Summer holidays are over, the PESH are bringing their bumps and baybees back to school

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Pack your giant pants in your satchel and maternity pads in your pencil case, it's the antenatal thread 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
draf - pink calf on 1st July 2014
winks - a pink one dragged out kicking and screaming on 4th July 2014
euro - a pink one in a hurry to see the world, born on 17th July 2014
dor - a pink one born at speed on 28th July 2014
ginge - completing the ESH Summer of Pink on 23rd August 2014

PESH
Buggerlugs - Buglet due 20th October
Fankle - ESHlet expected 4th January
Cunty - Minichops expected 7th February

Marking my spot, thanks Winks

Sinks we're all here for hand holds and cods of comfort. Let us know if we can help in any small way.

Thanks guys. It's easier to write it here than trying to talk to anyone. Took ages to get him from theatre to itu. R was sleeping in his pram, but a bloody fire alarm test woke him up and it all went downhill from there. He took a feed, but by now he just wanted his bed I think. Luckily GHJ had landed so they let us sneak in to see him. His parents are still there but I just got a quick kiss.

Fucking hell. And the baby's covered in food and not been washed in 2 days. Sigh. I licked pears out of his eyebrows in the waiting room...

Don't worry about the grubby baby. As long as R is fed and loved, he will be fine. It's good that his parents are there with him so you don't have to tear yourself in two being with him and taking care of R.

Glad you got a kiss, and the eyebrow pear is probably one of your 5 a day. Don't worry about washing R, he's fine. Are you still at the hospital?

Home now. Poor R is whimpering on his sleep. But he is asleep. Good night for bed sharing and cuddles.

I'm going to try and sleep now. Exhausted. Fanks hags.

Glad to hear the op is done and they've got him to ITU. Definitely a night for bed sharing. Reassuring for both of you. Definitely not a problem if he doesn't get bathed for a couple of days!

bugs I'd do it. I stopped at 35+4 and I wished I'd finished earlier. I think if you're this uncomfortable you'd be better off stopping sooner.

Fucking hell, sinks, what a truly horrific day. I hope you and R get some decent sleep tonight.

Oh sinks I hope everything is going to be ok x

bugs you can take codeine if you need to.

Marking my place and offering hand holds to sinks

Glad to hear R is settled now. I appear to have a velcro baby. She doesn't want to be put down.

You need to make sure you don't overdo the paracetamol if you take co-codamol now.

They changed the guidelines on codeine recently so I'd get advice before taking it. ironic I know since I took it 4 times a day until I was 34 weeks

What do they say now then?

Yes HWHNN is at home at the mo, his grandad's funeral is today. We don't know exactly when his flight back is, but probably Saturday.

Hope HR are supportive Bugs, you really need to put you & Buglet first now.

Hope you slept ok Sinks & that news is positive today.

I'm not entirely sure but I think they're less keen to recommend it now. I was told it was fine when BF but now they're saying you shouldn't take it because everyone metabolises it differently.

bugs I think it's a sensible plan. You'll find ways to keep yourself just (I recommend getting Netflix) and you can cat nap in the day.

Thinking of you sinky

faif it's true that everyone metabolises it differently. I think there was a case with a woman who was bfing and her baby died because of the way she metabolised codeine and she ended up inadvertently giving her baby an OD.

It is still one of the safer drugs to use in pregnancy.

I'm thinking maybe the advice only changed for breast feeding.

That's strange, I was told it was ok to take codeine while breastfeeding when I got pain relief for my sore boobs. That was only a few months ago.

I was told it changed in July last year but that was on MN so perhaps not the most relieved source. I think it's only really prolonged codeine use that causes problems anyway.

They offered me codeine in the hospital in early May when I went in with early contractions and a migraine with aura and I was told it was safe.

sinks any news this morning? Hope you managed a sleep and something to eat.