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

My sister had a Silver Cross for DS1 and bought a new one for DS2 - a Mamas and Papas Sola. She really rates the latter. Fits in the boot of my polo with one wheel off.

I am looking after Dnephew2 today (along with Abigail). Only 11 months between them. Need eyes in the back of my head. Fortunately he's napping in the cot at the moment. I do admire everyone with more than one and especially small age gaps!

Yay, go Bugs Wishing you a speedy pain free labour

Right folks, place your bets!

I'm going with boy 6lb exactly at 8.40 tonight

Im going boy, 6lb5, 2am tomorrow.

I think girl, 6lb 7oz, 23.44 tonight!

Boy, 5lb13. 8pm tonight.

Boy. 10.11pm tonight.

You are having a baybee! Squeeee!

Good, hope you do get some sleep and feel refreshed for the big event. Is your cervix dilating at all? Hope the drip is doing its job and gets buglet out of the desired exit. Waving pompoms for you :) presume you have own room on labour ward now?

Rest, rest and more rest if you can get it. Thinking dilating thoughts and lovely sneeze birth vibes

You might not need a CS though!

Oh my gosh I finally sort my password out & get here in time for Bugs live birth thread!!! So exciting! Good luck!

Sorry at everyone else.

exciting bugs! Good luck :)

So exciting, bugs! A section is nothing to worry about - mine was all very civilised, so if you go that way fingers crossed yours is too. :)

I can't comment from personal experience but I've heard the shakes are pretty normal with an epidural. Do you have an eye mask and some ear plugs? If so, put them on/in and close your eyes, even if you don't get to sleep you can at least rest.

ooo my Dad and sister were in Portugal when I went into labour.

Try and get some rest and relax as much as you can x

Hope it's all progressing bugs. Labour really is an endurance feat - keep drinking if you can (I would say eating as well, but I remember I would have punched anyone who tried to make me eat in labour. Have a jelly baby if you can face it)

Bugs I had the shakes throughout my CS. Felt like I had no control of my own body. Hope you get some rest. Is GP with you?

I shook like I had hypothermia throughout my CS. It is common if unpleasant.

Good luck. We are here to hold your hand and offer the hake of hardiness to see you through.

Ditto re CS shakes. I don't remember much, but do remember repeatedly asking for blankets, and almost cried when they brought me a bear hugger blanket (the one they inflate with hot air).