PESH - 3 years of hard won baybees for the over-30's

[AlpinePony]

This is NOT a list:

BESH BAYBEES

dontrythisathome, girl born March 25 2010.
Cheggers, twinz girlz, born April 2010.
FannyPriceless, boy, born June 8 2010.
CurlyCasper, girl, born June 24 2010.
CUNextTuesday, boy, born June 29 2010.
AlpinePony, boy, born 1 July 2010.
Carrots, boy, born July 2010.
IggyPiggy, girl, born July 2010.
Cosmosis, boy, born Sept 5 2010.
Backinthebox, boy, born Sept 7 2010.
Skatergrrrl, girl, born Sept 10 2010.
VAG, boy, born Oct 2 2010.
Silversky, boy, born Nov 1 2010.
SomethingSuitablyWitty, girl born Nov 2 2010.
Honeymoo, boy, born Nov 11 2010.
okiecokie, girl, born Nov 12 2010.
ReginaMonologue, boy, born Nov 13 2010.
Lightspaperstandback, boy, born Nov 14 2010.
Maswera, boy, born Dec 24 2010.
PollyPoo, girl, born Jan 5 2011.
MrsFC, boy, born Jan 7 2011.
ChoChoSan, girl, born 6 Feb 2011.
Ginhag, boy born 11 Feb 2011.
Muser, girl, born 15 Feb 2011.
CluckyKate, boy, born 18 Feb 2011.
Perfect Dromedary, boy, born 23rd February 2011.
Casserole, girl, born 19th March 2011.
Medee, girl, born 26th March 2011.
StiffyByng, girl, born 17th May 2011.
Scorpette, boy, born 21st May 2011.
Rocketleaf, girl, born 23rd May 2011.
TwinkleToes, girl, born 7th June 2011.
Laurielou, boy, born 9th June 2011.
Orchid, girl, born 24th June 2011.
Ginfox, loving the new mega-boobs, due 12th July.
LadyGoneGaga, girl, born 24 July 2011.
Mrbitey, boy, born 29th July 2011.
Macaroonmum, boy, born 28th July 2011.
Owlbooty, boy, born 18th August 2011.
Ocarina, girl, born 6th September 2011.
Mountie, boy, born 27th August 2011.
Truffkin, boy, born 25th November 2011.
Islegrin, boy, born 14th December 2011.

UPDIFFED

BarbiesBeaver, can't quite believe it, due Christmas Day
BrownB, Baybee passport-grabbing bitch, due 22nd January 2012
AlpinePony, Greedy Double-Esh Baybee Boy Grabbing Bitch, due 19th Feb 2012
Rollerbaby, No pink here, expecting boy due March 20th 2012
KitandKat, third time lucky baybee, due 12th April 2012
IveBeenExpectingYou (CockDodger), A very active baby girl, due March 28th 2012
Silver, hoping for an easier sneeze, due mid-July 2012
Starryeyedmole, regretting recently investing in scales

And we're all on beaver watch in time for xmas!

Bloody hell faithy well done you on the exercise! Very impressed. A really good friend of mine was a bit overweight when she got knocked up and she kept up with her walking and swimming and eating well and barely put any weight on over the 9 months, so it is possible! Christ knows how, my arse has never recovered She's thinner now than she was pre-baby. Did the GP say anything re meds and your op?

blonde consider yourself well and truly groped!

dor that's quite a bloody rollecoaster you've been on.

He said its low risk but they may not do it and the best thing is to dinghies secretary today. That's my hope - that I can stay pretty much the same.

So luffly to see our little Fred growing - yay for cluster diffage!

All good here, just a bit worn out from work - several looooong days on my feet. Only 12 more weeks til I cut out for an early Mat leave...the countdown is ON.

I didn't realise that was a possible explanation for your bleeds Dory -

Have begun speaking fairly openly about my current state - its kind of out of my control at this point anyway because my baybee belly has definitely popped out. It's wild - I look undeniably pregnant. I've caught several acquaintances staring questioningly at my belly while politely not saying anything. My close friends are not so polite.

