The PESH are getting busy and looking out for a cluster diff!!

[pinkr]

blonderthanred, boy, born 26th October 2012.
FriendofDorothy, boy, born 14th December 2012.
QueenRollo, boy, born 21st January 2013.

Need dates:

Rollerbaby, No pink here, expecting boy due March 20th 2012
IveBeenExpectingYou (CockDodger), A very active baby girl, due March 28th 2012
Silver, hoping for an easier sneeze, due mid-July 2012
Starryeyedmole, regretting recently investing in scales
cakeandcava approaching walrus proportions, DC1 EDD 21/10/12

LazyMachine (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13
CamelKnees (34) fat and fatigued DC2 EDD 22/04/2013
HaveALittleFaith (31), Faithlet arrived 14.04.13
fertilityFTW (34) date needed.
pinkr, (33), any day now!!, DC1 due 22/08/2013
Jethro (36) head in the sand Edd 071013
Frankel (32) nauseous and knackered Edd 4/3/14
Noks - info needed
Sinky - info needed

Done my best - apologies for any misinformation or omissions!

Boo Pinkr, at least there's Internet access and us to keep updated eh?

Hiya Nokks. Am good. 2 weeks to 12 week scan and a touch nervous to say the least. Keep prodding boobs to prove I still have symptoms..

Hope you're ok Euro

Oh yes, go eurochicklet! Cling on tight! :)

Yeah slinks I did that. In the end, my norks were only sore because I kept jabbing them with my fingers !

I remember the night I was in for induction the corridors were full of women wandering around in the dark clutching their backs and bumps and breathing heavily. It was very surreal.

Hope it goes well for you, sounds like a promising start. I am intrigued about the balloon as they didn't try that with me but of course better if things just kick off from the pessary.

Exciting times, hope there's news in the morning

But "fortunately" I'm a bit of an insomniac so here I am for the early shift. How are you doing?

Morning! managed to get a bit of sleep...getting monitored every six hours so I've just been woken up. I probably managed half hour at a time since 1. Still getting the cramps but nothing else to report except if mr df thought I was a bad snorer recently I ain't got nothing on the Lassie in the next bed...crikey!

Another insomniac here too. Have been awake since 5. I manage about 3 hours at once at the moment - guess its practice for when MiniJeff gets here!

Pink, listening to someone else snore is the worst!! Especially when you can't just shove them to get them to be quiet. What happens for you next then? When does this trick with the balloon happen?

In other news I have shingles. Had this weird rash since last week, was hurting but I just thought it was bites or spots. Showed midwife on Thursday, she said it was a heat or sweat rash. Showed my SiL on Fri & she said it was shingles. Went to the walk in centre yesterday & the doctor confirmed it. He Said it was due to stress & that I was exhausted. I've felt a bit rough but just thought it was due to being diffed!!

Poor you Jeff. Shingles is miserable. Hope it's not too sore.

If it's any consolation Pinkr, my cat gets lonely when. Work long days and so I've been kept awake my a small cat snoring and farting by my head. Lovely. When are you due to be seen? I need to know the next planographic action! (Seriously. Oncall weekends are bad. This is my little ray of enjoyment! Don't eat me down! )

Err. Let. Not eat. That's weird.

Morning everyone, what a chatty night. Sorry that folks are having sleep problems. I'm not too bad at the moment on that front, though I am waking up a few times in the night and the last two mornings I have woken up with a sore lower back. So I've bitten the bullet and ordered one of those gigantic maternity pillows to sleep with.

Sorry things are slow going pink, hopefully they get moving again soon.

We got 6 photos from the scan (£20) which are being distributed amongst parents, etc. We're not quite fully public yet but will probably let the last of our friends know via Facebook in the next few days.

Apart from the slight sleep disruption I'm feeling pretty good. The nausea has all but gone, it only seems to get to me if I haven't eaten for a few hours so I'm trying to keep nibbles with me most of the time.

My next scan is booked for 15 October and I need to phone the midwives to book my 16 week appointment.

Poor jeffers! Shingles sounds ouchy. Hope you're resting.

I had a 3.30am wake up call and so the later one was 7.15 :) Morning pink. Might be worth asking Mr df to get you some ear plugs so you can get some rest in peace? I hope things get moving soon!

Gosh, shingles, not nice. Did they say to avoid other pg women in case they haven't had chicken pox?

Hope things are progressing pinkr!

Sorry jeff I completely missed that you have shingles. Ouch and lots of healing vibes for you.

I too have been awake for the last hour, tossing and turning so I decided to get up and am watching the live GP3 race .

pinks snoring in the confines of your own bedroom is one thing but a whole load of public snoring is just all kinds of wrong. Shove a cabbage in her gob next time she does it. Come on bambino Pinks - her expectant public are waiting !

franks were the photos good ones ? Did your dates get moved at all ? Mine got moved forward a bit which was great for taking a few days off the menkulling. I got one of those nine foot sauapsage pillows ages ago. It was the best twenty-odd quid I have spent in ages.

jeff shingles sounds like a right load of old balls. How the frig did you manage to get that ? People are supposed to really suffer with it so make sure you take care of yourself and mini-jeff.

slinks my cats farts are EVIL. Are you at home on call or at work ?

Morning to jupiter and faif and the decidedly non-sleepy euro

I have my Bet Lynch faux-leopard skin pyjamas on right now. Yes, all I need is a fag in a holder and a gin and tonic and I will complete the look

Noks your Bett Lynch image made me .

Doctor said shingles appears when your run down / stressed. Think I have carrying on at the same pace & not really taking MiniJeff into consideration. SSG is always happy to let me get on with stuff & never really 'looks after' me. I just need to start taking it easy I think. And saying No.

Jupiter most adults in the UK have had the pox & you can only transfer the virus from skin to skin contact in the first 72 hours so I don't have to be quarantined

Poor you jeff. I think you need to tell SSG that you need taking care of and he had better man up!

pinkr slow but steady wins the race! How annoying about the snorer. And them being too far away/a stranger so you can't prod them and tell them to roll over and shut the fuck up in the night (or is that just me?)

Thanks Euro. I was at my friends house on Fri night & had a full on melt down, saying I was fed up of everyone expecting me to do stuff. But I'm the one that has to just stop doing it! I find saying no difficult though.
Anyway, how's the EuroChicklet doing? Menkul? Or playing it cool?

Some of the pics were good ones, others not so much. Not sure why she couldn't just print 6 of the same off, but there we go! I'll have a crack at putting a good one on my profile in a bit.

I measured bang on for my predicted dates 12+2 so I'm guessing I'm still on course for 4th Match. 2014. I probably ought to read my notes to check!

HWHNN has taken to referring to him/her as Turnip, so I think that's going to stick!

I've uploaded a scan pic to my profile, but for some reason it is upside down!

Profile here frank? I can't open it!

I've read back my post from this morning. Bloody hell. I'm a rubbish typist when I'm tired! Finished for weekend, but the last 12 hr was particularly brutal.

Anyone got plans for tomorrow? I have it off, so am attempting to fit an entire bank holiday weekend into one day...

Ladies she's here! Had a hard time and ended up c section after pushing and forceps but she's blooming gorgeous! 8lb 2...full story to follow later

Congratulations! 🎉🎊💝 looking forward to the full story :)

Squeeeeeee!!! Your baybee has arrived Pink!!
Hope you're all ok & being looked after.

Sinks how are you coping with night shifts? You have my upmost admiration. I'm awake super early AGAIN. Plans for today - purchase changing bag, pack hospital bag & try & spend some time doing nothing. What about you?

Hurrah! Well done pinkr