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

You'll need smaller stuff. The nappies might be ok. If not, pampers do a micro size. The large supermarkets and mothercare stock them.

Mothercare does a tiny baby size, which would probably be right for Buglet if the predicted size is right. That's below newborn. C is only just in newborn/ up to one month stuff now she is over seven and a half pounds. I think boots also do a small size, as does john Lewis.

On the handwashing, we haven't asked people to wash hands but most guests have done it automatically. It was probably a good thing at the start but less important now she is a bit more robust. None of them are smokers though. I have only seen one smoker friend since she was born and he didn't hold her.

Ooh it's all go bugs! Yes, insist on hand washing if it makes you comfortable. One thing I learnt after having a baby is you (and GP) have to choose what you feel is right and basically ignore what anyone and thinks!
Faithlet was 5lb 4oz but long (0.4th centile for weight, 75th for height!) so she fitted in newborn stuff from Tesco. Locally we only found tiny bum nappies in Boots.

Yup, 38+5 but rinky dink! I still get comments now about her being a 'little dot', some of her 12-18 month clothes don't fit yet and she's 17 months! She's always liked her milk/food though so I don't worry. Did you buy a sling? Might be worth having it to hand.

Ooof Bugs, you're going to have a baybee Good luck and try to get some rest.

Start drinking lots of water bugs and stay hydrated, you'll thank yourself when you have that post birth pee :)

The caboo is going in the wash this morning. Will post on Monday. Pm me your address. I will send some newborn small size clothes if buglet is small. My kids wore them literally twice each as both are long and kitten has huge feet. In the meantime tesco newborn size is up to 7.5 pounds and comes up shortish so would be fine for a six pounder. Size 1 nappies ought to be OK but it depends on shape of legs and bum. Hospital will have prem nappies if you need a few.

The up to 1 month size fits best from 7.5 to 9ish pounds depending on length of baby. Mine is average weight but has been in 3-6 sleepsuits since 9 weeks old!

Ooo exciting!!!

37 weeks is a perfect time to have a baby! Not that I am biased or anything?!

Are you allowed out bugs? I went on massive walks round the hospital grounds during the two days I was stuck there and I do believe gravity did help get her out easier. And it beats being stuck on the ward.

Good luck bugs!

My epidural was the dog's bollocks :) hope that it all goes well. You'll be snuggling your baybee soon!

Get it as soon as you need it. No point waiting for things to get really bad. Might as well be in comfort if you are strapped to bed. Eek this is exciting. Hope it happens before the day is out :) good luck!!

Wishing you a speedy labour bugs! Eek you're having a baybee! :)

I wasn't allowed an epidural, but the remifentanyl pca (alternative hard drucks) was the dogs. Agree with others - don't wait till it's "bad". And keep drinking. I didn't and made myself quite poorly (well, that and the preeclampsia!)

Oh, and...... Squeeeeee!

Ooh exciting Bugs
Sending you sneezy thoughts and a giant lobster of luck

Look how excited we all are Feels like we should all be sitting in a circle knitting or something.

Oh and thanks Euro. So I guess the suspension on the vista is better than thr cruz as it's got bigger wheels? My concern is that it will just be too big and heavy (although I do like the idea of a sturdy pram and big basket and I thankfully don't have to negotiate london's public transport anymore- that would definitely necessitate a compact buggy). So has no one bought or looked at the silver cross pioneer? My mum went all doe-eyed when she saw it as it was a Silver Cross(!)

Thanks Frank for the offer of the kiddiecare discount- will see what they have in terms of buggies. I'm approaching 26 weeks now so it's probably ok to allow myself to think seriously about buying a few essentials. I ordered the snuzpod and discussed paint colours with MG for my office (soon to be baby's room). Shit's gettin' real! Still feels early to be buying stuff but I've noticed time seems to be going faster since I hit 22 weeks... (people keep doing countdowns to Christmas on Facebook and we all know how fast the X Factor and Strictly seasons pass) ...oh and I appear to be the next PESH after Bugs lays

Shiiiiit!

Cunty how are you? I really want more ESH on this fred so totally rooting for the BESH (if you're lurking)

fankle I have the Vista as well, in blue. Shite on public transport but brilliant everywhere else, and MiniWink goes in the Ergo for public transport. I've not known anyone to rate their Silver Cross prams, but I don't know what model they had.