well, still no sign of baby, but...
I've just got home from the hospital, as I was woken this morning by contractions and some pretty serious bleeding. hospital decided bleeding wasn't quite serious enough, so I've been sent home to type this between contractions, I mean, labour at home.

so baby may arrive sometime this week, yay!

driving up the M11 was fun in rush hour though, as all the HGVs appeared to be locked in some sort of epic drag race all the fucking way to Cambridge. However, I kept the mood light between moans and pointed out every honda accord I saw on the way. there were lots of them.
( ascorbate, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:21, 17 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

This is the beginning
of the end of being free and having money.

Good luck!
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:28, Reply)

he he
I was a student until last April, so know all about not having money :-) the freedom thing is more terrifying, but we'll hopefully cope.

ooh, these contractions are a bugger.
( ascorbate, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:34, Reply)

HGVs shouldn't be allowed to use the outside lane
if it's busy. They do this in Germany and it works fine. It results in a lot of grumpy lorry drivers, but let's face it, the speed difference is only the tolerance of their speed limiters anyway, which is why they take so bloody long to get past each other.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:31, Reply)

lorry drivers
should have some kind of KERS to allow them to overtake in less than half an hour.
( djtrialprice, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:40, Reply)

lorry drivers should stop being such a bunch of whinging cunts
yes, you may move things around the country, but anyone can do you your fucking job so stop being so self important.

Also, they should only ever be allowed in the inside lane. stupid cunts.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:43, Reply)

lorry drivers
should just fuck off.

Build a road for lorries only, and send it through the shittiest parts of the country - see how much they moan to get back on proper roads after.
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:46, Reply)

But surely this would be of benefit to them
as they work their way through the country murdering prostitutes? Keep 'em where we can see 'em in my view!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:48, Reply)

But if they only drive through the shit bits
they will only be murdering the rubbish uggo hookers you find there, not the nice ones you get elsewhere.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:51, Reply)

What, like Stevenage?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:53, Reply)

You don't get anything nice in Stevenage
especially not hookers.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 13:09, Reply)

Shouldn't have so many of the bloody things on the roads anyway
I hate driving around them - I only have a tiny car, and the drivers I've spoken to at work all say the only way they'd see it is if I was well behind or in front of them - they're be effectivly blind to it when I'm overtaking or following them. I don't tailgate anyway, but now I hang back even more.

Get some of the trucks off the roads, and stick it on the railways and canels - faster, more efficient, clears up the roads and the more that's used, the more money coming in to the system to hopefully make it better for the passenger services!
(stimpy, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:54, Reply)

Are you going to post during the labour?
I think that would be ace.
( girlinthehole, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:51, Reply)

I shall do my best
d'ya reckon it'd make the newsletter if I did?!
( ascorbate, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 13:55, Reply)

I hope it comes soon!
I can only imagine what it's like carrying it around all the time, particularly if you're having contractions. Get it out of your belly and in your arms where it should be, asap!
(stimpy, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:56, Reply)

about 24 hours
best of luck, and demand to be waited on, hand and foot, for the next few weeks.
(knackerz is skinning up, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 13:07, Reply)

oh
and for what it's worth - don't try and climb out of the shower mid contraction. bad idea which may result in the total destruction of a perfectly servicable shower curtain. oops.
( ascorbate, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 14:01, Reply)

Good luck!
Hope all goes well!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 17:07, Reply)