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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.
Casserole, girl born 19th March
Medee, girl, born 26th March.
StiffyByng, girl, born 17th May
Scorpette, boy, born 21st May.
Rocketleaf, girl, born 23rd May.
TwinkleToes, girl, born 7th June.
Laurielou, boy, born 9th June.
Orchid, girl, born 24th June.

UPDIFFED

Ginfox, loving the new mega-boobs, due 12th July.
LadyGoneGaga, No, it's not fucking twins, due 24 July.
Mrbitey, so hot right now, due 27th July.
Macaroonmum, thinking of calling baybee Vanilla Ice, due Aug 6th.
Owlbooty, sticking to a schedule, 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 18th November
BarbiesBeaver, can't quite believe it, due Christmas Day
BrownB, INSERT WITTY COMMENT, due 25th January 2012
AlpinePony, INSERT AMUSING COMMENT, due 19th Feb 2012

Happy birthday Boo. Hope you have a good one.

Nice to hear from you Bitey. Congratulations and welcome to the BiteyBach.

As for the verdict, it went pretty badly after all that. I can't sleep and my eyes are puffy from crying. And he's not even my kid. I do love him though, and I really fear for him in the sole care of that woman. FFS - she thinks there's something wrong with the poor kid [ADD/ADHD, autism, epilepsy] when the fact is that he's just learned to tune out her constant harping on at him. This kid has been taken to numerous doctors and specialists, has even had his brain scanned [all say there's nothing wrong with him] and she STILL goes on about how there is 'something wrong with him.' She has demonstrated in the courtroom that she sees her child as an extension of herself, that the move ENTIRELY relates to what she wants and has nothing to do with what is in her son's best interests. But apparently that is okay folks. As his mother, apparently he is just an extension of her, and if she is happy, then he will be. The fact that she never has been happy and is unlikely to ever be happy is apparently not the courts' concern. They're not there to pick up the pieces. And no research appears to have been done about the ongoing impact of their decisions. There are other significant areas for concern such as the fact that his mother is chronically ill, can't work and will be going from an environment where she has £2,300 coming in a month from a mix of spousal maintenance and welfare, and is going to an environment where she will have an income of approximately ?0 per month. But the judge stated that she had thought out her plans well. And how about the dirty tactics she has used in her conduct of this hearing, and the alienation of a 6-year-old boy from his deeply loving, caring, incredibly involved and completely capable father...?

The Family Court system is just as fucked up as Fathers for Justice say. It is profoundly unjust and we should be ashamed. Go figure that children are growing up without knowing their dads - the court system treats them like sperm donors with wallets. I can't believe how poorly this child has been served. And as for his father and me. We just don't know which way to turn or what to do.

I may be absent for a while. Sorry about dumping that on you... I may have it deleted as it's a proper downer.

brownie I'm really sorry. I hadn't realised she was such a "basket case". :( Making out her son has "ailments"? :( As for the actualy financial and practical aspect of it all - talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. But then it's not the first time I've come across quite frankly poisonous, spiteful and bizarre custody arrangements whereby a parent does something (legally) just to spite the other parent, not for the benefit of the child. E.g., an ex of mine fought for 50% custody (a stupid idea if ever there was anyway) - he didn't even like - or even want - his daughter, but he wanted to piss off his ex. It's all about pride y'see. Let's have a rousing chorus of CUNTS!

bitey Am thrilled to read that and what a whopper! Christ, no wonder he had to be dragged out given the almost virginal state of your foof! So glad you're in the "none of it matters" camp - just as well really given the 1:10 ratio of planned/unplanned births we have around here!

As an aside though - who hasn't propositioned a man whilst showing them the "goods" and being off their nut on drucks?

brownie I am so so sorry. That is an utter crock of shit. I really feel for you, your partner and especially your step son. Is there no chance of appeal? Don't delete on our account, only if you'd rather not have it in black and white.

Happy birthday boodelicious

Oh Brownie that is utter, utter shite :( Am so sorry it didn't go as it should have done. Hope you and OH and MiniOH are as okay as you can be and am sending you unESHly hugs and a large cat poo to post through the evil woman's letterbox :(

Oh and a muckspreader for the Family Court who I concur, really do need to sort out their act and have done for a long while.

Bites you hero - not surprised you required the salad tongs, he's a strapping big lad :) I think your plan to marry the anaethetist is perfectly sound and in no way the result of drug-induced mental.

Happy birthday Boo ! Owlet does not seem to be turning up today, sorry. I was hoping for a splendid birthday lay for you but unless needles lady does something magical at 11am we are not looking at a lay today I don't think.

