It's all balls, bicycles, and babies for the PESH!

[maamalady]

Antenatal fred for BESH graduates

CRESH

Faith - pinky faithlet arrived 14th April 2013
Pinkr - suitably pinky one arrived 25th August 2013
Jethro - blue one arrived 23rd September 2013
Noks - pink one arrived 12th January 2014
Frankel - large pink one arrived 10th March 2014
Merks - pink one landed safe and sound 21st March 2014
Sinky - Stubborn blue one arrived 26th March 2014
Driz - blue one arrived 12th June 2014
Kat - pink one arrived 21st June 2014

PESH

Draf - Expecting a late pink one EDD 19th June
Winks - EDD 26th June
Ginger - Miniginger due 13th August
Dor - A very special pink one expected 18th August
Euro - eager Centime expected to arrive a lot sooner than 28th August
Buggerlugs - Buglet due 20th October
Fankle - ESHlet expected 4th January
Cunty - Minichops expected 7th February

So the June cluster is halfway through laying, and then we're on to the July/August batch! Are we even going to have time for Wimbledon and Le Tour and the World Cup in all this excitement?!

Oh, dor :(

I had the same feeling, frank - I was so astonished that I was growing a baybee that I couldn't really get upset about being huge. I will say it is fabulous now the swollen feet have gone - I've never had dainty joints but right now I feel like my feet/ankles are really skinny

I'm just fed up with this horrible rash I have. I itch all over but it seems to just be prickly heat. MW doesn't seem bothered, anyway.

But I itch EVERYWHERE

Many, many showers and sudocrem!

Have you tried Bicarbonate of Soda in a bath?

Sending calming & positive ESH thoughts to Euro.

winks hope you've had a good day today?

That sounds awful ginge. One thing I am grateful for is that I have had a physically easy pregnancy - some nausea, no puking, a little tiredness, no strange rashes, no high blood pressure, one instance of indigestion and one of heartburn. Emotionally however, it has been a complete shitfest - the lack of early symptoms, the 3 week bleed, the worry stemming from the 20 week scan about my crappy placenta and then 5 weeks of stress about when to deliver.

I'm in reflective mood as we will get a call tomorrow morning to hear if they have a NICU cot free, and if we do, we will go ahead. It will be my dreaded CS because the consultant I thought was lovely has turned into a bit of an arrogant tosser and won't even have a discussion about other options. Once he's sewn me up (hopefully neatly) I plan to tell him exactly what I think of him. The discussion might not have changed the outcome, but I needed to understand exactly why an apparently small but otherwise healthy baby couldn't have attempted a VB when there are so many examples of babies of this gestation being born that way without problems, but he wouldn't even talk it through. I'm resigned to my fate but unhappy about it.

Hope you got some sleep euro. I'm sorry the consultant has become a dick. I can't see why they can't take 5 minutes to talk things through properly. Arrogant twat. I'll be thinking of you today.

jeffers much better day yesterday thanks. Baby was an eating and snoozing angel who turned up the cute for visitors. PITA SIL & BIL visited and were true to form, telling me, amongst other gems, that having her sleep in the same room as me meant she would never ever settle in her own room.

ginge the itching is awful. Yes to e45 bath oil, terrific stuff. Showers just dried me out more.

dor how are you today? I struggled a bit with feeling enormous, apart from at the very end when I was beyond caring. Its a massive change to your body in a short space of time. But nobody is thinking the things about you that you are. Try to be kind to yourself and remember it's only temporary.

euro I hope you get the call sooner rather than later so that you're not left hanging in limbo. Agree that you should tell the consultant what you think of his bedside manner. I'm sending you all my positive thoughts.

winks glad things feel like they're on the improve. I found that there were plenty of up and down days in the first few weeks. It's impossible to get anything resembling a routine at this stage so just go with whatever makes your life easier.

Morning ladies. I just can't stop crying today. I'm not even sure what I'm crying for any more. I think I'm grieving for the lost weeks of pregnancy and worried about me and worried about the baby - everything together I think. I feel like today should be the happiest day of my life but I just feel utterly, utterly wretched.

Centime is kicking away and I don't think he/she wants to be evicted. It makes me so sad to think of him/her out in the world so tiny.

winks your BIL and SIL sound like gems.

Euro I would say cry all you need as it will help more than bottling it up. The worry is bound to be terrible however hopefully you will feel better once centime arrives and you aren't doing 'what if' scenarios in your head.

euro the tears are totally understandable, heck I'd be concerned if you weren't upset. Make sure you tell everyone you see at the hospital that you are worried about things, they deal with these situations all the time and will be able to offer you support. Even if it's just a midwife to hold your hand.

More hugs and handholds here. You've had such a bloody slog every step of the way, it just isn't fair.

Sorry you're having to go through this Euro. No wonder you are so upset and anxious. Hoping it will be one of those things where the build up and dread is far worse than the actual reality- I am sure everything will be just fine and centime will be a trooper.
Sending lots of luck and brave thoughts.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH. They had a cot but then someone gave birth at 24 weeks, so we are back in limbo land. I'm not sure how much more of this either of us can take.

Oh fuck :(

Oh no, euro. How frustrating for you. In some respects it's a good thing they're not in a rush to get centime out but you being stuck in limbo is awful

Oh euro, what a shit-fest

It's not fair for you to be going through all these ups and downs. Cry all you need to, I cried this morning over absolutely nothing, whereas you have every reason to be upset and frustrated.

Oh, euro, I can't even begin to understand how you must be feeling :( Huge hugs and we're all here for you any time.

Oh bloody hell Euro how frustrating for you. I hope you get some sort of resolution quickly.