby a lot, both around the house and out on dog walks (I can't wait to be able to get back to my long walks in the forest, its been months!!!).
Jasper - ditto for the birth story

I've been reading Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth - lots of lovely positive stories in there too
Curlytails - I bought a couple of cheap button through nighties from Matalan, about £6 each I think they were. I thought 1 for labour, and one to change into afterwards. I've also got a couple of longline vest tops, which will be better for in the pool - closer fitting, the nightie will be too floaty for in the water I think. Of course by then I probably won't care what I'm wearing!! I just need to sort out toiletries - will pick up some of those little travel size bottles today to put my shampoo and stuff into, then that is it I think for the bag.
Sasha - welcome, have a happy 3rd trimester
AFM, gettng thoroughly fed up with my lack of energy and dizzy spells - we were in John Lewis yesterday, and I only lasted ten minutes before we had to go to the cafe and get a drink! I could really do with going into town to do some shopping,but I am genuinely worried about going on my own in case I start to feel ill again. If I was still working, I'd have had to take either sick leave or start maternity early - no way I could have been working feeling like this. I'm restricting myself to very short trips out at the moment, and dog walks are limited to the local woods and park where I know the location of all the benches should I need to sit down!! I'm not so bad outdoors, but warm or stuffy shops just do me in completely. Hate to sound like I am moaning, I feel like I can't really complain about anything, after all we put a lot of money and effort into get me in this condition!! Doesn't make it any more fun to cope with though. I will be getting some raspberry leaf tea today, no idea if it works or not, but worth a try! I really do not want to go massively over the due date.
Anyone else obsessing over names? I'm spending far too much time on baby name sites. We have a decent short list already, but part of me is convinced we are missing the "perfect" name, so I keep searching!