And something amazing happened yesterday - I clearly felt Grublet moving for first time. I think I've had a few little flutters before but it's so hard to tell, whereas yesterday I had been on my feet, moving around for several hours straight and then sat down. After about 2 minutes I felt this little flicker - like a light thumping from inside! It was so crazy. Of course I've felt nothing recognisable since, but I think that regular movement doesn't come for quite a while yet? Maybe 20-22 weeks?

Oh, also, my friend's very German mother insisted on doing the needle & thread thingy - both times predicted a girl...

Anyone else playing with old wives tales?

Dot I arrived yesterday or maybe Wednesday. Have known since Monday and need somewhere to TALK. We are not telling anyone until after the early scan if I can get my big fat mouth shut, but I told the whole world about our fertility issues, so might get asked outright and am a terrible liar

Well done on the walk and cycle faif. Shall we continue project BMI baybee here? I did a 1K swim yesterday morning and promptly fell asleep at my desk.

WOW LP for baby movement. That is SOOOO exciting.

I really, really do not believe it yet. But the absent period is still notable. And I might pee on another stick (only the second one, as SB was completely convinced by the blood test, but he got to talk to the nurse).

As to twins, we actually discussed that yesterday, as it is a real chance/risk of SO+IUI. So geek-man looked up the stats and promptly had nightmares about twins. It would not be our first choice, but we'd cope. I am scared of twin pregnancies and even more scared of the first year and a half...

But I'd take any healthy pregnancy, and resulting child(ren), gratefully and gladly. Please. Universe. Let. It. Stick!

And for those who recently join us, please add yourself when you feel ready so we don't have to read back through the thread to remember your EDD

The Lazy PESH Not-List

cakeandcava (32) DC1 EDD 21/10/12
blonderthanred (36) DC1 EDD 6/11/12
FriendofDorothy (36) DC1 EDD 16/12/12
LauraPalmer (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13

oh, x-post with Lemonia - we're all here for you to 'talk' with.

I completely understand the desire to wait to say anything. I'm 16 wks and have only just begun talking about it (and if I remember correctly Blondie waited til around 16 weeks, too). I've gracefully avoided seeing all of my closest friends since late July because I knew they would tweak it! And sure enough, I've met with several of them this week with the intention of announcing our news but they've all noticed my bump right away.

Oh wow Lors that must be exciting/reassuring! How far along are you now?

That's very restrained drizz, my total now stands at 9! Absence of droid - should it be Druid if it's AWOL?! - since I have never had a 35 day cycle is the one thing aside from the pee sticks that reassures me.

Yes we must carry on project BMI baybee, excellent plan. I am aiming to leave work early if I can and do some shopping and get some nice healthy snacks. Then I shall go for another walk. DSis and BIL are off to a ba tonight so we are looking after their munchkin overnight :) expecting an early alarm call!

Congrats lemons and how lovely to see you here.

I am 24 weeks and finding it hard to feel movement. I sometimes feel a bit obsessed with it, but it is so hard to work out whether I am actually feeling movement. I think it is harder because I am fat have a higher BMI.

Anyway, I am about to go incommunicado for a few days as we are off to a festival.

Catch up in a few days. Save all the gossip for when I get back!

Not ready at all, might be in a (long) while...

The Lazy PESH Not-List

cakeandcava (32) DC1 EDD 21/10/12
blonderthanred (36) DC1 EDD 6/11/12
FriendofDorothy (36) DC1 EDD 16/12/12
LauraPalmer (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13
HaveALittleFaith (31) DC1 EDD 26/4/13 :)

Lors about avoiding close friends. That is just the plan.

Have a great time at the festival dot!

And thanks for letting me talk - I just am scared and worried and delighted and all mixed up. And I had brown sludge after some celebratory sechsing on Tuesday, which has been on and off and now mostly off since then, I rang the lovely fertility-nurse to get reassured and asked silly, stressy questions, she told me to enjoy being diffed, so SB keeps on repeating that. I should never have told him.

I'm so jealous of your festivaling Dory - have a wonderful time. Don't forget your she-pee!

Totally understand wanting to wait for the Not-List. I didn't make a squeak on the February fred until after 12 weeks but I don't spend much time there anyway because I'm far more interested in you lot!

16 weeks, Faife. Weird, huh? BTW, I iz well impressed with your commitment to your health. When is your booking appointment?

