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! :)

Oh I have all this to come! ouch dor!

I think Pickle is doing somersaults at the moment Crazy busy day at work - last push to get everyone out. I was interrupted so many times I was having my interruptions interrupted! Ah well I'm home now MSB is out in town. I'm currently watching Just My luck which seems a bit random but McFly are in it and I luff them!

Oh Ps it's nice, you guys hanging around!

Oh good! We shall hang then!

Happy birthday dor! You look luffly in your pic today! so happy and smiley!

I only have 12 more weeks to work and an annual leave week in the middle of it! Woo! I had a horrible start this morning -long, boring story but a day that got progressively better. Only bit was when the bank HCSW I was working with said she thought I looked so far gone I was due to drop any day?! I can still in one pair of (admittedly baggy) size 14 jeans! I'm really not that big!

Are we all ready for the big day? MSB and I will be prepping veg etc tomorrow then off to the pub for a bit.

I just used my Next sale session to buy a couple of jumpers for me and some sleep suits and a really cute girly outfit (hedging my bets!)

I am in agony today Think the swelling around the stitches has gone down and now i am left with really bad pelvic pain. If hurts so much it has made me cry several times :(

So sorry to hear it Dor. Is it so bad because of the speedy delivery do you think?

Really hope you start to feel better before tomorrow.

Oh dor that must be so hard for you. My osteo said that sometimes women do experience a lot of pelvic discomfort after the birth because all the hormones are still there making everything loose. If you BF it can take longer for it to all settle down. I know it's hard to when you have a new born but you need to still follow the SPD rules. Bad timing I know but any chance you can get to a chiro/osteo today?
I think it's such a shock to the system, our bodies gradually get used to the changing shape and increasing weight of growing baby and then it rapidly (in a matter of hours!) changes again.

Oh dor that sounds awful! I suppose your pain relief options are limited too with BF. I hope it settles down for Christmas!

I have woken feeling like I swallowed a golf ball. I have virtually no voice! I have to work tomorrow night Not good.

However, I am off today. I am determined to enjoy it! Last year was so :( so I'm installed on the sofa with tea and biscuit while MSB chops veg watching 'Who framed Roger Rabbit?' which I have never seen the end of!

Oh I'm watching WFRR too!

Feeding L, waiting for DMIL, wondering about the logistics of how to get everything done today.

I was watching Muppets Christmas Carol, now onto Santa Clause followed by Tales of Narnia.

The midwife has been to visit and has signed us off. Edward lost 2 oz off his birth weight when he was weighed last but has now put on a massive 5oz so he is 3oz up on birth weight. It would seen that my milk is good stuff for a growing baby! Also, he only woke up once last night which was fantastic.

In other news about my nether region, the health visitor also visited today and she seems to think that I may have vulval variscosities. She knew lots about them because she also had them after she had a baby - fortunately this is a health visitor I know well from work and she and I can talk about absolutely anything.

She agreed they are more painful than anything else, including childbirth, and there is not much I can do about them other than recline as much as possible to take the weight off my pelvic area and to take anti-inflammatories and painkillers. She reckons that it took a good 2-3 weeks to stop hurting. Bugger!

Well done on making growing milk dor! Well whilst its horrid that it hurts, at least you have an idea of when it will stop and how to minimise the discomfort.

I have come round to my sister's house. DNephew and I are watching The Winnie the Pooh movie from 1976! I am mega emotional and hormonal (cried because I broke some outdoor Christmas lights lifting the garage door. My 'helping' was turned down after that!). So his company is cheering me up!

I cried yesterday when I received a birthday card addressed to Mummy!

Wish my milk was as good as yours Dor, L took 7 weeks to get back to birth weight & is growing very slowly. It's a worry.

I cried when I signed my card to L 'Mummy x'. Just so wonderful and overwhelming.

Oh blonde. That must be hard. Is the weight increasing but just slowly?

Yes, it's always increased but not by a huge amount. He lost a lot at the beginning, possibly due to the diabetes or the c section. Or my milk coming in late. Anyway. It's been a bit of a struggle with mws and HVs wanting me to give formula but I've held out. He smiles, is alert, hydrated, sleeps well and has started to grasp toys this week so in every other way he is developing perfectly (he is also extremely beautiful but that's not a milestone apparently).

Paeds think maybe he has just not found his centile yet. They are happy for me to continue ebf so that's good enough for me. Sorry to be a downer! I am actually very happy and looking forward to Christmas.

No I don't think you are putting a downer on things. Well done for sticking to your guns and continuing to ebf. I think it would be very easy to give in to what the professionals are saying. Hopefully he has just found his place on the centile and will continue doing well.

blonde I don't know if this is something that develops as you get used to motherhood and more confident in your knowledge of your child, but if you think that he is happy and getting enough nutrition from you then trust your instincts. Also, if I remember from when I was BF, the centiles in the red book weren't based on research from EBF babies and so aren't an accurate representation. (this was 7 years ago though).
Have you put a call out on here for Tiktok (if she's still around?) for some reassurance?

Yeah I've been on the bf board quite a bit. Obviously it is difficult to trust your instincts when you have no experience and it's something so important, but obviously if I thought for a moment he seemed dehydrated or ill I would take their advice but it feels to me like we just need to get round this corner.

We've also had a referral for a possible posterior tongue tie so if that is fixable it may improve things.

I really enjoy bf and hopefully we can make it work long-term.

Merry Christmas PESHlas!

Merry Christmas all!

Merry Christmas laydeees.... hope it's a good one!

I feel miserable today. I am in loads of pain and think I might also have a UTI

I am just counting down until the time I can take more drugs!

Oh I'm sorry Dor. That's rotten on your first Mummy Christmas. Hope you have been able to enjoy it a bit though.

I have enjoyed it a bit but it has just put a bit of a downer on things.

It's very frustrating!

How are you feeling today Dor? I remember the counting down feeling for my post CS painkillers. One night I got confused and took the same ones twice - then had total panic about bf and had to ring NHS direct for advice.

I'm sure you are already but drink loads of water - bf is dehydrating and you need enough for that and to flush out the uti. Hope you have a better day today.