The Deli gets funky: Ah, PESH it good - P-PESH IT REAL GOOD!

[Scorpette]

This fred ain't for everybody - only the menkul wimminz!

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.
Medee, girl, born 26th March.
Casserole, girl born?

UPDIFFED

Scorpette, not top of the list at all, lalala, I can't hear you!, 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, No, it's not fucking twins, due 24 July.
Ivegotmrbitey, appears to have eaten posh spice, due 27th July.
Macaroonmum, 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.
kat2504, 25 sticks pissed on and counting, due 5th December.

I haz been a bitch to my SIL after she rang me saying how much she likes the horrible name that the FDH likes. I asked hey why my baby's name was an open forum for discussion when the first we heard of my niece and nephew's names were when we met them for the first time! She was the same over our wedding and needs to back the hell off! Feel a bit bad now as she is clearly trying to bond but we aren't close and I can't see we ever will be.

score can you be dropped at the door of the shop?

Happy bank holiday hags and soz for bring such a grumpy biatch, it's not my hormones - just my personality [grim]

to Bitey SIL. It feels so annoying because it's kinda hinting that their side of the family should take preference in choosing things, doesn't it? FIL still bangs on about naming The Lad his 2 name choices and is genuinely nonplussed at me expecting a bigger say than him and MIL (even though they are totally uninterested otherwise)!

I could get dropped off very near the shop BUT TYF has zero sense of direction and would not be able to park and then find me again, even with detailed instructions from me. I'm not exaggerating. We need to go on 2 sides of town and there is a car park nearby on both sides but it seems ridiculous (and costly) to go park in one for 30 mins then go park in the other for 30 mins.

Ah, we've decided to go tomorrow. Which is stoopid, as it'll be v busy, but fuck it. Lazy DVD 'n' cuddling day planned for today instead. Now that's what I call a GOOD Friday! [bugrin]

Sorry for ridiculous tizzy about shopping SPD is such a bastard.

Scorps I bet you do the sneeze whilst I am out of the country next week. Bah. I shall miss it. The poonamis must be leading up to something I reckon. Also, what you need is one of those electric things on two wheels - this!

I have told a few people what we might call the Owlet but have pointed out that a: the sonographer might be wrong about the gender as they sometimes are and b: he might not look like one when he arrives and so end up being called something completely different. In the meantime I have been calling him all manner of daft names like Horatio which makes people who don't know me that well look horrified as if I am actually being serious. Thankfully nobody on either side of the family has been daft enough to think we'd listen to their random name suggestions so they haven't made any.

Bites if FDH is thinking of Horatio then permission to laugh and point pliz.

That's the beauty of it Scorps it doesn't straighten, just defrizz! It's usually quite expensive and I only tried it as I'd saved loadsamoney by not having highlights (to save my hair from a bleach-related death) but the Groupon deal was for £60 so I'm hoping it's just as good. My appointment is actually tomorrow (did anyone else keep thinking yesterday was Friday?) so will let you know how it goes.

Am sorry that people think they have a right to name your baybees, am wondering if we'll get that from anyone. I know my SiL suggested a name if theirs is a girl and my MiL said she wouldn't use it if they chose it Something along the lines of 'no grandchild of mine...' She's a great MiL but can be quite forthright with her opinions!

In hilarious news I said to my Mom on the phone yesterday that the midwife joked that severe sickness can indicate multiple babies (but we've had an early scan so phew) and she's clearly taken it to heart. Bless her! There is one set of twins in TGB's family (cousins) and none in mine plus we've had the scan so she's got quite carried away with herself.

I think we might have a very lazy day today, possibly sit on the balcony for a while in the sun and maybe wander up the road for lunch or dinner but nothing more strenuous than that!

Thanks for congrats Rocky but unfortunately I spoke too soon and managed another one on my way out of work and had to get up at 1am for quite horrid puke session. Did anyone else have 'proper' sickness for MS? Like when you've got a sickness bug? Tis horrible but am also thinking I might worry when it stops (am refusing to say if!) I did have a nice long sleep last night, which I think does help as it's worse and more frequent when I'm tired.

