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.

Fank you all the laydeez. Whatdoyamean menkul does not stop? I AM SICK OF BEING MENKUL!

Cho - glad I caught the tail end of your diff. Exciting times!

Kate I am not sure I had the pleasure. Waz you a BESH before?

Hi Mountie - you are right....I fell into ESHdom after I diffed on recomendation of Boxer (RL best friend)

Hi Mountie I think you stopped posting on fred around the time that I joined - I'm so pleased for you, congratulations :)

Sorry to hear there's not much going on with both cho and clucky I am still holding out hope of one of you laying on my birthday esp if you are are foot fiddling on Tuesday Kate and mountie set the president with her fab news yesterday which made my fake bday (as TB is now away) even more ace. you do realise all your pregnancies are all about mememe, yes? any way whatever happens hope you both don't have to wait too much longer to be cuddling your little ones!!!

Hope gin is not being quiet due to nasty rib action and is taking it easy.

Posting is going to be minimal as at my folks for a few days but will be checking in to keep an eye.

I am starting to feel that this baby can't possibly stay inside much longer. There is no space. And I feel weird. Do others about this stage just feel odd?

Distinctly odd Muse and wondering whether every ache & movement is a sign that things are starting.....so far nothing

The menkulling continues huh!

It is true that the menkul never ends. I'm not even sure I can describe the oddness. Odd movements, I'm guessing due to lack of room so things just feel different. I had weird shooting pains in my foo last night. Woke up in the middle of the night with awful heartburn and nausea, an incredibly tight bump, and a general sense of "oddness".

I think it's going to be a long month!

Or a SHORT month, Muse

I'm sure the various menkuls we're all experiencing during pg will pale into insignificance at the menkulling of parenthood

Sorry to hear there's no exciting developments yet, Cho - little bugger is far too comfy in there playing xylophone with your dodgy rib! Still, you're in the countdown zone now (I don't mean you're going to give birth to the reincarnation of Richard Whitely, BTW).

Right, me and TYF are off looking for houses to rent and check out the area we're favouring. We love our flat, but is far too small for a baybee, even if we turned it into a minimalist haven (fat chance) and the area isn't verh desirable (ie I don't want to be at various classes and activities and be the same age as the other babies' grandmothers. And the schools are crap).

we've been discussing names today - a surprisingly high degree of accord, so several potential names.

I have found MrCluck much more accepting of my name suggestions later on the pregnancy Muse.
Have been getting the nausea & tight-bump combination too....think it must be BH.

Good luck with the house-hunting Scorps - funny how life changes with schools and such becoming important.

I just scrubbed all the mould off the bay window in the living room. I love my bay window, I bloody hate the condensation though.

It was hilarious to do as my cat was sat outside on the other side of the window and decided it was a game. So I'm on one side scrubbing away and she's on the other side pouncing on my hand and trying to bite it. Through the glass. Snort.

Also, TBG has just texted me to say that he dumped all our change into the Coinstar at the supermarket and came away with £42. £42!

Drink are on you then Muse - mine's a Singapore Sling

Sorry to hear you've been afflicted by the nesting thing though....hope it wears off soon

Hello all, still enjoying being energetic. There appears to have been some kind of trade off though as I am now fully menkull and have mostly cried today ( when not hoovering vigorously). disclaimer this is very long and mostly about me!
Am very upset with my friend. We were supposed to be having a get together of a few of us yesterday going for a nice beach walk followed by cake. Instead was rearranged to a drinking sesh round her house. I didn't want to go because I can't drink and because they all smoke I spend a lot of time on my own while they smoke and chat in the garden. I'd join them but the smell of smoke actually makes me boak. So the day had changed from something I could take part to yet again, something I couldn't(I really do miss my party life style). Was trying to explain to my friend that I feel a bit lonely and that I was finding pregnancy quite an isolating experience and hoping she would understand as she has two children. She said that she thought I was being ridiculous, and (this is the bit that hurt me) that because she had wanted and loved her babies so much she never felt like that when pregnant. So now I feel like I am already failing as a mum!

Sorry for self absorbed rant, will catch up with everyone else now!

Oh feel even worse now that have ignored so much!

Hello fairybotherer think we missed each other in the palais but lots of congratulations to you!

Glad to hear about consensus on the naming front m'dear think I had better hold off any further discussions with the FDH as we are poles apart at present! Will you be telling friends and family about your shortlist or keep them until you get your baybee?

Happy nesting muse! Would you like to come round mine? Will pick you up?

Happy new home hunting scorps, hope you have lots of melty 'this could be the nursery' moments!

Sorry there hasn't been any movement to those waiting but I suppose the general oddness could be a sign something is happening? Does everyone know what flavour they are having, or going for surprises?

watch out for that feeling of oddness muser. Last time I had that I sprogged at 36 weeks...
It was the strangest feeling. Oh, and I got urges to clean things that really bugged me too

Congrats to mountie! And I'm pretty sure I have said the same to ocars, but just in case I'll do a double nekkid jig.

That ought to kickstart some laying...

Bitey Pregnancy can be very demoralising like that. I have definitely found some of my friendships have changed because we're in totally different places. But then I have also made tons of lovely new friends who are also pregnant and therefore happy to handle the baby obsession.

