I wandered lonely as a PESH

[Muser]

That floats on high o'er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd
Of cackling, quaffing, ne-er-do-wells

Pull up a seat, grap a glass of vino and a piece of sushi, it's Delitime again.

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.
AlpinePony, boy, born 1 July.
Carrots, boy, born July.
IggyPiggy, girl, born July.
Cosmosis, boy, born Sept 5.
Backinthebox, boy, born Sept 7.
Skatergrrrl, girl, born Sept 10.
VAG, boy, born Oct 2.
Silversky, boy, born Nov 1
SomethingSuitablyWitty, awaiting update

UPDIFFED
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
MrsFC, joining whether she wants to or not, due 22 Jan
ChoChoSan, "and Lo! The lord did resurrect her petrified womb", due 31 Jan
CluckyKate, hatching an egg, due February 2
Perfect Dromedary, defied medical science, due February 24
Muser, will she ever stop puking?, due February 27
Ginhag, reckless cake-carrier, due 28th Feb
Medee, finally over the Haribo craving, due March 12
Casserole, completely out of witty things to add, due April 8
Scorpette, now carrying a RL baby in addition to Clothilda and the squid, due 21 May.
Laurielou, the unmarried hussy with the "surprise" diff, due 31 May (ish)
Rocketleaf, no longer jealous of morning sickness, due 1 June.
Twinkle Toes, supergluing her fanjo shut, due 23 June.

I am ok thanks mrsFC the pain is still there but quite mild, just a little twinge in my back which started about half an hour after I ate breakfast. Seems to be the script, pain proportionate to richness of food. But then I could just be projecting.

score I've been having the headaches too, but not as bad as yours sound, poor love. I realised I hadn't been drinking enough because water was making me balk so have upped my intake of ribena/watery juice and that seems to have helped.

Sorry cross post Ockie congratulations, thats REALLY fast! What a fab birth date, I have a bit of an obsession with number pattern dates. Hope you are all settling in,

okie - CONGRATULATIONS! What a lovely fast birth! Hope you are all doing well & no one is too sore x

YAY for Okie and her CokieBaby! That was impressively quick Hope you and your rare PESH-girl are doing well. Smooches to all :)

PS Re: dehydration - I drink between 1.5 - 2.5 L a day, so I doubt it's that. I wonder if I'm sleeping funny and it's posture-based. Mmmm, I can't wait to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow and wait 600 hours in the hospital, half-crazed with sleep deprivation and a throbbing headache, for my scan. The scan itself, however, I am insanely excited about

TYF is watching the Grand Prix (which is really soothing my head, NOT). It's the only thing he ever asks to watch, so I'm happy to tolerate it.

Is it scan day tomorrow then Scorps? I thought it was the 17th for some reason. What time is the scan so we can send many ESH thoughts your way?

9am is the time on the letter. But it says I could be waiting 2-3 hours, even though 9am is the first app. of the day, so I suspect they tell everyone 9am and then they have some sort of system where they chose who goes in when (grrr). Send me your bestest ESH luff from 9am onwards! Cheers, Muse :)

PS Just opened a mag and the article was all about a 35+ woman who went for a scan and discovered, well, awfulness. V helpful and cheering

They might be doing emergencies in the morning as well, which could explain the need to wait. I hope they don't keep you waiting too long.

Will be sending lots of good vibes your way. Do not read magazine stories, just remember that the story where everything is perfect is more common and less dramatic.

Loads of luck for tomorrow, sure everything will be perfect. hope you're not waiting too long!

I am ignoring all scare stories, cheers. Am going to make flapjacks so, if I'm waiting ages, I can 'force' myself to eat some, ahem Can't wait to see my baybeeeeeeeeee!

Lots & lots of ESH vibes for your scan score. I think waiting is sometimes inevitable - my last MW appointment was at 10.40 and I was finally seen at midday! But as muse said - I tried to remember that the emergencies were more important than me, and it was on one of my days off, so at least I wasn't late for work or anything!

Scans are scary and exciting all at once. Bet TYF & you shed a tear - I know I did, and even the FC looked impressed!

