The PESH Deli; Won't somebody think of the children???????

[Cosmosis]

THE NOT LIST

BESH BAYBEES
dontrythisathome, girl born March 25.
Cheggers, twinz girlz, born April
FannyPriceless, boy, born June 8
CurlyCasper, girl, born June 24
CUNextTuesday, boy, born June 29
Skihorse, boy, born 1 July
Carrots, boy, born July
IggyPiggy, girl, born July

UPDIFFED
Cosmosis, the one that likes a good ride, due August 22
backinthebox, thinking of inventive uses for courgettes, due September 6
skatergrrrl, the one that overtook the rest, September 1
VAG, lives in De Nile, due 19 September
silversky, the biggest farter, due 18 October (first baybee)
Honeymoo, 3 wees a night, due October 31 (boy)
okiecokie, self-confessed control freak, due November 6
SomethingSuitablyWitty, benelux babe, due November 14
ReginaMonologue, knows when all the sales are, due November 20 (boy)
maswera, jungle hottie - due December 11
PollyPoo, wants to name her baybee after the dog, The New Messiah is due December 25

Yay! The meeja has not failed us - 'tis monday and so today's story is "homebirths will kill your baybee you selfish lentil-weaver".

What do you think tomorrow's will be?

cossie How are you feeling? Twitchy?

silver I would say "heavily pregnant" is when you are so big you are no longer capable We were discussing this yesterday, because I never got there. Sure, I was tired, but at 36 weeks (when baby came) I was still out and about, doing housework etc etc. I am a bit gutted I didn't get to the lie-on-the-sofa-and-have-him-cater-to-my-every-need stage.

Can't believe how fast all your pregnancies are moving along - another rush of baybees soon. So exciting!

I'm really excited for the next batch of laying because I missed all the bloody drama last time due to no internet access in hospital!

Who's up next? cossie, boxer, skatergirl or VAG?

curly Yep, I'd have liked that too I think - I never really got to the waddling and incompetant stage. :( I had a bunch of DVDs to watch which I believe came without a soundtrack of "wah... waaah, WAAAAAAAAAAH !"

I am fo sho heavily preggo now. 39 +1 and weeping and the drop of a hat. I wept yesterday for no reason what so ever. I can't even remember what triggered it. I have clearly gone ubermenkul and TGO does not know what to do with this weepy freak who has replaced his hatchet faced wife.

and ski yes, I am now officially twitchy - every little pain or twinge feels like the start of something.

I am off to the H town this am to proper register at new hospital so fanny need not be scared when we have lunch on Friday, she can just throw me in a taxi and shout "district hospital" at them when I threaten to lay Artie in the cafe.

Just checking in on the extreeeeemelydiffedones. glad I haven't missed any baybeez...

Have scan today also, at 4.20. This is going to be the most-photographed babe of all time at this rate...it'll prob come out wearing dark glasses and swearing at the paparazzi.

Just been talking hb with mr gin. He is very keen on the idea. We live very close to the hospital. Maybe we will go down that route after all. This has made me feel all funny (in a good way.)

muse g'luck lovely :)

medee nhs always say full bladder, private scans they don't.

Am off on hol for a week tomorrow, took mooch down to mum n dad's at the weekend. He loves it there, so it's all good.

cos I remember being like that at the end. Here, have a very secret cuddle...we can pretend we're wrestling or something :)

oh and am having much needed hair cut this avo, so am free to lay baybee after that in full knowledge hair will look ok in photos

yay for scanz gin! we bought private scan package as tgo wanted nuchal fold test and you can't get that here on nhs, and it was really lovely getting lots of pictures of Artie growing, we have them in an album

Yeah, wow: looks like there are a lot of EDDs lurking just over the horizon. Hurray!

I hope I get to miss out on the heavily pregnant stage too, as it doesn't really appeal... though it might more or less mean missing any ML prior to baby's arrival as well, so we'll have to see.

So I am blazing through my recently purchased books which are a mine of information, but should cunty or iggy be around: I'd be interested to hear how you actually did the hippo stuff. I am not really planning on doing a course - did ye do one? In its absence, what exactly did you practice and how? The breathing exercises, then the CD or what?

I'd be interested to know, as I need to sort of get a bit more shape on what I should be practicing and this is not going to happen in a course for me...

BTW - courgette recipes would be very handt here too, having got some as a present. Is there a soup maybe?

Cos I weep for no reason at the moment, does this get worse? Oh dear. I actually stormed out of the house on Saturday for reasons that I didn't understand while I was doing it, let alone now. And I sobbed and sobbed because MrM took away my glass of water to refill it.

Poor Misters. They must not know what to do with themselves.