I've waffled for far too long. Hope everyone is enjoying the start of the long weekend!

Cheers, Bootsy I do the exact same thing re: joking about godawful names with people; I am very good at deadpanning. I think my Gran is actually convinced The Lad will be called Peregrine or Gaylord or similar

On a slightly different tangent, if one more person bangs on about how all boys love sport and football and how we'll have to play footie, watch footie and take him to matches, etc. and then act like we're Brady & Hindley because we don't want to encourage him to be obsessed with sport (TYF bloody hates all sport except F1), I WILL be dressing The Lad as a girl and telling everyone the sonographer got it wrong and bringing him up as a girl in a hideous serial-killer-in-the-making mindfuck environment JUST TO SHUT THEM THE FUCK UP At least my Mum is on my side, as my Dad and brother's obsession with sport dominated all family leisure time

Could my mood swings be another 'sign' for Scorpwatch?

I am also worrying about Strep B testing (ie not having it). I just need someone to hit me with a big hammer so my mind will STFU.

Can't afford the swanky hair treatment, Truff, but is good to know about it, cheers :) My ms felt like a tummy bug, but I never had to get up in the night for a vom, you poor thing. Ginger biscuit?

MrM let slip really early to my folks that Elizabeth was a possible girl name, and didn't understand why I was annoyed with him. I don't exactly know why, but it just seems right to keep it a secret. We didn't reveal middle name until my mum arrived at the hospital, as I wanted to double check she didn't hate it as it is her own middle name.

I do have some ginger biscuits in my drawer at work Scorps and I sometimes find that smelling them helps to buy me some time ( if I'm in the muddle of a phone call for example) but eating them has not helped!

Deffo get the hair thing as a birthday prezzie, it's lasted me a good 4 1/2 months (although returning to the excessive de-frizzing rituals have really pissed me off for the few weeks I've been waiting to have it re-done! I think it's made me high maintenance oops)

If we ever get to the point we both agree on any names, I just know TGB will spill it and someone will think it's yuk & put me off again!

truff Dr gideon koren in Toronto says severe ms indicates high iq in baybee. Also baybee less likely to have heart defects. So there you go, next time you find yourself stood in the bath puking and pissing simultaneously, a little something to warm your soul. Whaddya mean you don't miss yourself yet when you puke? (Knowing smirk)

My parents, Gran (despite getting confused about Peregrine!), Aunt and brother know The Lad's name. Mostly, this is our fault because we've called him it since wk 20 and keep referring to the baby/bump by the name accidentally in front of others. Luckily, they all think it's bloody great (well, dunno if Gran is so sure but I can't take offence at anything she says, however tactless, as I adore her). Know the PIL will be but they can fuck off.

We've also worked through all the possible piss-takes the name could get and there's only 2 and they're both very benign; the first will be too obscure for today's kids to know anyway and we call the bump the second one ourselves

Truff, you will reach a stage with the ginger biscuit suggestions that the mere sight of a packet of ginger nuts will fill you with a Pavlovian rage response to rival The Increidble Hulk's

If the ms thing is true, Muser's BobKate is off to Oxford at 12

Ski I have certainly experienced the dilemma of how to vomit and pee at the same time

Shit if that is true my baby will not be the sharpest tool! Stillno puke here. Lots of burping, but no puking.

Menkul alert - I have early scan tomorrow morning. Panic!! Am paranoid they will discover that there is nowt going on in there. In fact, given my recent diet, they are more likely to find a slice of cheesecake in my womble.

kat Maybe you'll make up for the puking with breastfeeding! See I won loads of points for a miserable pregnancy, but I ff - which means Bear has a life of velcro ahead of him.

Cossie dreamed that she had an artichoke rather than a baybee, hence "Artie".

I was fairly convinced at my first scan they would either find nothing or a rhubarb and custard sweet as that was all I was eating at that point.

