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?!

Hope all goes well today Euro

Glad you had a good day Draf, and that H was obliging!

Thinking of you euro.

bugs you were slim to start with. 21lb gain is fine for your pre-pregnancy BMI. If you want chocolate and crisps, enjoy!

Mine was hurriedly packed around that point, but my circumstances are a bit special. KFZK still hasn't packed his (and he is in charge of snax, so this is very important).

I need to unpack some of mine to take the baby clothes out as they are all newborn size and will be far too big. When I packed it we didn't know whether we would be having a super early arrival or might get to 36-37 weeks, but it is now pretty clear that the latter won't be happening and in any event the baby is teeny tiny for gestation.

I wouldn't worry about the weight. I've put on 2 and a half stone, but other than a bit of a double chin I don't think I look fat anywhere other than on the bump. Christ knows where it is all going. Not into the baby, apparently! I think I am retaining masses of fluid in this hot weather though. My feet and hands are very swollen.

There's no harm in packing a basic bag early Bugs, mine was finally packed at about 35 weeks, though I kept adding/taking stuff out!

I don't know how much weight I put on, but it was pretty much all bump! I got HWHNN to take one last pregnant photo of me in the delivery room - my god I was huuuge!

I am 34 weeks and still haven't packed my hospital bag.

I reckon I have put on a stone and a half (I am ignoring the initial half stone I put on over Christmas!) but I was really fat to start with. Mind you for the last 6 weeks I have put on and lost the same 2lbs so I am thinking I haven't gained a lot more recently.

35 weeks tomorrow and still not packed hospital bags!

I've put on around 2.5st so far, but I'm not stressing about it too much. I am HUNGRY at the moment and if I don't eat regularly then the nausea returns.

I started mine around 35 weeks, it was properly done by 37. Except for me eating some of the snacks and needing to buy more. Tbh if you went unexpectedly into premature labour before 35 weeks you wouldn't give a shot about your bag and the hospital would help you out with baby clothes and nappies. both times I never used half the crap in the bag anyway. I reckon if you have it all done by 36 weeks that should be fine.

And try not to worry about your weight too much, you are slim anyway so it is normal to gain a little on top of the weight of the baby. Breastfeeding helps to shift it, and even if you don't breastfeed, a daily walk with the baby and the dog will get you in shape again.

We packed the bag around 36 weeks, I think - HOTB was very keen to get it done by 34 weeks, but I was convinced that the calf would be well overdue so wasn't worried.

I dread to think about my weight - I've shrunk massively, but suspect I'm still a good bit heavier than I was this time last year. Still, at least the section means I won't have to worry about my undercarriage healing - we're hoping that I'll be able to get on my bike for short rides while HOTB has the calf fairly soon. If that's impractical there's always wii fit, I suppose

Hope the scan went well euro

Ditto Euro

Draf, I'm massively impressed you went to see the TDF so soon - how old is the calf now?

Bugs, stay away from the scales. I weighed myself in the early 30 weeks. Mistake.

draf that sounds like a great day out. How is the healing going?

frank thanks for asking, the scan was ok. Blood flow was the same as Saturday - an improvement on last week. So no need for delivery right now. Still aiming for 34 weeks-ish, barring a deterioration between now and then.

Good news euro is it next week you are 34 weeks?

Oh and Draf I am seriously impressed by your outing!

bugs my sonographer gave me a few 3D shots today. I think he was trying to cheer me up after all the c-section chat!

frank I hit 34 weeks on Thursday next week, so any time next week is near enough.

Well done euro and centime :)

Yes draf I am well impressed. I felt incredibly brave just pushing baby round the park that is literally out the back of my flats today. And then she woke up and screamed and I had to feed her on a stone bench. Eeep.

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Sorry, iPad is doing it's thing again

Bugs, I was scared of labour too. That's where the Lazy Daisy classes helped. For me it was about arming myself with as much info as possible, including watching OBEM, so that I was prepared for what could happen. It really helped, I think fear of the unknown is a factor and understanding how to ease that fear makes a difference.

BTW the book is an ESH heirloom, so just pass it on to another differ when Buglet has arrived

The TdF was so good - largely down to HOTB carting a folding chair for me to sit on; it would have been much less fun without it! I doubt we'd have chosen to do anything so ambitious, but we couldn't move the Tour so needs must etc.

Glad to hear the scan went well, euro. Next Thursday is not so far away :)

Healing is going fine so far - I'm much more mobile now, though still walk at a snail's pace if we go further than 100m or so. Thank you re photos, bugs! Can you tell that photography is HOTB's best hobby? . Hope your scan goes well too - and I'm v impressed at you taking along the ILs!

The idea of labour was more daunting than the reality, for me - once it going we knew what we were dealing with whereas beforehand it was impossible to plan anything. Our usual motto of "follow medical advice and do as you are told" served us well! Having said all that, an epidural at 5cm did make everything very civilised from that point on

I lost you. Marking place and will read back tonight during the teething hell overnight
However think a peshlet(s) arrived in my absence so congratulations