Scan is in 40 minutes now.

X-posts with loads of peeps! gin and muse have great scans!! I'm sure they'll be fab. Will be watching out for news! And gin good news about homebirth convo! Nice to know there are options out there.

cos hair is a clear priority and you are right to address it! Weeping sounds totally normal - I have phases of it even now, so cannot imagine what November will bring :)

Morning peshies.

Soz for lack of interaction this weekend. Has been a busy one involving:

1. ALOT of housework to the point of exhaustion
2. ALOT of cooking for 8 people
3. My dog jumping out of our guestroom window onto the windowsill on the 3rd floor of our house. I swear to god I screamed so loud I've hurt myself. Had to lie down for an hour after that. Fuck me I thought he was dead. Have not stopped holding him since then. Practically let him sleep on my pillow on Saturday night.

No major grumbles on the preggo front. Have been doing my pelvic floor and stretching exercises which seems to help on the walking and leakage front quite alot actually.

In no particular order:

Cossie will you get on with it please? Would like a newborn this week if you don't mind.

Ski am making lists of box sets now please to advise your recommendations. So far I have:

the wire
The sopranos

Silver bizarrely now my walking is better I feel less heavily preggo than before. That said cleaning and cooking did me in on Saturday and slept all afternoon Sunday. Feel like such a wimp.

Medee I am August 76 baybee... my poor mum was practically living on the cold kitchen floor for comfort. She likes to remind me how bad it was that last month. Poor woman, I do feel for her. Bit pissed off wtiht he weather though - am going to Kent next week and it's like fucking autumn.

polly crab and honeycomb icecream and champagne? YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Box where did you get to with pillows? Is one of my favourite things in life. Am planning pillow shopping session in next few weeks. Square one between my legs is brilliant right now.

muser MW told me bloat at beginning was cos my stomach was pushed up towards my lungs rather than excess foodage, but she could have been wrong... :)

gin can't we just pretend to be groping?

honey I promise I will try very hard to get on with it.

Good luck with scans for today and later this week.

Question for Cos and other people possessing swimwear for fat preggo birds where do I acquire a one that will hold in my boobage? I have a couple of bikinis but don't fancy getting my enlarged tum tum out where we are going in a couple of weeks. I tried the Isabella Oliver tankini and sent it back as no boobage support.

Took mini C to get new shoes yesterday along with my nephew (aged 5) who insisted he went dressed as a spider. It was rather stressful. Mini C would not co-operate with feet measuring let along shoe trying on and at one stage I managed to look up from the chaos to find I was sat next to Sarah Beeny with her perfect brood of children who all (4 of them) managed to get kitted out with shoes in the time I managed to get devil child's feet measured. How will I cope with another child??

no point asking me okie I'm still an A cup!

Moo how was the dog trainer then? Did she train him to jump out of tall buildings?

Bollocks are you cossie - you were sporting more than that in Newcastle!

Hey okie - I went to a maternity shop (a kind of boutique) where they have different brands etc and very nice sales assistants in order to get my swimsuit. Only downside was the outrageous price (54?). They went through their whole stock with me and passed over the ones I wanted to try. The tankini was the prettiest, but my feeling is that a tankini (at least the one I tried) is not much good for sporty swimming, so I got a fairly simple one-piece. It is certainly reinforced with several layers in the top part and seems to have lots of tucks and that to allow for expandage. However: I am a C verging on D cup, so it was not such a major issue. It is very comfortable. The brand is Anita.

I have Anita bras - thanks Wit will have a look. I don't plan on much sporty swimming, just to feel reasonably comfortable walking from pool to lounger and from lounger to bar. Any other suggestions would be appreciated too! I don't mind the price really - it is all about the fit!

I blubbed at OH this morning because he didn't give me a kiss - it was 6.30am and he was tiptoeing around trying not to wake me. He has been very good at the old leaving me to lie in bed till way gone getting up time. The combination of me working from home and him having no client for 7 weeks has meant lots of lying in for me. This week he has a new client - tries not to wake me, and I go menkul at him . I am taking this as a good sign that the hormones are stepping up!

I reckon Skates can't resist pushing in, so she'll be next, then Cos then me. Sorry, VAG - you're are at the end of the next wave.
Ski twas very exciting last time - you did miss out! Never mind, you've got this lot to look forward to safe in the knowledge you are on the other side.