Any chocolate left for me muse? Had my power nap. Is it me, or are the rest of you finding that slepping just makes you feel even more achey and tired these days? The joys of the 3rd trimester! ONLY WEEKS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!

congrats reggie!

Good luck for tomorrow scorps. Hope you get a good look. x

I don't mind waiting to see my baby Of course the emergencies come first, poor things. Besides, if we wait, I'll try to snooze - am currently not falling asleep until @4 am, so I'll have virtually no sleep to get there for 9am!

TBG went out and bought me a big bar of Cadbury's Caramel, you can have a bit MrsFC. NOT THAT MUCH! Save some for me.

I am currently staring at baby slings and trying to figure out what might be good. I would really like a sling. We are getting a secondhand Baby Bjorn, but I would like one of the more lentil weaving types that I could wear all day like a hippy.

Which of course will mean that Bob loathes the sling and never goes in it. But I can dream!

Ooh, Cadburys Caramel. I shall request that when the FC goes to get his traditional sunday 4 pack. Yum.

I bought a sling for the boy child but never wore it, mainly because of the section, but also because I am a clumsy oaf & was convinced I would trip! I am always amazed when I see those ones I see africam women use where the babies are strapped to their back by a huge sarong - very impressive! But I would then be scared about not being able to see they were ok. PFB alert!

I like the idea of the Kari Me ones, whether they are at all practical I have no clue, mmm cadburys caramel is my all time favourite!

I see quite a lot of African women around here with babies strapped to their backs. The babies always look so cute and snuggly.

Kari-me gets good reviews on the reviews section here rocket. It's the kind I'm looking at, stretchy wraps are meant to be good for newborns and small babies.

OMG! Can't believe all my EDD sistahs have delivered their lovely Pesh babies! moo your boy sounds wonderful! I am blown away by the thought of 9lbs and 9oz (my little sweetheart was 6 and 5oz) so hats off to you and your blue ribbons!

Okie delighted to hear about the safe arrival of your little girl. Seems like it happened very fast in the end! Congratulations and can't wait to hear all about it!

reggie - come back and fill us in! But well done on managing that hugely long labour and hope you are doing well with your lovely son.

Aww. Speck of dust in my eye.

I have been only in and out recently, but was very sorry to hear about job redundancies. That sucks big time and seems monstrously unfair. Hope it will turn out to be a new and better beginning for those peshes...

laurie great nesw on the scan and scorps hope yours tomorrow will be wonderful too!

All well here. Have worked through most of the breastfeeding issues and babes has been sleeping like an angel.

By the way, silver I was wondering whether we were in fact synchro-birthing because of the time difference? My little one was born at 4.55am here - but that's 3.55am GMT... Was it a dead heat??

Great to hear from you, Witty and glad things are going smoothly :) Cheers for the scan luck

Aw, Cokie's gal has the same RL name as meeeeee! 'Tis the primo choice for all fab Scorpio lasses Top name taste there, Okie

Wow Okie - that was blimmin' quick....beats Boxer's time I reckon. Massive congrats!!!

This birthing frenzy puts me 5th on the list - eeek !!!!!

Good news stories don't sell magazines Scorps, despite being the norm. Good luck for the scan though.

I am 7th on the list. I refuse to believe that can be true.

But PollyPooinmypocket is SECOND. And mas FIRST. How does it feel ladeez? Do you need some random violence to take your minds off it?

Lets stretch this fred out so the list doesn't move...

Salad and Muse - I have a kari-me sling. They're pretty good, if expensive, and the other half liked it too. We used it all the time in the first few months and it never failed to send my daughter to sleep. Fairly easy to breast feed them in as well. Only complaint was the length of the thing - had to wrap it around several times and tie a large bow, so got a bit sweaty! But it meant my mum, who has a big belly and the most enormous breasts, could use it comfortably too! I quite like the look of the hug-a-bub ones too, which seem a bit neater. Baby Bjorns, on the other hand, just killed my back. I hated it and only used it a couple of times before selling it.

Good luck with the scan tomorrow Scorps, hope you get a lovely pic.