No baby news, I’m afraid.  I haven’t been blogging as I am finding that I am caring less and less about everything lately - part of late pregnancy inwards-focussing I guess!  Notable updates:

1. On Wednesday (6th), I got my Licence to Practise as a BFC - I’m finally qualified and my three years’ hard work has paid off.  I was so chuffed to bits to get the acceptance letter and thorough comments on my portfolio (which I don’t think I ever blogged about submitting! - It was huge and included all my academic work over the last 3 years, as well as lots of other supporting material) but the excitement has worn off as my body has encouraged me again to stop focussing on external things!

2. My pelvis is very painful now some days - some mornings I’m hobbling around the kitchen like an old woman getting breakfast for the girls.  I have to spend about an hour or so kneeling and leaning over my birth ball to loosen it all up.  Yoga is immensely helpful and I can’t believe I didn’t do with when I was expecting the girls.

3. Flopsy has had the sickness bug - the week before last - but I don’t think she had it too badly as it only lasted a night and a day.

4. Mopsy has had a really horrible non-specific virus with a wierd rash that hasn’t touched her torso and a very painful mouth.  She didn’t eat a thing for 4 days and just breastfed or cried or slept for about 24 hours at one point.  I think I’ve proved that nipple stimulation doesn’t actually work as a natural induction technique!  She’s now eating again, at long last, but both girls have a very nasty cough and Flopsy is needing her inhaler again.

5. Pre-labour has started - hurrah (sarcastic!).  I’m getting runs of contractions at night (as I did with the girls) and baby is very, very low now.  Yesterday and today I have been uncontrollably nesting.  This has all started earlier than it did with the girls so maybe this baby won’t come so late.  I swing every minute from hoping baby comes early, to hoping I don’t miss out on the fun things we’ve got planned over the next 10 days.  I’m excited about labour and birthing, and looking forward very much to the girls meeting the baby, but I’m also looking forward to DH’s Christmas do on Saturday, and putting the Christmas tree up etc.  On the other hand, despite vaguely looking forward to these things, I’m not really that enthusiastic about anything other than the contractions I’m having anyway - and the odd period of time that my back’s not hurting!

6. My closest friend rang last night to tell me she’s engaged so I’m very excited for her and her fiance.  I haven’t seen her for 10 months, and I think probably haven’t spoken to her for nearly as long - we have a wonderful friendship that allows us to pick up where we left off however long the gap between communications.  She’s hoping to come and stay in February and I can’t wait.

I think that’s it…might go and surf some other blogs now and maybe leave a few comments around the place.  Hope I feel a pull back to the blogosphere again once the baby’s born - I kind of miss blogging, but also feel so unenthusiastic about everything and blogging comes into that, unfortunately!  DH reckons I’ll be spending my labour posting updates on here LOL!