Also faif druid-absence is a good sign. But if I had not had treatment I would not have been testing until nowish tomorrow. I am on day 31, and that is my longest cycle length.

I think we will tell close people after the first scan and the rest of the world after the dating one. I have been very open about our troubles, so I just want those who have been so wonderfully supportive to be in the know sooner. But first I need to get my head around it. Which will take time.

Another notch on our Not-List

Well done on being on the Not-list, faif. You are brave.

I am too scared to ring the GP and book my first appointment, I find the "I am pregnant" words really petrifying. I had just decided to get some counselling to deal with the stress of IF and I did call them to cancel my appointment. But that was a funny conversation, I did not say The Word. I said, that I wanted to cancel because "hmm, the problem seems to be solved". So the counsellor asked do you think you're pregnant? And I said, well the test says so

I have practiced on SB, a fair bit, though!

I'm so chuffed for you LP!

I am borderline obese but am 1/2 stone lighter than when they weighed me at the gynae clinic and told me to shed the weight for ivf (ha ironic no?!) and I'm worried enough about staying this weight to determinedly not gain much/stay as healthy as possible. I'm going to look at joining a Pilates class in my village too with the hope it will minimise stress and improve my core!

I get what you mean drizz. I tested two days before droid was due - unusual for me to test early but went with my hunch - and couldn't really allow myself to believe it was a proper diffment til after expected droid date having had a chemical before. Now it's been 10 days it's starting to sink in.

We have told immediate family and my two close friends - only people we would tell if it all went wrong. Oh and someone MSB works with who asked outright yesterday if I was diffed yet. He's so chuffed he felt he had to say yes. Now this guy is calling him the sperminator! After problems with his swimmers he is luffing that nickname!!

Oh my first midwife appointment is next Thursday.

That is SO soon, faif.

I am going back into pretending it is not happening, the brown sludge is back :(

Looking at the original at the beginning of this thread, should we make the Not-List a bit more... witty? 'Tis an ESH trait after all.

I told a few close family members early, like Faith, just people I would have told if it had gone wrong. Then at 12 weeks I felt really funny about telling 'everyone' so it took a few more weeks.

Blood sugar marginally lower this morning and in required range (I promise I won't update every day).

That's good news blonder! Is that after a day of metformin?
Yes indeed the not list is rather, um, list-like! Some wit may be beneficial!

Why oh why did I drink a cup of tea?! Epic failure to keep it down :( the appointment was sooner than I expected but a good time (3pm) so we went for it. I want dietary advice anyway. MSB told me off for not eating enough yesterday but if I can't keep it down til evening, ate til I was full in the evening, surely that's as much as I can do?!

Have a great time at the festival Dor!

Lemon this place is for talking and menkulling, so go for it (brown sludge without cramps is no biggie I think, and your HGC levels were ace, so sounds very good!) -same goes for daily blood sugar updates blonde. Great news that they are in range!

LP that's so lovely that you've felt movement! I think I had my first 'definite' one at 18 weeks. It's brilliant -still amazed by it every day

faith exciting news about the midwife appointment -although usually what they do at the first appointment is just ask you about a million questions about previous health and behaviour ('do you sniff glue?' was my favourite) and then empty your arm of blood.

The Lazy PESH Not-List, with better descriptions

cakeandcava (32), approaching walrus proportions, DC1 EDD 21/10/12
blonderthanred (36) DC1 EDD 6/11/12
FriendofDorothy (36) DC1 EDD 16/12/12
LauraPalmer (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13
HaveALittleFaith (31) DC1 EDD 26/4/13

I was suffering terrific nausea around the time the Not-List was re-formed...I had no sense of humour.

I'm still trying to think of something witty.

Today I told my colleague who I get on really well with I'm diffed. She was delighted for me :) If I have to work on the ward in the next couple of weeks she'll be there and I'd rather she knew. Then my other colleague came in and said you've looked much happier the last week, is there any reason for that?! (she knew of our fertility woes - she was 3 years/6 courses of clomid before winning DC1 so I was able to confide in her before) and she totally guessed I was diffed! So much for not telling people! They know to keep it quiet though. I think I'll struggle to hide it from the first one since we share an office and I keep running off to throw up!