In reply to richprideaux:
> And there is no mention of things like a 'live miscarriage' or 'oh god Helen and Rob are at it again' that seems to be the current fare.
I finally gave up and stopped listening the day Nigel inexplicably decided he simply must take the crimbo decorations down from the ice covered roof in the middle of the night, and Helen, after months of boring the tits off everyone with her prodigious pregnancy related book-learning had apparently never heard of pre-eclampsia.
Sounds like I did the right thing, so thank you.
I think "Helen and Rob are at it again" (whoever Rob is), might have been more than I could bear. And I speak as one who listened stoically to the infamous Sid and Jolene shower scene!