Here come the PESH - over 3 years of hard fought baby wins!

[HaveALittleFaith]

The Not-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.

Need dates:

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

cakeandcava (32), approaching walrus proportions, DC1 EDD 21/10/12
blonderthanred (36), no sugar I'm sweet enough, DC1 EDD 6/11/12
FriendofDorothy (36) DC1 EDD 16/12/12
LauraPalmer (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13
Queenrollo (37) DC2 EDD 10/2/13
CamelKnees (34) fat and fatigued DC2 EDD 22/04/2013
HaveALittleFaith (31), head down toilet, DC1 EDD 26/4/13
fertilityFTW (34), weepy and whiny, DC 1 EDD 21/5/13

Welcome to our new home! :)

Well it is pretty cold and miz. Good time for hibernation.

Yes, giving myself permission to hibernate!

I totally hibernated today. On the sofa with a blanket in front of a fire. It was lush!

joy abounds. DS has been playing up at bedtime. Last night was epic. I eventually had to give in and go to bed at 11, fell asleep about half past.......DS appeared in our room at 1.20am still awake. I think he eventually went off just after 2. I on the other hand was awake until gone 4. Obviously stressed and loads of movement from normally quiet-at-night baby. Then a bang woke me at 7am. Got up to get a cuppa to see that DS is awake.....

I am at my wits end. Am supposed to be seeing a friend today....fragile friendship being put back together, cancelled 3 weeks in a row already and cannot risk doing so again today. Will have to rearrange slighty. Told DS at 1.30 that his overnight at grandparents on Sat is now cancelled.
He clearly wound himself up and kept himself awake for so long at bedtime that he became incapable of getting to sleep.
HOLB has to go out for meetings today so I have to fly solo on this.
It's all gone to shit and I've had enough.

Oh my blimmin goodness have you seen facebook?!!

that's cheered me right up.....

So much for hibernation... Evidently the key to bringing on labour isn't rushing about shagging and bouncing everywhere after all but curling up in front of the fire. As the idiots say, "just relax and it'll happen". Congrats Dot!

Ah, wonderful news dor. He is absolutely scrumptious! I want a 3 hour labour! Not quite the huge baybee they predicted in the end! Luff the picture of The Mister cuddling him - so proud! Luffly name too

Just checking in. Everything going well Edward is gorgeous. Very chilled, sleeping well at night (mostly on my chest tho!) and feeding well. I have rock hard lumpy boobs today tho. Very strange feeling!

Aw dor, how luffly! Is he on the booby juice?

I have been day off. Been to a Christmas sing a long thing at a cinema with an organ! Pickle kicked while I was singing! Lots of fun but feeling sicky with a headache now. Drinking lots cos I wonder if I'm dehydrated?

He is indeed on the booby juice. The midwife came today and weighed him and he has only lost 2oz since he was born,

I am absolutely knackered today though and I still have a bit of a headache. Heading to bed any minute :)

Ah, it's ok though dor! You can snooze! Good to hear he's enjoying the booby juice and maintaining his weight

We are still doing my weekly photos. I seem to have grown massively in the last few weeks but have only gained 1lb so far (so good!).

I have lost about 1 stone 4lbs since Friday!!! :)

It has come to this - my legs are swelling so much on long days I have ordered maternity support knee high stockings!

Sexy!

I am willing to try anything to reduce the puffiness through the day!

Very sensible. Hope you are able to put them up at the end of the day.

Glad you are getting on so well Dor, I loved the first couple of weeks, I've never been so high on adrenaline and euphoria. Best time of my life probably (and continues to be - but something special about those first weeks).

ps I know there is a CRESH thread but it's a bit deserted, is it ok with the PESH if we stay hanging out here?

I think it makes sense to stay here. There aren't many of us so would be nice to stick here.

We had a good night. I fed Edward 11ish and then he woke at 3 and 6 and was fed and more or less went straight back to sleep before sleeping through to 9.30.

I almost feel human today. Mind you, I have worked out that the only way I can comfortably pee is in the shower. Going to get the midwife to check my stitches I think.

Midwife reckons stitches look fine. I am just hoping they stop hurting by Sunday as it is my birthday!

Do you have a jug or bottle of water to keep by the loo? That should have the same effect as a shower apparently. Sympathies

Dor - Once I got over the pain of the bruising I noticed the pain from my stitches a little more and my midwife said that sometimes when everything starts to knit together it can get tight for a couple of days and the stitches can feel like they 'pull'. It was like that for a couple of days, I sat in a shallow bath a couple of times a day with lavender oil in the water and it did help soothe it.

I'd echo blonde - would pouring water over yourself on the loo help?

This has made me realise that the bidet the previous owners installed in our bathroom is likely to come in useful come February!

At the hospital all the ensuite bathrooms in the private rooms had bidets. Brilliant idea! The midwife suggested a bottle of water with a sports cap so I can squirt my nethers whilst peeing!

Yep that's what I was told (although obviously didn't need it in the end). Esp if you can add a little warm to it before you pour!

It definitely needs a little bit of warm otherwise it is a shock to the bits!