Mmm, cheesecake though

I too was paranoid that at my first scan they'd tell me I'd imagined it all. Hope it goes OK kat.

Blergh to the puking Truffs, that sounds really rough. Hope it stops v soon.

I've just been out in 'clothes that are smart and official looking' for work and realised I ain't going to be wearing them much longer..... Most of the time it doesn't matter (I can be smart but not official looking), but there are odd things where I'm going to have to work out a solution. Hmmm. In the meantime I think I'll eat cake (which clearly will help with fitting into clothes in general).

Kat hope all goes well today and once you have seen your wee BOC you can start to enjoy it a bit more and worry less. Chin up!!

Occers was thinking of you when I cam across this the other day. Thought you could team with black mat trousers or skirts and any long line tops and would look smart but also kind of thing could be worn with jeans casually so not such a waste if you are only going to have to wear once or twice in work. Also think it is not so obviously prego wear so might come in handy after too.

I had a weird PESH related dream. Was rather complex but the relevant bit involved bitey and bootie using telepathy to find water sources which for some reason I can't remember were scarce. Odd.

Occy you want this dress:

here from M&S - I bought it last week in a size bigger than my usual size and it looks v.smart, is nice and cool and stretches to cover expandingness very nicely. If you wrap the tie thingy around and tie above bump it works a treat.

Kat also the belching I had during first trimester was Epic and even shocked Mr Boots with volume and quantity. Sadly I have to report that it has not gone away and I am still belching like a trooper.

Kat I was so convinced before my first scan that it would reveal an empty deluded womb that the midwife at my conveniently-timed booking-in appointment the day before actually listened to the heartbeat, to the horror of her colleague. Luckily she found it. Anyway, by now hopefully you've got your alien photo! And the vomiting utterly sucks. Sympathies to you and Truffs. I wasn't sick once but spent 4 months thinking I was about to-not sure if that makes the baby a bright slacker?

Scorps you also have my sympathies but have hopefully already worked something out. It's hard to explain how limiting SPD is, isn't it?I was on the phone to my aunt last night, who has always thought me a bit of a slacker on the physical front, and she clearly thinks I am being a big drama queen. She is coming for lunch tomorrow so I shall trip her with a crutch. What I would give for a blue badge right now!

I can't believe you lot are having hassle over keeping names quiet. No one has blinked at our refusal to go there. My sister-in-law applied a little light pressure but then claimed she hadn't told us HER son's name-to-be because they didn't know until several days after the birth, which is a provable and massive lie!

Kat, hope your scan goes well and you see your little baybee. Munching on a stray piece of cheesecake

My prob hasn't been belching but wind from t'other end I also have the misfortune to be with the only man alive who doesn't find farting hilarious, hmmmph.

V swanky clothes links there, laydeez. This is where I'm having to get my preggo clothes from now...

Today we DO go into town for The Shopping. Bleeeagh.

Thanks, Stiffy. It's not just trying to get around a city centre with SPD, which is hellish enough, it's how pathetic and cumbersome I look and having people look at me funny, or even get annoyed or make comments or jeer OR bump into me, jostle me, etc., which I have already experienced when slightly more mobile than I am now. People are bad enough for that shit when you look completely normal and are moving normally so being huge and cripply makes me go a bit weedy Really wish I had crutches but the hossie is v big on encouraging their SPDers to stay off them as long as poss.

Just keep on engineering crutchly 'accidents' for your Aunt until she displays some sympathy!

The crutches really, really help with other people, Scorps, particularly the jostling. I also got laughed at before I had them, which was as lovely as you'd imagine. My hospital were trying to give them to me weeks before I gave in-these hospitals are weird, innit. I wish I could lend you mine! I'm currently lying on the bed wondering what the hell I've done, getting pregnant. I'm suddenly scared stiff of actually being a mother.

Thanks for your good wishes.

Sadly there has not been a good outcome and I am having a second missed miscarriage. Big space in womble, no baybee at all. Epu closed till Tuesday doctors unable to do anything to expedite this awful process.
Am feeling utterly shit.