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.

lorry that actually made me cry! Especially the Nana one... And I need to work harder to get a foot rub from the FC!

It made me cry too.

Oh crap, we're meant to be smiling today MrsFC, not crying.

Good call on the happy thoughts BTW.

sorry to jump in your thread but can you explain what a PESH is? And the only acronyms? It has been bugging me for about a year.
Ta :)

Lovely post Laurie, made me smile.

Right, sudocream covered nappy slaps for those crying today.........

other acronyms, even. Like BESH.

Miffster, all is explained here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1048367-ESH-PESH-BESH

Oh Lozza, it all sounds faaaaaaaablus! I WANT ONE (though I'm sure I will have to kick MrA into giving me footrubs)

Aw, lozza, that is GORGEOUS. And wind is almost definitely baby moving.

I love the fact that I can be entertained genuinely for HOURS by the difference in kicks.

And I like that I spend hours cuddling a friend's newborn at the weekend with the gleeful thought that it'll be me next.

And I like looking at baby stuff to buy that needs sorting out.

Miffster BESH = Barren Evil Selfish Hags, PESH = Pregnant Evil Selfish Hags - as defined by the Daily Hate.

aha. Thank you. Am 39 year old PESH then. :)

My nappies are waiting at the sorting office for me to collect. I am ridiculously excited about this.

I have come up with an idea for a new product while I'm sat here working on my lovely presentation. Heated gym balls. This ball is much more comfy than a chair, but my word it's chilly.

Have you been buying much stuff yet Drom? I am waiting to get the Christmas shopping out of the way and then I am hitting the shops. People keep telling me "oh you don't need that" when I look at cute outfits. I know they're trying to be helpful. But I fully intend to do a bit of indulgent PFB shopping.

I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life - I frequently well up spontaneously and literally weep with joy at the thought of my baby whom I already love more than life itself. Me and TYF cuddle up every night when he gets in, smooching, rubbing my belly and talking soppily of our future family daydreams and he talks to the baby and tells it he loves it every night before bed. In these ways, it's truly magical.

I'm also the illest I've ever been in my life - and I've been registered disabled since I was 21 due to severe ill health. Since wk 6, I have been in constant, severe pain, first in my stomach, now my head (for those who've managed to miss my moans about it, I have a headache 24-7 that no painkiller can touch, nor any alternative things, that turns into a migraine around midnight - even now, my head is clanging) and have been told by 3 separate medical peeps that I am the illest preggo they've ever encountered, outside of hyperemesis sufferers. In fact, I've just got off the phone from my Doc, who had rung me without me knowing she was going to, to say that she's been in conference with her colleagues and my MW to discuss the state of my health, as she is so worried about me and, based on tests she wants me to have on Friday, I might need to admitted to hospital for observation (they have no idea why my body seems to just be failing - her words). All the normal pg crapness, like painful norks, weeing all the time, etc., I've not even been bothered about.

Yes, I do personally moan a lot, but I have massively underplayed the severity of how bad I've been and try to do it humorously. I only moan when things are really bad for me and perhaps my sarcastic way of doing it underplays how desperate I feel when I do. I have been essentially housebound with pain and extreme fatigue since the BFP and this is my only outlet. There's only so many times I can cry in TYF's arms or down the phone to my Mum because the pain has got too much for me. I don't have a job and thanks to evil Boss'friend', all my local friends have deserted me. I'm also totally isolated, as well as v ill.

Not trying to guilt trip anyone for suggesting we all lighten up, because I'm fed up of moaning - esp. me moaning! - too. But sometimes, a moan is not just for the sake of being a miserable old git! I am so ill that if I didn't moan now and then, I would have virtually nothing to talk about! I appreciate I don't need to moan about weight, etc., though, so will try to curtail that.

Gah, didn't refresh! Lozza, that list is beautiful :)

No! I have fantasy-shopped, but haven't actually bought anything major - waiting (superstitiously) for 30 weeks. (I did buy very cute socks and a little babygro with a drum and guitar print and a bib that says Mama Ain't Raising No Fool but that was all in a week moment). Have you seen this site? Have lost hours to it.

And did hit the shops with MrsFC which was all the fun.

I need a gym ball. Could you hurry up and invent the heated variety, pliz?

Hospital observation? That sounds awful Scorps, poor you. I do think a bit of venting is necessary at times. We need to be able to vent and be gleeful on this thread in equal measure.

And how close do you live to a station? I could possibly come and cheer you up in the New Year when I go down to lovely 4 day weeks.

I have only bought nappies so far, and a few clothes I bought very early on to prove to Bob I believed in his/her sticking power.

Other than that we have the Moses basket and playmat that we were given. And will be collecting more bits from relatives at Christmas

I love Nordic Kids stuff. I also love this site and will be hitting it in the New Year.

I don't live in the city, but is only 20 min bus ride away (then long walk to station)! Trouble is, I never know how bad I'm going to feel until I wake up in a morning and some/most days wouldn't be well enough to see anyone. But I feel I could muster the energy for you, my lovely. Thanks so much for the offer; has brightened my day :)

I didn't mean to have such a long whine above (ironically), but I realise I am a moaner and wanted to explain why I really do have good reason to at times.

PS That site is my all-time baybee-fash website

Scorps I'm so sorry to hear how ill you've been and continue to be. Having had a very smug pregnancy so far, I have to admit that I find it hard to grasp how ill pregnancy can make people, although there's plenty of testimony to the contrary on these boards!

I shall lurk around here in spirit, but I doubt I'll be posting much for the forseeable - I just don't feel like I have anything very helpful to share when others are in need of a space to vent because I'm so annoyingly content. I sort of feel like I've turned into a "relax and it'll happen" idiot-girl when everyone else needs to be miserable and that's not comfortable for me.

Oh, I saw a loverly baby grow in The White Company with drom and hb on Friday, it was white with rockets and planets. NEARLY was tempted to buy. But I held off. The FC says we have to do our big scary John Lewis (bow down in it's doorway please) shop before Christmas to avoid the 20% VAT. Cor. I loves shopping I do.

Ah, The White Company. I love that shop, but every time I pick something up I end up ouching at the price. I return to my PFB excuse though.

Scorps we can see how you are feeling in Jan. Hoping your body sorts itself out once the early growing stage passes.

X posts with drom. You are right, it's not down to me to dictate how everyone uses and needs these boards. I think it's probably best if I just lurk and appreciate how lucky I am to be having a relatively easy time of it.

But we need people who are having a good time as well as those who are sick! Otherwise it makes pregnancy look scary. And for most people it's not. Post and tell us about the shopping trips and moving bumps and all that stuff.

Or tell random stuff that is nothing to do with pregnancy and kick people in the shins. For example, there was a riot at my town hall last night, protesting at council cuts. Which is helluva cool and I wish I had been there to watch. But as there were proper riot police and stuff maybe better I just followed the events on Twitter.

Drom, I don't 'need to be miserable' - I'm not miserable, I just feel like I'm at death's door and need a vent now and then :) I am blissfully happy and it feels very weird to feel so shite and yet be cheerful about it and weirdly grateful! Perhaps I need to work on getting that across better.

Please don't be a stranger - I love hearing happy tales and people talking about how lovely everything is, how excited they are, how great the latest milestone is and so on. There's room for everyone and everything here and we certainly need some light to brighten the occasional gloom. But I understand you wanting to protect your happy time and not have your buzz harshed (maaaan).