I imagine your mate has conveniently forgotten the difficult bits of pregnancy. But you are probably going to have to man up a bit about judgy comments - everyone has an opinion on one's parenting choices and everyone will express it in no uncertain terms and you just can't take it to heart!

Mind you, I still miss late-night boozing and smoking. But life's a trade-off and I really, really want this baby...

Muse I can't work out if I actually feel different, or whether The Fear has kicked in. Am in total De Nile about the reality of having to give birth any time between now and mid-March.

And Mountie! Amaze news! I can't dance these days because I suspect my pelvis will fall apart, but am sitting cheering for you!

You are not failing Bitey. I think your friend is just conveniently forgetting bits of being pregnant. As with anything in life there are good bits and less good bits. I agree with Drom, you need to let it wash over you. Someone, somewhere will always think you're doing something wrong. Opinions are like arseholes after all.

De Nile sounds like a good place to be Drom. I'm sure someone has miscounted somewhere and we can't really be due to lay any day now. Although that doesn't also stop me thinking that I am quite ready to not be pregnant anymore. I am feeling a bit impatient to meet my baby.

I'm done with the nesting for the day though. Flat is clean. TBG has hoovered and is currently making a roast dinner for us. I like that roasts are his job.

I'm definitely ready to meet Berwhale! Just, y'know, does it have to involve quite so much mess? And stretching? Not quite over the Dairylea box/cervix opening comparison that was made to me the other day...

Our flat is falling to bits around us. I can't nest because there is nowhere to put anything. We're sleeping in the spare room because the bedroom has just been painted because we moved a wardrobe and found a moth infestation and therefore have had to buy a new carpet and thought we might as well paint at the same time. And te nursery furniture won't be delivered until 3 March. And I haven't packed my hospital bag or started perineal massage. I am Not Ready.

sorry to hear your friend hasn't been very supportive, bitey.

We've still to get the fairly long shortlist down a bit further, but definitely won't tell anyone until the baby is here, partly as we won't know ourselves until we actually meet the baby.

Oh Bitey, I wonder whether your friend didn't mean to upset you by being critical and her comments just came out the wrong way. Try not to take it personally....she was just being a bit insensitive, is all.

You are right though - pregnancy and also parenting can be incredibly isolating, which is what makes places like this so invaluable. It does make you re-evaluate old friendships but, as Drom so wisely says, it does introduce you to a whole new world of lovely new friends for you and your baby.

And breathe! Feel much better for a vent! Generally take the view that people's judgey comments say more about them than me but this friend is usually a very close friend (bridesmaid at wedding, I am god mother to her youngest) and so I value her opinion more which I think is why I got so upset. She has been a bit odd since I got diffed so maybe best in small doses until I am feeling less hypersensitive! Thanks for support all

Don't worry drom I'm sure all will be in place for berwhale's arrival despite unexpected home improvements

how exciting medee, can't wait to get to the point where I am thinking about meeting my baybee!

Hi there. Sorry about insensitive friend Bitey. people often say daft things to differs, not realizing that,when being smug about their own circumstances, it often comes across as a criticism of anyone who doesn't share the experience.

A classic is, "oh I would nt have ONE alcoholic drink/bit of cheese/ whatever during pregnancy...I wouldn't do ANYTHING to harm my baby" - the implication being that anyone who does is taking a risk, rather than ghat they might have done some research, weighed up the evidence etc.

Perhaps YOU could do the organizing for next event, explaining the motivation, and maybe even try to make it a regular inclusive event, obviously allowing time for everyone else to go out and smoke and drink their heads off on another day.

sorry bitey, i hope i didn't seem insensitive too, as i had missed your posts - refresh fail. i had a hard time with such events while diffed cause the friends I see most are younger and nowhere near having babies. It's still a problem because they forget we have a daughter and have to plan for babysitting etc. And then they get all put out if we chose to skip something. Please don't take it to heart.

I'm going to see a Fesh on Friday and old friends saturday when Mil will watch Squeaks. best of both worlds.

Thinking of cho and clucks.

That's exactly what she's being like cho only in the opposite direction. Last week she suggested that we all go away for new years, a mutual friend can bring the decks and amp, not a big crowd say twenty or thirty of us, and of course as I will have finnished bf'ing by then I can either leave the baby with my parents or just use a baby monitor. She couldn't understand my reluctance and made me feel like I was being really precious! If the baby is born on the edd he or she will be five months old, I hopefully will still be bf'ing and wouldn't want to take him or her to what will essentially be a rave! Does that make any sense? I feel like I am being a neurotic mother and am only just in the second trimester!
Aah, ignore me- am boring myself now with my moaning! Going to go and pull myself together!

Christ, Bitey, I can't imagine making plans for next New Year yet! You have no idea whether you'll want to leave your baby or whether you'll take to bfeeding happily and want to do it for a year, or whether you'll have had an unbroken night's sleep since the birth. She is being totally unreasonable to expect you to be excited about plans like that! And you might find that you don't want to use a precious night out to be with millions of randoms.. How old are her kids?