The PESH deli: Beware the Peshes of March

[Medee]

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
ChoChoSan, girl, born 6 Feb
Ginhag, boy born 11 Feb
Muser, girl, born 15 Feb
CluckyKate, boy, born 18 Feb

UPDIFFED

Perfect Dromedary, defied medical science, due February 24
Medee, freaking out at being second on the list, due March 12
Casserole, completely out of witty things to add, due April 8
Scorpette, thinking of displaying her enorma-bump at freak shows, 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.
Milanomum, showing it off, due Aug 6th
Owlbooty, still can't stop belching, due 7th August
Ocarina, there's a what in there?! due late August
Mountie, too shy to shine, due Autumn

I went to Uni in Derby, and I love that endearment dearly. Much better than the love or hun you get up here.

gaga i'm intrigued about which spa town. My OH is from one in that sort of area - they get Midlands news but could be classed as south west.

Glad to hear of lovely lyra

i am lurking from m6. Going all the way to the top end and beyond....

I'm from further North in Derbyshire. But lived in Derby for a year when I was having MiniG - he was born in Derby City hospital. I do miss access to hills! People don't so much use terms of endearment round here but not too far from Birmingham and the "Bab" they use is quite sweet!

Sounds like your OH is from the "Gateway to the Cotswolds" CC? Know it well, have lot of friends there but not my town although the architecture is v similar. We have a Royal moniker and about 40 miles North East of there. Next door to a town with a famous Castle. In Warwickshire. I sound like the bloody Sunday Times now! Write in for your chance to win a trip to Butlins.

ha! That was my other guess. More ESH midlanders, very useful to know...

and yes, he is, BTW.

I am a midlander too!

Scorps I just noticed that compliment you gave me on my phrase coining abilities. Made me feel all appreciated.

Where are you CC?

GOOD LUCK BITEY! You can do it, put your back in to it :)

Fanks for the nice words, PESHlets. In truth, I'm not super-proper-depressed, just when my head pain is bad, I get v down as it also fatigues me and I start thinking stoopid things like 'what if I have a brain haemorrhage during labour?' and 'how will I give birth if I feel this ill on the day?' and everything - like getting dressed! - feels overwhelming I am prone to being a panicky ole twat (although I hide it well here, ahem).

Lozza, I've started taking an Alpha Male approach to my enorma-bump: 'Check out the size of MY BELLY! Fackin' twin-havers are jealous of this bad boy!', like I've got a massive cock car or summat It's the only way to go. I've even bought a tight-ish dress so I can properly terrifyingly hove into view!

Nowt wrong wi' a Derbyshire Lass I were born in t'same place as Gaga , although lived further north in the county than that. The hospital of that 'fine' town had the worst rate of infant mortality in the country during the 70s, so it's a badge of honour that we survived! Bizarrely, I've always found that everyone from the rest of the county dislikes Derb-eh; p'raps cos it's a bit Sarf for our liking? My family has always said 'duck' a lot. And 'yoth' (youth), which is pure class. Amusingly, I have a much more 'regional' accent than my brother who was only little when we moved somewhere with a less pronounced local accent (also posher area).

Sorry for tiny post btw am sneaking on for seconds at a time at work...

PS No probs, Boo 'Tis all true!

PPS I consider mesen a Northerner, innit (just scraping in by dent of geography of village I grew up in). I get wound up when people think you're a Midlander when you're from Derbyshire, cos the top part of it leads into Manchester and lots of it is higher up than Sheffield, say, both of which are Northern.

I have a mini bee in my bonnet about it, can you tell? Mind you, I've lived in the Midlands-proper most of my life

I have the most screwed up accent there is, bit of Brummie (but not proper black country) bit of posh/sarf from living in london, and a bit of Scouse. and the the odd bit of Manc from working there for all those years. TB thinks it combines to make me sound a bit Welsh :o personally I like to think it makes me sound 'unique'

Nowt wrong with being a Midlander score although I used to get a tit on when my southern mates referred to it as up north and my northern mates referred to it as down south. Like we are not allowed our own identity.

There's nowt wrong with being a Midlander, Rocket, I concur. I was just railing against people who think all of Derbyshire is Midlands-based, whereas a big part of it isn't. It's my pedantry more than anything!

i'm a Scot living in shtopshire. Currenly in the Lake Districy, about to hit the pub for lunch.

Medee if they do let you take a pool, give me a shout :) And just also to say on the TENS front, if you do try it beforehand and don't get on with it, don't think that means it won't be any use in actual labour. I hired a TENS, tried it beforehand and hated the sensation of it but in labour it felt completely different and was really helpful, at least in the earlier stages.

After a morning of intensive flirting with consultants and buttering up midwives I haz a date for my elcs! 31st March

Good luck bitey - hope it all goes well.

Thanks Bitey, I plan to try that tonight and hope for the best. Thanks too, rocket, shall try that if plugging it in doesn?t work. It is 5 years old now though, so maybe just at the end of its days (which I hastened!)

thanks cass, and ooh to the elcs date!

Pool confusion continues; someone on the local NCT board was told by the consultant MW that the first birth has taken place in the new pool. I need to stop obsessing!

Aaaaaaaaaaaagh bollocky arse biscuits! Have been to interview, made an interesting first impression by throwing my glass of water across the table and a poor second impression by not being able to clean it up using the non absorbent tissues they gave me. Rest of interview took place over a small table lake! They will let me know later today, not holding out much hope!

It's not obsessing Med , not at all. It's those sorts of things that can either make you feel more in control or out of it; and at this late stage you need to be able to plan, and visualise. Totally understandable.

wow - only a month Cass...pretty much! Can't believe it . Really excited for you! Feel a bit sad for me as I should have been next person after you but t'wasn't to be. Oh well, feel very blessed to have the one I'm carrying anyway.

Can you call the labour ward to check, Med - I agree with Cass - part of the preparation process is being able to visualise the birth and how you will deal with it all and it's hard to do that without being able to pin details down.

agree with you Score - our birthtown is more North facing than Midlands being only 10 miles from Sheffield. about Scarsdale - I didn't know that!

Echo what Cass says, Medee. The slightest thing feeling up in the air is Not Helpful at this stage. Still, at least you know the pool is available, yay!

Good news about the elcs date, Cass :)

Bitey, at least they won't forget you in a hurry Things like that can and do happen and if you're a strong candidate, it shouldn't matter.

Brilliant news on elcs date, Cass! hurrah!

When will they let you know, Bitey? Was it internal candidates only or any extrernals to worry about? I'm sure they won't be bothered about the water thing. Probably distracted them from your massive bump - good tactics!

How are you feeling, Drom? Scared? Excited? Every emotion humanly possible? Not long now!