The great PESH dispenser

[Muser]

Here we go 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, girl born Nov 2
okiecokie, girl, born Nov 12
Honeymoo, boy, born Nov 11
ReginaMonologue, boy, born Nov 13
Maswera, boy, born Dec 24
PollyPoo, girl, born Jan 5?
MrsFC, boy, born Jan 7

UPDIFFED

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, blooming at last, due February 27
Ginhag, reckless cake-carrier, due 28th Feb
Medee, has a deceptive bump, 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 18th May.
Laurielou, the unmarried hussy with the "surprise" diff, due 31 May (ish)
Rocketleaf, no longer jealous of morning sickness, due 1 June.
TwinkleToes, supergluing her fanjo shut, due 20 June.
Orchid, hoping for a zen like child, due 1st July
Ginfox, loving the new mega-boobs, due 12th July.
LadyGoneGaga, Has lost her waist, due 24 July
Ivegotmrbitey, Marmite is a lovely name for a baybee, due 27th July.

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Congrats on the scan Milano....was wondering how you got on.

Good luck for today Booty - don't keep us in suspense

Right, today I will most defnitely be packing my hossie bag and overnight bag for LC. Deforestation took place yesterday too so am ready to flaunt my nethers when the time comes.
Birth pool comes tomorrow too which just leaves birthing preferences to write up and detailed instructions for MrCK and other helpers and I really will be ready [gulp]

Welcome back Gin!

Good scan news, Milano. Interesting the varying approaches in different countries.

Optimal foetal positioning ?we talk about this at yoga a fair bit. As above, anything that gets gravity working in your favour. Not leaning back on the sofa, not lying on your back. Sitting on a gym ball, or any seat really, keeping knees below your hips, gentle exercise like walking etc.

My weird dreams have settled down, but periodically I have day ?dreams? about something tragic happening to MrM and what would I do with the baby on my own. Horrible.

I too fancy a water birth - apparently there is one under-utilised pool at our local hospital.

Oh yeah - Optimal Foetal Positioning is all about getting the baby to lie head-down, back-to-front (rather than back-to-back) and to your left. Once the contractions start babies usually rotate from your left to your right, due to the way the uterine muscles are working, so is less far for them to travel IYSWIM......or they can do what LC did and swivel all the way round to B2B, which I put down to the monitoring and being on my back for the duration.

There is a brilliant website if you want to know more: Spinning Babies

I could get used to this being off work lark. Am tucked up in bed with laptop and a cat beside me. Do I have to go back tomorrow?

Muse Yes, but only for a couple of weeks? Is that right?

Ta for the Spinning Babies link, CK. I think what my midwife was telling me yesterday is that Berwhale is head down and engaged but back-to-back. Will be spending all of my maternity leave swimming and yogaing in an attempt to get him/her facing the right way...

Lovely scan news milano! Good luck today bootylove

How's the drucks scorps?

OBEM has calmed me down about the whole laying thing. It's reassuring to see more normal births. As my mother and sister both had a very bad time (which I don't think it would be nice to go into here)I have had a very negative perspective on child birth. I am more exciting about getting my hands on my baybee than anything else at present although I suspect that will change as I realise how big he or she is getting!

Enjoy the hospital bag packing clucky and at spinning babies

Luffs to boo

muser those blinds sound very expensive, but are they fabulous?

Oooh and congratulations on your engagement drom

Not nearly fabulous enough Bitey. I have discovered though that you can paint blinds. So I may just clean up the current cream ones and paint them with big spots or stencils or something. So much easier!

Drom yes, 2 weeks left. 10 days. Bring it on.

Can I have a tiny wibble? TBG has to go to the US for a short business trip in the last week Jan/first week Feb. I know the chances of anything happening while he's away for 3-4 days are tiny. But aargh. I don't want to be alone. If something did happen and I went into labour I'm not sure who I'd call. Family are at least an hour or two away. And my friends don't have babies or know anything about birth.

Typed a long post but bloody internet broke and lost it.

Good news on scan, Milano! And very good luck for Owlie for today. Everything will be perfect I'm sure.

Am knackered today as MiniG woke me up at 5:45 for the day. But on the plus side he hasn't had booby for 2 days even though I've been around so hoping he's self weaning. Would like a little break between the two nurslings if possible. And not sure I really want to do tandeming really, hippy as I am. Think milk supply is a fraction of what it was so hopefully he's losing interest.

I am bizarrely quite looking forward to the giving birth thing. Just to see if I can manage it "properly" this time without baby getting into a stupid position and having to be hoicked out. Of course it doesn't matter either way, what matters is a healthy baby, but would put some demons to rest for me I think. And I want to give birth in my vey exnsive paddling pool I shelled out for (was definitely good to labour in anyway even if had to go to hossie later on). Have found a hypobirthing instructor. She is on maternity leave at the moment (having birthed yesterday!) but she is back in april so should work out well for me. She thinks thewill be able to make me feel positive and not scared about my previous experiences.

Muse I'd be worried about that too. Can you not put your foot down - it does happen. Although if your waters broke or something then you might have to wait a day or two for labour to start properly so he may be able to get back. Then again he may not - it is a bit risky. But family could definitely get to you in time - most first labours are fairly slow to get going? Or could you get a Doula or something on standby just in case if he really does have to go?