Rummage tomorrow. Happy happy joy joy. I am thinking of taking the GG approach, marching into the room, whipping off my knickers and snarling SWEEP THIS, BITCH just to see what effect it has

I think you should get it printed on a tee shirt booty

Oh poor Brownie how utterly shit. Here is a blanket to hide under for a bit. Feel so sorry for you all.

Biter I hope I retain my sense of humour like you if salad tongs are required .

Hope the rummaging gets things going Owly. I hope you are spending the rest of the day walking/bouncing on ball/in a paddling pool.

Good to know I am not the only one with an elusive bump. Off to peruse Crave website now...

Oh Brownie I'm so sorry to hear that. I've had no experience of these cases (luckily) but naively thought they would take the child's best interests to heart. Dear God - your poor step son.

Bitey congratulations! Glad you're not too bothered about how he made his appearance. Great name, great weight. Muchos love to your broken fango.

Boo Happy Birthday!

Booty good luck for tomorrow's sweep. Really think "Sweep this bitch" should feature in our new fred title somewhere. Excellent phrase there GG

Ah but I think I paraphrased that off another BESH. And can't remember who. Who once demanded "scan this, bitch".

Brownie that's terrible news. What will contact arrangements be? Would you be able to have him for school holidays? Some weekend visitations? I know it is far, far from ideal but there may still be a way of ensuring regular contact with his Dad.

Lovely to hear from you, Bitey. So Biteybach has been keeping you a bit busy, eh?! Brilliant he is out and home. Great weight too (although positively sylphlike next to my little piglet). And don't sweat the forceps (sounds like you are not anyway!). I assume episiotomy etc? My episitomy with MiniG healed a lot better than this tear seems to be doing so should all be fine up there very soon. Keep up with the baths.

Good luck for your sooty tomorrow, Owlie. Hopefully cervix will be nice and easy to reach and will just tip you over the edge into a nice, mellow yet productive labour.

Oh darling Brown I am so very sorry. 'Justice' is a joke isn't it?

What sticks in my throat is how nastiness is constantly rewarded by the court system. And by life in general. And honestly, here endeth the rant.

Rant away sweetheart. It's allowed.

Booty BOO!

Couldn't agree me. Some arsehole sued me - I was served with papers 3 weeks after discovering I was pregnant with Bear. The person in question is personal friends with the judge and my case was good. The judge awarded my "attacker" the judgement. Bailiffs tried to serve me xmas eve - snow stopped them, so monday 27th. Then served my office - y'know, just to make it public 'n' all, then served me again 2nd Jan this year. I had to pay over 10k in costs - they put a lien on my wages and as is the law here they're allowed to take more than I would be allowed if I were on "welfare". Yes, I was expected to survive on 10% less than welfare. I think the aim of the person in question was to literally have me in the gutter. Thank goodness for my awesome mil who lent me 10k. But yes, it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth that 10k was taken quite literally from my child.

Brownie am so sorry to hear about the horrible outcome from your case after all of that stress. My only experience of the family court system was when my parents contested custody of my siblings and I when I was a bairn, but nothing of the scale you are talking about (at least they both lived in the same county) My overriding memory is of a social worker asking me 'who do you love more, your Mommy or your Daddy?" I was 5 I really hope you are looking after each other and taking care of you. Sending a huge slab of chocolate and this special differ-friendly 100% proof vodka to help.

Am delighted to see the safe arrival of more ESH babes, Macca and Bitey yes I'm talkin' to you! Glad you are all happily snuffling and I'm joining in the rousing chorus of 'show us more pics' pretty please. I do love a good squee over a newborn.

So today I am working from home due to the washing machine deciding to empty itself all over the kitchen floor after the timer somehow turned itself on (think we had a power cut over night and this did some sort of tripping shenanigans) in the early hours of the morning. I am now waiting for the appliance cover people to come and sort it aaaaaart. In the meantime I have actually managed to get some things off my 'to do list' onto the 'done' list, which I am truly delighted about. With no one to disturb me and ask 'have you just got 10 minutes to catch up' I am whizzing through weeks-old tasks like lightning - woo hoo. This is a Good Thing as after several weeks of long days plus weekends, I have been beginning to wonder how I will be in any position to handover my job to someone else in only 12 weeks time -aargh.

Of course, it also means I have time to catch up with my ESH muckers and indulge in some snuffly picture viewing on Arse Crack. I also (on Alp's recco) purchased some delightful IO sale goodies, which should arrive today so all in all, great timing for a domestic debacle.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Boo my sweet, hope you are being thoroughly spoiled and having a fabulous day.

