Whoosh! Did you see it? That was my due date going by - again. I was officially 'due' yesterday. I had great fun yesterday watching people who asked so when are you due? blanching at the response today. One woman took a step back, a couple looked shocked, not knowing quite what to say. Well what do you say?

I'm sure I should, by now, be confined to the house as I am obviously incapable of any 'normal' activities. But life goes on, Morgan still needs to get to school, Ruaridh still needs to go to nursery, we all still need to eat, clothes need washing, nappy orders still need posting... Martin is hardly likely to take this week off, given that he only gets two weeks paternity leave. I have said all along that the baby will be born on April 2nd - which is two weeks away.

And so it goes on - I spoke to my bank manager this afternoon who was all chatty until I mentioned I was due yesterday - she couldn't get off the phone fast enough! "Sorry to have disturbed you" she muttered. I don't get it. I'm not ill, I'm just pregnant.

We had similar incidents when I was pregnant with Morgan - with members of our family phoning to see how I was (despite having seen me the day before) or (in my brother's case) phoning to as why I wasn't in hospital yet. (Ermm - because I'm not going near it.) Do they think we won't tell them?

We tried to avoid this by being vague this time - but gradually the due date has slipped out - and people don't forget. Next time I'm going to lie - I'm sure it will make it easier.