Mad March in the PESH deli; in like a lion, out like a lamb?

[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
Perfect Dromedary, boy, born 23rd February

UPDIFFED

Medee, Gah! Top of the list! Was due March 12
Casserole, cracking open the sunroof on March 31
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, sprouting out all over the place, due 1st 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, appears to have eaten posh spice, due 27th July.
Milanomum, eating for 7, due Aug 6th
Owlbooty, suddenly weeble-shaped, due 7th August
Ocarina, there's a what in there?! due late August
Mountie, too shy to shine, due Autumn
Truffkin, growing a padawan, due 17th November

Bloody knackered. Will someone pop round and cook the tea please? I can't get out of bed. Ta.

Yey for ultra normal MW appointments, returning loved ones and toblerone.

Boo to auditors. Shouldn't be allowed with 50 meters of differs (or any ESH for that matter)

We have a code red here- have a jet lagged husband in a coma upstairs, have been through the duty free and no tobler What to do? What if I smothered him with his pillow?

I have a similar one Bitey except NO FUCKING PRESENTS Nearly three weeks in Oz and not a damn thing, even though it's my birthday on Friday.

He is jetlagged to fuck and iller than I am, yet I may have to clamber on this evening. I think I have missed the egg as Lee didn't oblige, but there may be hope

That is a smothersome offence if ever there was! But pliz to not talk about toblerone or any chocs - I haven't eaten any for 3 weeks of lent. Is getting tough now.......

I agree boring = good as far as MW concerned.

Auditors finally buggared off - HUZZAH!

I have 27 more days to work.................. WOO HOO!

Right, shower & bed now - I iz knackered

Gah, I have nothing of the sort - I have 17 days left to work. Bigger WOO HOO!

x-posts. Jetlagged husbands not good. Not good at all. Happy clambering Rie

Bitey I'd suggest that might be a problem that Relate can help you with. Either that or a trip to your nearest confectionary outlet to purchase 3 super sized Toblers as soon as he wakes (mile, dark and white natch)

Not impressed by pelvic pain, auditors, training presentations, appraisals or very tiring days. Surely once diffed all real work should cease and we should be left alone to doss up until mat leave starts? I am facilitating an off site tomorrow with my new stakeholder group (I changed jobs on Monday - loads of time to get to know them!) and will have a 12 hour day plus 2 hour+ commute - less than impressed. On the plus side TGB is cooking my dinner and I have my feet up whilst MNing to my heart's content. I am pleased for OBEM crying (not just me!), returning husbands and boringly good midwife appointments.

I am interested to know how the appointments work here as my GP was the least interested it is possible to be when I saw her last week. I wouldn't mind but I called the surgery to notify of diffedness and the receptionist said I had to come in to see the GP, I wasn't massively bothered about going in just yet. I have completed my self-referral to nearest hospital. I have looked at the website and they have a lovely and quite new midwife-led birthing unit, which looks quite swish. Pools in the en-suite double rooms where Dad can stay too

My recently embarked upon healthy eating has gone out of the window today as I cannot get enough salty carbs. Baked spud for lunch, fish pie for dinner and I even had to stop on my way home to buy some salted crisps to satisfy my 'craving'. TGB is most disappointed I am not yet eating weird and wonderful foods, but have assured him that real cravings will come later on (hopefully not marmite and banana on toast like my sister)

It has been quiet in here today, how are you Scorps if you are about?

Yes hop on rie demand your presents in kind.

bitey flogging is to good for him

loz i bet you are knackered, I am moaning because I drove 40 miles today, did a bit of walking about and then drove back. I didn't even do a days work, you make me ashamed!! 17 days and counting, get in! Time ot sit off and eat cake all day.

X Posts a plenty, X posts galore!

Rie seconding gifts in kind, plus he needs to be purchasing a larger than life birthday offering for Friday.

Loz 17 days! Massive woo hoo. I think I have about 150.....

Huzzah for boring MW results (pg is the only time when you want to be dull as fuck, innit?!) and 17 workings days left, boo to auditors, pelvic pain and evil monster husbands! I don't like Toblerone myself, but a man should not deprive his woman of her fave treats, esp. when she's full with child

Truffs. I think everyone goes through a salty carbs phase (I'm still well into mine ) - I once made TYF drive me to the next town just to get me some KFC chips from the drivethru late at night - only KFC ones would do! I also have a craving for tofu though - v boring.