It's our wedding anniversary tomorrow so with my unscheduled PJ day today, I'll have only been in the office for 3 days as we're off to Le Gavroche for lunch on Friday for celebratory times. I am delighted to report that my sickness has all but entirely disappeared and this time for a good (almost) 3 weeks so am quite confident that it's buggered off for the time being. I've not managed to regain a decent appetite but can eat small portions of loveliness with no problem - am sure this bodes well for a lunch time of posh scoffing.

I'm now 25 weeks and we purchased our pram / travel system at the weekend. Well, I say 'we purchased' when actually my delightful in laws purchased it as a gift for us. We've gone for the Silver Cross Surf (plus every bloody accessory going in the shop as my FiL got a bit carried away!) and then the Maxi Cosi Pebble with the iso-fix base. Seriously, check me out they way these things just trip off my tongue! My darling mother would like to buy us a crib / moses basket (whatever we decide to go for, am leaning towards a gliding crib at the moment) and we're not getting any big furniture until after we've moved so apart from a breast pump (going for the Medela swing I think) I don't think there are any more 'big' purchases to make until the bab arrives! Will be getting stuff like changing mat / all the changing stuff / basic clothes kit etc but know my Mom has a bottom drawer going as she's possibly more excited than me about our impending arrival. I am fairly certain that the ESH will be able to burst my 'aren't I organised then?' bubble with a large list of things that heaven't even crossed my mind, so bring on the reality check!

Right then, huge apologies for the ridiculously long ramble although I think I owed it after being terrible at keeping up over the last few weeks. Big snogs all round and as many nipple tweaks as it takes to get back in the good books

Oh, BrownB that's just beyond shite. My best friend went through similar crap with his narcissist ex and his 2 kids. Luckily, he won joint custody after an appeal and has them 4 days a week. His son didn't speak until he was nearly 3 due to his mum being such a mental cow.

This is the last thing you need being pg. Your mama lion hormones must be raging. My heart goes out to your poor DSS. I just hope that you two can continue to fight for him and eventually get somewhere...

Hurrah for BiteyBach and welcome to the salad servers club, kiddo And big snogs for Macca and her little treasure too. So any gorgeous baybees, me likee

Mr T awakes! Off I go. He has reverted to baby-like sleep ( every 2 hours he wants me) in the night and fighting all daytime naps. And TYF has taken to snoring and acting out his dreams all night, every night Sleep is for wimps!

Brownie I'm so sorry, that's shit beyond belief. I hope there are ways for you to keep good contact and give the poor kid some normality/stability.

Yay for Biteybach, tis good to see you Bitey. Congratulations on the first poo!

Happy Birthday Boo - hope you're being spoilt rotten. C'mon Owlet, you know you want to share your birthday (but hope the sweep goes OK and gets things moving if they haven't started by then).

Truffs I'm so glad the sickness is in retreat, have a lovely lunch tomorrow. You're sounding more organised than I feel....

I've just been to my last team meeting for a year which feels somewhat weird. It does mean my list of things to do before I finish on Sunday has grown again, but I think I need a nap to get up the energy to face them (none are difficult, it's all just about passing on info and my brain is currently mush).

Ummm. What are PESH guidelines on re-joining? I'm hoping that pony and moo have led the way for me... I have name changed, on account of the fear - i know too many of you! But am a former PESH, now CRESH, my name is up there on the list. A few months on, just ONE post diff shag, one droid, and fuck me sideways, a BFP. After all the months and months of trying before. Bugger. Im pleased. Of course I'm pleased. But ever so slightly freaked out....
If you work out who I am, message me on the other place, please don't out me here... As soon as I get my head round it I'll change back. Although I like my new name...!

Totally and utterly intrigued. Congrats Janet. And Brad as well (or Rocky?) :o

Thanks boo! Goodness. It took me by surprise let me tell you. Honestly. The FIRST post baby shag. By way of PESH credentials, I can confirm that I know that you and rocket (who knits mighty fine) are bffs in RL!

Aaaaaargh! I have no idea who you are but massive congrats you filthy butterdish dropper! :)

Oh, you little tease! Please to spill beans it's my birthday :o

And it's aries wedding anniversary, so clearly a good day for announcements!

Yes, and that. And it was Rocket's anniversary yesterday?

No idea here either but props on the secondary fertility Hope you can get your head round it soon enough and out yourself to us! How old is the bab?