The PESH are waddling their way to Christmas & trying not to freak out!

[FrankelInFoal]

The ante-natal fred for BESH graduates.

Recent Grads (aka CRESH)

blonderthanred, boy, born 26th October 2012
FriendofDorothy, boy, born 14th December 2012
QueenRollo, boy, born 21st January 2013
LazyMachine (38) boy EDD 9/2/13 - need an actual arrival date!
CamelKnees (34) EDD 22/04/2013 - need actual arrival date!
HaveALittleFaith (31), Faithlet arrived 14th April 2013
fertilityFTW (34) arrival date needed!
pinkr, (33), girl born 25th August 2013
Jethro (36) boy born 23rd September 2013

Waiting to lay:
Noks - EDD 28/12/2013
Frankel - EDD 4/3/2014
Sinky - EDD 18/3/2014
Ginfox - EDD end April 2014
Kat - EDD needed
Drizz - EDD 7/6/2014
Draf - EDD 19/6/2014
Winks - EDD 29/6/2014

Apologies for any misinformation or omissions!

Wonderful!!!! Er... where are the pics to be found then?

Hurrah! Glad you're both doing alright, noks, though eeep at them being so clueless!

noks only winks is friends with you on FB! Seriously, good grief. Such a long labour to find out she was breech?! Glad she got out ok in the end. Enjoy your teeny newborn snuggles. There's no smell like it! :)

Good luck for today drizzlekicks!

Congratulations Noks

Massive congrats Noks and hurrah for Team Pink!

Sorry you had a rough time of it & definitely that they did not pick up on her being breech.

Congrats noks. Will read back now.

Just to let you know ours is healthy-looking and definitely not team pink :)

Glad you had a good scan Drizz, and we'll chalk up another for Team Blue

Go team blue!

Massive congrats Noks! Enjoy the newborn cuddles. Do you know when you'll escape home yet?

Hooray driz! Little boys are lovely :)

frank how was the first day of the practical course?

This baybee is clearly having a grand old time headbutting me in the bladder this evening. I have already peed twice in the last 15 minutes and need to go again, ffs!

Excellent news, driz, glad all is well :)

When are our next batch of scans? My 20-week scan is 30th Jan, so I guess Kat and winks are also around then?

Day was good thanks Winks, there are only 3 of us doing the course! We've whizzed through the first day and actually got a few hours to spend writing up our notes, which is a big help as it means I can get the assignment finished ahead of schedule.

Congratulations noks! Enjoy these early days...The feeling of peering into the cot and thinking how gorgeous she is, the early cuddles, the pride when you show her off to family and friends, the smell, the wee faces she'll pull after feeling.
Ah I'm broody just thinking about it all ha ha.
oh and yeah team Blue draf!

Oops driz even x

Hahaha.

I am having my usual paranoia about there being something wrong. Waiting to get the appointment for my first scan and I am sure I will feel better after that.

My nipples are definitely hurting less but that may be more about the fact that I don't have a 1 year old chewing on them in the mornings than there being any problem with the pregnancy!

Ooooh congratulations Noks. Hope you're being looked after & are enjoying it all.

at Bugs

Morning Hags, it looks like we'll be needing a new Fred soonish, should we have another run through of people's due dates/scan dates so whoever does the new Fred (not my turn!) can pop in everyone's details.

My due date is 20th June. I have no working laptop at the moment so I can't volunteer. Next scan is 5th feb.

And many congratulations noks am amazed they didn't spot a breech baby though. Hope your first few days are going great. You back home yet?

More fucking bleeding, I hate this :(

Oh @rse Winks. It's such a worry, isn't it? I've been bleeding for more than a week now. Even with a good scan in the middle, it's hard to believe that all is well.

dor my boobs have stopped hurting entirely. But they are still huge (for me).

noks how are you getting on?

frank the course sounds good.

I have my first GP appt tomorrow. So I have no idea when a scan might be. I hit 12 weeks on 13 Feb. But we are thinking of skipping the NHS scan and going for the Harmony + scan at the Fetal Medical Centre instead. Have any of you done this? My EDD is 28 August (for next fred purposes).

Sorry for the bleeding ladies... An extra headfuck that neither of you need understatement
Euro I had the NHS screening the the Harmony as I was worried about my bloods (even though the combine came back ok). I didn't use the FMC (preferred the service/explanations etc given by another clinic which I think is Harley Street and remote branch in Richmond). It felt like a long wait for the results but the reassurance meant for me it was worth it. Also bonus of being able to get the gender if, like me, you want to know!

I've had a fun day today

Instead of meeting a friend for lunch, I called the midwives and got sent to the EPU where I got to sit around for a few hours. Baby's heartbeat sounds fine and they weren't madly concerned but I did have to wait around another hour for an anti D jab. Tremendous.

Said friend had had some scary times with her own (IVF win) baybee, so at least I didn't piss her off into the bargain.

Yay for the heartbeat, tho winks! And sorry about the continued headfuck, both of you!

Massive congrats, noks! I'd love to admire the little lady :)

Due date 7/6 and no more scans at least that I know of, 20 week appointment at the midwife on Fri.