Have not been around today cos feel v rough. For the last few weeks I've been having period pain-stylee pain on and off, which MW said was BH but for the last 24 hours it's been a constant evil pain - no cramping, nothing muscular, just a non-stop severe womble pain. Rang MW; sounds like 'tough luck' (her words) - said wimminz prone to period pains are prone to random womble pain in late pg Paracetamol doesn't help and can't take or do anything I'd normally do for period pains so am feeling miserable (with this on top of the headaches and SPF, etc.). Living room is a tip but haven't been able to do owt today; pathetic. Have been planning everything we've got left to buy/do/move/sort out, etc. and obsessing about what changing bag to get in lieu of 'real' activity'.

Sorry for mememe; am just fed up of being in pain every bloody day.

BTW, round 'ere, we have to see the MW every 2 wks after wk 28 for a first pg.

Poor pet!! it's grim being in pain all the time. Hope it eases up on it's own if useless MW can't help. I know what you mean about the drugs. I would probably be necking the bastard strength anti inflammatories right now but obviously can't while diffed. Ah well not much to be done!! Gonna have a nice relaxy day today abd see if that helps. BF is coming over to give me a pedi this avo as I can no longer reach and TB won't :)

Interesting you get every 2 weeks from 28. I have every 3 at the mo. I am assuming it goes to every 2 after 34 weeks but I'll find out tomorrow. Actually there is a break down in my notes of what checks I will have at what stage and what should be checked at each one. but I can't be arsed going and looking right now

Was wondering has anyone else been weighted at MW appointments? I haven't been since booking in, not that I am complaining as really don't think I want to know!!!

Nice rhyming rocket! Sorry poorly scorps that pain sounds horrid. I don't know about you but any womble related twang and I feel a bit panicky so would be in a state of anxiety with non-stop hurting. Would a warm bath help?

arial that is a very poor performance on the present front, unless his hidden your offerings until Friday? The foot dragging one has brought home nothing but Miami beach sand, a pile of washing and a frankly hilarious case of sunburn.

turffs I think I ate half a loaf of brad toasted with marmite every day for the first 14 weeks, and when I wasn't eating toast I was eating crips. I also ate a huge variety of boiled sweets and fizzy sweets. I have always been a piglet though and suspect that getting diffed has just given me free reign on my greed! BTW marmite with bananas is bloody lovely!

Sounds like your back still banjaxed too rocket? Do you want to get in the bath with scorps? They wieghed me for the 1st time at 15 weeks, was horrible and am now forever recorded as a fatty. I will tell them to fuck the fuck off if they try and weigh me again, as am sure it's optional. I'm not obese or owt.

Bitey WTF???? Grounds for divorce if you ask me. I bought a large toblerone last night in the supermarket and ate most of it in the half mile car journey home. It's not easy driving and snapping off triangular chunks, y'know.

Rocket I don't think they routinely weigh at my MW appts. Unless they suspect one is overly skinny/weirdly ballooning.

Scorps you are so nearly there

Truffs potato was about the only thing I could eat any quantity of in the first 12 weeks or so; that and scrambled egg with shedloads of salt on. Mmm, healthy.

Lozza 17 days woohoo! You have inspired me to count up how many days I have left. Sadly I fear it is quite a lot. Boo.

I am really fucking knackered. And, (this is a new and novel problem) I am finding when I am sitting at work that because I'm shit at sitting up straight, the top of my bump (which I think is all the fat that got shoved out the way by the baybee underneath it) is now getting squashed down by my expanding buzzwams, and making my ribcage hurt where they meet. What the hell? This is neither dignified nor comfortable. Bah.

Fear not bitey after the first weigh I didn't get weighed again until I was in labour.

Scorps I hope you are feeling better today. Last stretch, you can do it!

X-post - yes, I was weighed at 12 weeks and their scales were about 2.5kg out. 2.5kg!!! So I too have been stuck in the 'overweight' bracket despite having a BMI that is actually 24. Fuckers.

OOps! But the thought of Brad Pitt lovingly smeared in butter and marmite has cheered my morning no end!

owlie are you taking spa tone? I am a bit crap at remembering to take it but it does make a big difference to my energy levels when I do. I haven't tkaen it for a couple of days and now feel like I have flown twice round the world after a weeek of night shifts.

muse why would they do that to you? I suspect I am going to be a bit snarly in labour and not in the mood for being weighed. Unless it is drucks related? If I need one I will probably do anything for an epidural!

Naw, I'd heard rumours it bungs you up like a bunged up thing. My iron levels were peachy at 12 weeks altho no idea if they are still peachy, they are probably shitey now.

It will be drucks related if they weigh you in labour I would have thought, otherwise they would not know how much lovely GA to give you should the need arise as they will need to do the related maths to make sure they give you enough.

