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

[TheOriginalWinkly]

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

In laws are here again and have done a bit of shopping for me (and continue to fill my house with tat). I've decamped with R to the spare room to let GHJ try and get uninterrupted sleep.

Glad to hear GHJ is home, fingers crossed for answers soon.

I'm not bothering going back on the Pill, even if we weren't going to think about a second child straight away like Sinks I can't face screwing things around again with the artificial hormones.

I put on a ton of weight on the implant, and was borderline suicidal when it first went in, so I'm not keen on the idea of hormonal contraception.

Can I share something a bit woo? Night before last I had an incredibly vivid dream. MIL was insistent that I get MiniWink started on bottles because she was going to have her for a sleepover. I said she wasn't spending the night away from me for a long time and DreamMIL was all 'she is so get ready.' Its pure coincidence like my subconscious knew.

Glad to hear he's home sinks. I hope they work out what the lump is soon. I hope you get some rest.

No pill for me either. Mr kat has had the snip already. Not much sechsing going on anyway have only managed once.

Sinks pleased to hear he is back home. Hope you are both getting rest and good support from family

No pill for mr either. Currently looking at the copper coil.

Glad he's home, sinks - and that you're getting some support, even in the form of your ILs.

I will never take artificial hormones ever again except for TTCing. I think after we have another child HOTB will have the snip, though we might hold out for a third if it's a possibility.

Happy birthday Bugs, hope the midwife appt goes well.

Men have no sense of urgency you're but a slip of a thing! Happy birthday!

Returned from holiday- had lovely relaxing time but both MG and I have come down with a cold.

Pleased to see that GHJ is home Sinks. Keeping everything crossed that the results are not as bad as feared.

Interesting reading the chat on contraception and ttc #2. I've thought about it a bit already and as I'll be 35 and 3/4 by the time Fanklet arrives, I think I'll have to crack on. You just never know and I can't bear the thought of another 3 years of torturous ttc. I wouldn't mind a small age gap...say 18 months. Alhough I know it would be tough going. But alas that prob won't happen anyway.

Bad day. Lots of pain. Managed to get GHJ upstairs to watch bathtime. He had to leave as it made him cry.

This is too hard.

Thanks bugs. I know. I can cope with illness. Post op recovery is a piece of piss (in the grand scheme of things). It's the fact that this really might be it.

Told some nct types to try and get some more local support. I've had a couple of jolly "get well soon hon!!!!"s. Yeah.

I was just going to say the same as Bugs, it might be good for you to talk to a third party. You need support too.

Hum. Went to the Macmillan suite at the hospital. The doors were locked and I'm damned if I'm knocking on the door of fucking cancer support. Will wait for the diagnosis. Undoubtably will be some nurse specialist sitting in with tissues.

Do you know when you can expect the results yet?

Scan next week. Clinic week after. But we already know it's weird and has needed more tests/opinions so no guarantee we'll get answers then.

Fucking hell sinky, you didn't slap them? Fair play. I agree with frank and bugs about seeing if you can get some support. This is so much for you to go through.

MiniWink keeps punching and kicking me in the Boob Of Pain.

My in laws have brought me rhubarb. Am I supposed to make a fucking crumble?

Sorry sinks, cross posts there

The minis can always find the sweet spot. When I had mastitis, R could always aim a firm punch.

They're clever at inflicting pain.You could roast the rhubarb with sugar for half an hour and feed it to R, or take it to the next NCT meet and shove it up the arses of the twats.