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?!

Well done euro and congratulations on your DD (I knew centime was a girl!) I woke up this morning hoping we'd not heard from you yesterday because you'd had her.

3 and a half pounds is teeny but nowhere near as scary-small as they were talking about, so hopefully she'll make good progress. Sorry your section was awful (no, the puking doesn't sound ideal) - fingers crossed you have a very swift recovery physically, and can start to heal mentally now you're out of that god awful limbo. Hugest of hugs for you xx

Congratulations euro! Glad she is safely here and doing well. Hope you get to spend more time with her very soon

Massive congratulations to you Euro - you did it, you won your baybee! Wishing you a very speedy recovery and that centime piles on the pounds quickly.

So the pink ESHlets seem to be dominating at the moment, 9 pink to 3 blue in the current crop by my reckoning!

Congrats euro! Enjoy snuggling centime xx

Don't worry frank, I've got a feeling that miniginge is a boy. Dunno why, just have!

Euro, that is fabulous news. Hoping that you are feeling a bit better now the section is out the way and you can see centime. You were, many moons ago, one of the reasons I joined the besh (after reading the famous five thread and being in stitches) so I am thrilled you have won your baybee

If t'other place has pictures I am going to sulk

We can post picture on here now Merks

My money is on buglet being a boy too. Based on the very scientific method of 50/50 guessing.

I would guess more but I was absolutely convinced my baby was a boy. So much so that, even though it was clear as day on the 20 week scan, I made HWCA check again after she was born.

We had a looong night with a hot thirsty baby last night.

Congrats Euro! I'll be a bit more effusive now R has stopped screaming (as loud and constantly!). You've done amazingly. Agree with winks - that's a decent weight for gestation (25th centile?). Also agree with merk - I remember you like the cool head girl when I joined the besh.

Much love (concealed in battered prawns (y'know, the Iceland party ring? We're celebrating, innit?))

Oh, Bugs, I was thinking a girl for you?

And winks - shitty(er) night here as well - couldn't put the monkey down, so co sleeping with him attached to boob all night. Sigh.

Another one with a baby on the boob all night. But that's not so unusual for us so I don't feel too bad

Sympathies bugs, the GTT is rubbish. Can you sit elsewhere in the hospital? The drinks are vile, I had heard some do Lucozade but no such luck.

Hopefully you've had something to eat now bugs

Has anyone else started to think Centime actually sounds like a nice name for euro's baybee? I mean, yes it's a coin but so is Penny... Or do I need a nap? :)

Er euro do you realise you used real names here? Might want MNHQ to edit your post for anonymity?

I know what you mean Winks. I had some interesting bizarre desires for names. Think it's the hormones.

If it's any comfort, bugs, I had lucozade for my GTT and that was bloody awful too.

It is crazy hot here. I am sat with my feet in a washing up bowl of tepid water (heaven) while the calf is in the pram and hopefully not overheating. I'd much rather be wrapping her up warm than panicking that I can't keep her cool.

Thanks ladies. Centime is actually a lovely name...

Faif good spot but should have been edited within a few mins by the lovely mnhq. I was on a lot of drugs when I posted!

Bugs I really didn't enjoy the gtt either. I hope you get a negative result.

Kfzk has just taken my parents down to see centime and she is off all breathing support! Yay. I'm going to see her again in a minute.

Oh hooray, clever girl Centime! How are you feeling euro?

Oh that's fantastic news euro Hope you get to have a squish with her.

Draf I know what you mean about the worry of them over heating. Day time is fine because if needs be I just strip E down to a nappy on her mat, but at night I stress. She has a 0.5 tog grobag which says to use a sleeveless vest if temps are over 24 degrees, but I still worry that it is too much! Last night was ok, it was 26 degrees when I went to bed but the overnight storms brought it down to 22 degrees by morning. I've just been up to check the thermometer and it's 27.4 at the moment

Oh that's brilliant news euro! She is a little trooper. I hope you get lovely cuddles.

The heat is tricky. I tried putting Faithlet down in her vest (without sleeping bag) but she practiced walking up and down her cot! She's currently being put in a vest and 0.5 tog sleeping bag.

Yippee for holiday bugs! You off anywhere? We're going to IOW next weekend :)