I don't really feel like I can put my foot down. I was going to say I can't, but I obviously could have a strop. I'm not sure how effective it would be. It's a new job, the main office is based out there and he has to go to them. It's either go then, or they'll want him to go straight after the birth. And that thought horrifies me even more.

My mum and/or sister I'm sure would get to me with plenty of time if anything happened. And he'd probably even make it back as I'd be calling him at the slightest twinge. The hospital is just across the road. And I will probably be here at 41 weeks shouting GET THIS BABY OUT.

Yay for the great scan, Milano! Lovely to get your wave, eh? I got one too V interesting to read how they do things over there. :)

Poor Muse, that'd make me have a wibble too. Am sure TBG would rather stay in the UK too at that time, but that won't help, will it. Perhaps being in your last weeks at work might actually take your mind off it a bit, but it's still a shitter whatever way you look at it. Most first pgs are a bit late, if that's any help. Oh and paint the blinds, not buy new stuff!

Bitey, OBEM has helped me too. My Mum also had horrific birth experiences - without going into detail, she was told she must never get pg again after my brother as another labour would kill her On this issue, I wish my parents hadn't continued their policy of absolute honesty in every matter Still, she had fab pgs and awful births, so am hoping it'll be the other way round for me!

Medee, so sorry to hear about your upsetting dreams. I have repeated ones where my baby is like a doll and I keep forgetting about it and also where my Mum hates me and rejects me (hmmm, v Freudian), so I know how crap they can be. But Mr M ain't going nowhere, Missus :)

Well, took me first tab last night. Didn't sleep well and still have a mild headache but it is defo a headache as opposed to a migraine - I can feel now that they were migraines, not headaches, as this is easy to ignore and is affecting my head only, not my whole system. They said it should work from the very first dose, but am not going to worry that it actually didn't. The info leaflet that came with the drucks is v scary. It says that everyone taking them for more than 3-4 wks will have withdrawal symptoms (WTF?) and that taking them in the 3rd trimester could lead to babies with breathing probs, temporary heart issues and fitting, so I will be stopping them at wk 27 which is when they run out and when the 3rd tri starts. If I can just have a few weeks with less pain then I can tolerate the pain again for the last few months, IF it does return. When did I get so selfless?!

PS Also meant to say sorry to LoubyLou about the cold - just sharin' the love, honeybuns

Owlie Soz, but in all my mememe excitement I forgot - fingers crossed!

Drom! how did I miss that too? congratulations!!

Muser I suppose if your sis/mum were on standby just in case it would be ok. I think you are right about it being better to have him around after the birth. Still, it's extra stress you could do without. I can imagine you staying indoors, immobile for those 3 days!

Kate packing the bag is a bit of a momentous moment. The problem is that once you've done that, there's just WAITING to do!

Scorps glad those drucks are taking effect. Just think of the days when you'll be able to tell the lad about how much you suffered for him. Save it for extra-special moments

Oh for fuck's sake! Have just got engagement joke

Sympathies, Muse. At one point MrM was possibly going offshore around about now, and I told him no, as getting back from offshore can be unpredictable. Thankfully the project delivery date has changed. Rationally, you will probably be fine, and from the States he can probably get back quite quickly, but I can totally understand your nervousness. But think on the positives, think of all those cheap, colourful baby clothes he can bring back with him.

Ooooh, Medee is right - get him to stock up on goodies for you and Bob whilst over there!

Milano, that is tempting, but we've agreed that The Lad will never know I was ill whilst pg with him. If we talk about me being pg with him, will focus on how lovely it is to get a bump and feel baby move and on the matter of illness, just say that every lady has aches and pains when pg, which she doesn't care about.

Sorry to be po-faced about it. Had Aunty Tactless on the phone earlier saying how it'll be great to tease him about how ill he made me and I had to spell it out for her that that won't be happening, from me or her (she had pg headaches from wk 12-birth with one of my cousins and she's always telling her that 'she's never stopped being a pain', etc. - cousin is 50 )

Ha, get me - I'm already suffering from a terrible case of PFBitis!

Glad to hear the drugs are kicking in Scorps

Wow, the headache has virtually gone but I feel a bit drunk. This is the good shit, beyatches!

That's hard muse, I suppose lining up plenty of alternative support will give you some reassurance until TBG returns laiden with goodies!

My mum has been known to remind my sister of her terrible birth experience during family rows ie "you were a difficult birth and you're still causing me pain". Ick!

Is it too early to feel any movements? I am 13 weeks tomorrow and I'm sure I felt a never before felt bubbling in that area! I was in bed at the time and can't be 100% sure it wasn't wind but it was a new feeling!

scorps there is a lot of PFBitis in the AIBU threads. I always want to say to the flamers that PFBitis is not unreasonable! We are talking about a PFB! If that makes any sense?

I agree, bitey. PFBitis is surely inevitable and, to my mind, preferable to Don'tCareEnoughitis. I mean, some of the PFB stuff on AIBU is v silly, but I do empathise with most of them (I am soppy and very protective, so there's no hope for The Lad!). Mind you, my Mum still has PFBitis with me - frets about me being pg and carrying my handbag, FFS (to be fair, I cram it full of nonsense). Hope I'm a leedle bit more relaxed than that!

I think every woman feels movements at different stages; some feel nothing all the way through, some feel things v early on. Bubbling then 'popcorn' was what I first felt (although not at 13 wks). In any case, telling yourself it's the baybee instead of wind is much more fun