Don’t know how often I’ll feel like posting, but have had contractions since last night, hurting my back when lying down.  Managed to get some sleep in the night but of course, being excited and hopeful, found it quite hard!  The contractions have continued into the morning, now about every 10 minutes or so - still irregular but getting more painful.  MW has been here for the last couple of hours and is off out now for a bit - she says that if things go off the boil, she suggests a sweep to get things started again, rather than waiting for labour to start all over again.  I kind of feel the same way so am happy with that.  Other than that she’s very hands off so is happy for no VEs unless I want them etc.  DH is back from work now and Mum is on her way so after DH has changed out of his suit (not exactly good clothing for a birth!) we’ll start getting the house ready for labour.  I’m still only niggling, now, though, so don’t expect any birth announcements just yet - I’m thinking of middle of the night kind of time - hope Flopsy gets to see it as she really wants to!  I’m feeling very excited and a bit disbelieving after all this time that it is actually it (and it’s not even the due date yet!) but have got to that point that I’m relishing the pain!  What a saddo!