Everyone who feels they have missed out on ML - it's deffo overrated. From here on in it's going to be 3 (or possibly 5 ) weeks of going 'oof' whilst running around after DD, trying not to eat a whole bar of Dairy Milk each day, feet hurting, back hurting, bored due to sitting there incapable of moving but frustrated that you can't do that really essential job like moving the chicken house unless you develop the ability to lift things by the power of the mind alone. I could go on.... I feel Curly might have jumped the gun just a little bit, but at 37+1 I feel it's all fair game now. Come on baybee! Last time, remember, I went for the full-on 2 days of labour containing nearly every intervention possible (not induced though - phew!) ending in a bit of major slice-and-dice, High Dependency ward, 2 weeks of bed rest, and all the trimmings. I still felt better within 2 days of the birth than I did in the last 3 months. So there we go - a Monday morning hormonal rant for you all .

Silver the racehorse is off to Rosehill ODE on 5th Sept. Obviously I will be there to cheer him on in between contractions. Will let you know in the days before if it is worth you popping down for a chinwag.

Chinwag - that rhymes with Ginhag . Yay for private scan! My private scan this time was much better than NHS scan. Strangely, last time, the NHS one was better than this time and the private scan was not as good as this time (both done at different places) meaning that there was little to choose between them. But this time - private def better! Enjoy.

Switty I do my own thing - combination of relaxation and visualization. Whatever you do it has to be practised and consistent. I drift backwards down a tunnel while Groove Armada's 'At the River' (you, know - the one that goes 'if you're fond of sand dunes and salty air...') is wafting through my head. When I get there I in place called Kipepeo (means 'butterfly' in Swahili,) which is a place I visit when I go to Dar es Salaam with work. (Dar es Salaam = haven of peace in Arabic.) The beach is blindingly white so I have to close my eyes a bit, but I can see the blue, blue sea sparkling and twinkling away. I can hear the palm trees swaying and rustling in a very light breeze and the sea lapping gently at the shore. If I get too hot I can dive into the sea. The bar man is in his little shack on the beach, getting my drink ready. Normally it's a Kilimanjaro beer, but it might be a gin and tonic. It's nice and cold and refreshing, whichever it is. The sea smells salty and a little bit fishy - but not in a bad way, just enough to remind me that the fishermen's village is just along the coast. In fact, one of their little dhows is drifting past slowly on the calm sea right now. I can feel the sun hot on me, and the sand between my toes, and I sit back and close my eyes completely and feel every muscle in my body go limp. Works every time As you can see, every detail is there - I know the place well. I like to think about it because it is a place totally removed from my day to day life but where I have only good memories. I like to go there now with work because it reminds me of my place in my head which has been so useful to me. (I've used it for all manner of things - vaccinations, blood tests, a rather yucky wound to my knee that needed to be cleaned before they could stick in the local anaesthetic - which stung a bit! As well as contractions.) You can think about flowers and blue ribbons if it floats your boat, but I'll be having beer on the beach . I read Derren Brown's 'Tricks of the Mind' afterwards, and found he has a chapter in there which reflects my own method, if you can get past the fact that the book is written by a self-loving and a bit too clever little prick (I like his work - but do wish he'd climb off his platform a bit.) I should add that I developed my 'place' as a result of a lot of things that were said to me about the power of the mind by specialists when I was doing my degree (neuroscience) and in subsequent years working with palliative care consultants who have to find a way of relieving pain in cases where drugs are not feasible or working.

Haha! took me that long to write the drivel above (as well as trying to find DD's Fireman Sam toy) that you've all been chatting without me.

Okie Sarah Beeny is just one of those scarily organised women anyway - have you seen her programs? Do not worry.

Moo I bought 2 new big fluffy pillows and replaced the skankiest old ones off my bed with these. Then I put old pillow cases on the old ones and these are sitting next to hospital case and we plan to abandon them after they get covered in baby-goo. I have a long thin maternity bean bag thing on the bed as well, and 2 tiny little firm pillows which I swing with me when I roll from one side to another to help wedge me in place.

Muse and Ginsters sorry it is a bit late, but good luck for scans. Candles were lit last night but I couldn't be arsed to get off sofa to fetch laptop.

I'm back!

Scan is all done and everything is good. Very very happy! It took AGES because first my bladder was too full. Then when I had a pee Bob decided to stand up so the sonographer couldn't do anything. She sent me away for a walk. Came back, Bob now in a position where she could measure size, but not do nuchal.

She prods and pokes. Bob refuses to move. I jump up and down. Bob refuses to move. In the end she gets dildocam out and that solves the problem. That all took an hour!

Everything looks grand, EDD remains 27 Feb. And we got amazing pics via dildocam. Hooray!

That is great news Muser. Did you get your nuchal risk stats there and then combined with your bloods? Are you feeling over the moon??? I am really pleased for you.

My hospital only does combined results, but the sonographer said the measurements looked fine.

hurrah *muse"!