I really hope I don't need a GA for any reason, I've never had one, I really don't do hospitals, I'm a shit patient at the best of times and the very idea gives me the wibbles.

I think I'll consider the merits of Brad smeared with butter instead.

Rie as my birthday is also impending I think we should have an enormous virtual cake that none of us dare lift except the Mighty Ginhag, Reckless Carrier of Cakes.

Must be a drucks thing. I tried not to look.

Ok cool. I think it might be a yank thing. WTEWYRE keeps mentioning that my 'care provider' will weight me at such abd such a stage blah blah so I think perhaps they have more weigh ins over the pond (they are a bit more notorious for being fatties I suppose, no offense to and Merkins lurking about!) Not that I am complaining as I said! Just wondered if it was normal.

Bitey I think you need to emphasise to the FDH that there are an army of extremely unimpressed PESH giving him very hard stares right now. If he does not over come his jet lag and sub burn and imminently rectify the lack of present situation with at least some flowers and thorntons then it will not go well for him. Same goes for Mr A. Mind you seem to remember I had exactly the same treatment from TB after snowboarding on MY BIRTHDAY!!! Tsk.

BootsyCollins, I think you have been misinformed rather badly. Iron tablets bung you up. The whole point of Spatone is that it is easier to absorb therefore a lower dose so less gets into your bowls to cause problems. I would heartily recommend a months worth to see what happens.

Owlie You have buttery marmite on your chin. Where is Brad? If you take spatone in orange juice to help with the absorbtion also reduces risk of being bunged up. It doesn't give you the sticky black tar poo of doom that iron tablets can. (We have agreed there is no such thing as TMI right?) The doula that runs my differ yoga calls it the magic jungle juice but she is a bit odd

rocket I will tell him and let him feel the fear!

My birthday also approacheth, I would like a cake that can be jumped out of with a "surprise!", don't mind what kind all cake is good but would prefer Daniel Craig to do the cakey, cream covered leaping if poss?

Marvellous, Pocketrocket I shall get me some magical Spatone henceforth;even if my iron levels are okay now I seriously doubt they will be for much longer given that I have had anaemia in the past.

My other woe is fecking hurty gums - why is it that they were absolutely fine all the way along and now, as I have evil dentist on Friday, they have fallen to bits? Bugger.

Bites tis true, there is no such thing as TMI in here. Well there is, but hey, I'm eating lunch at the moment and we are a long way from the point of TMI discussing mere poo. Actually, I've spent so long around the BESHlets I'm not actually sure what constitutes TMI anymore.

Scorps so sorry you are feeling shit :(

Aries I really hope for his sake that he's got something extra-speshial for Friday, even though it doesn't excuse the lack of tacky-airport souvenir. TIS went to Holland last year and brought me back a pair of mini-clogs of the kind that sit on shelves gathering dust. I would have preferred a real pair. Or a Toblerone.

lozza glad everything is exceptionally boring

I get weighed at every appointment here (but then they are a bit obsessed with body-image). They claim it's to do with making sure you don't balloon excessively or have GD. I know exactly how much I've put on since the start. Am I bovvvverrrred? I was even told not to eat so much ice-cream last time which my entire diet was based on that summer.

owlie is there no possibility of assuming the stretched back-feet up on desk position? Or a yoga ball? Or one of <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.it/imgres?imgurl=image20.webshots.com/20/3/53/72/201335372RORsSH_fs.jpg&imgrefurl=sports.webshots.com/photo/1201335372054039667RORsSH&usg=__oU1lbDdm0KoWEwqX8PM5pUTmPPg=&h=2048&w=1536&sz=365&hl=it&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=r0FU0DOhJH7tTM:&tbnh=151&tbnw=117&ei=axOTTZrSApCTswbrsYzQBg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsuspended%2Bharness%26hl%3Dit%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D608%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=830&vpy=224&dur=108&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=116&ty=162&oei=OxOTTYOfHcjctAbBocTRBg&page=1&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">these - (assuming they work even if your legs don't end at the knee)

In other news, I am feeling much better and starting to enjoy this being off work malarky.

There should really be a TMI award for each ESH thread.

Maybe not.

I'm guessing the things they talk about in FESHland are far, far worse than anything we can conjure up in here.

Macadoo I am liking the feet up on desk posish. I shall adopt it immediately. V.glad your kidneys are recovering; I wonder if we punched them too enthusiastically whilst awaiting POAS back before Christmas? Last time I was in A&E the chap in the bed next to me had kidney stones. They were offering him epic amounts of morphine. That's gotta be pretty damn painful to merit that sort of splendid druggery as they didn't offer me any, the tight bastards.