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! :)

Aw bugs
I get what you mean. I think we all want to keep you posted and abreast of your news without rubbing faces in it or whinging about the side effects like the copious puking, piles, ever growing buzzwams I think it's nice especially to say hello and mark places at the start of a new Fred :)

Sorry to hear you're feeling poorly sick blonder! How rubbish. Good old BlonderMum bringing stew. That's what Mum's are for.

I am very sad to be giving up my job - one day left! But I've started writing a business plan for a possible new role so we'll see what comes of that. My sister gave me all her old maternity clothes today - a good haul! She had an August due date so not all of it will be ideal but lots will :) I was a bit funny about taking it but concluded if this pregnancy is going to be....unsuccessful? Jinxed?....then it is regardless of whether I take the clothes or not! Trying to remain positive too. Only 16 days til my scan!

I feel like a new woman. Not quite sure exactly what that physio did but I certainly am not in so much pain this morning and I slept really well!

at the physio action Dor - I think my feet are unaligned (been wearing my shoes out crooked my whole life) and lately the little stab of pain at the base of my spine has been getting stabbier. can one ask for physio on nhs? have always thought about it but was always more of a niggle than a full blown issue so never pursued, but definitely getting a bit out of hand now, sat down on the couch the other day went into a spasm of pain right there and was terrible!

I would definitely ask and see what they say.

yes, definitely ask for physio referal. I've bypassed the NHS and gone straight to paying privately to see and Osteopath and after just 20 mins with him last week I feel so much better. The two days after I was feeling worse, but in the tops of my thighs rather than than where the pain had been and it's normal to feel 'worse' immediately after manipulation. When it settled down though the difference is remarkable.
I am back tomorrow to have my pelvis checked and for him to have a look at my neck problem, which I cannot manage with painkillers right now so having to take a different approach.

Glad to hear the physio had such a good effect Dor.

I'm really pleased it helped dor! I had a massage when my abdo pain had got really bad and was causing backache, I felt like a different woman afterwards!

So I have finished in my job :( I managed not to cry too much! I told my predecessor and the consultant I work with about the baybee and I was a bit because she was delighted for me! Turns out she felt really guilty after I'd told her (after one too many jokes about crossing my legs!) about our fertility ishoos. She actually started crying when I said I was diffed because she knew what it meant! She's a bit woo and said it was all about "the universe's timing" I said that the universe had taken it's bloody time! :) But I'm glad that they know. I also got a couple of cards and beautiful flowers. I realised I will be missed, maybe not by everyone, but by people I care about. It's about quality not quantity!

aww faith I'm pleased that you had such a lovely 'farewell' from them. I get the impression you are conscientious about upholding your professional standards when you are at work.

anyway, more importantly you have some time off and so we will finally get to meet!!

Well it did but now I have pain again. Bugger :(

Aww, faith! That sounds like a luffly last day of work - and I'm so glad that they've left you with a warm feeling. I knew you'd be well loved!

She has just texted me to say she's been thinking of me and how happy she is for us :) That may become my new mantra - quality over quantity when it comes to friends!

That's lovely Faith. So nice when people understand why it means so much to you.

My friend who took over 12 years to have her twins told me yesterday that this was the first time one of her friends was having a baby when she would be totally, unequivocally happy for them. Of course she loves all her friends' babies but it was always tinged with a bit of sadness (as we can all sympathise). It was a very touching thing to say.

How luffly blonder! I can imagine feeling like that in the distant future

I am now vaccinated against flu - bit of a farce though - pitched up at my local practice and they said it was at the practice a few miles away! The nurse didn't tell me that when she booked it in! Ah well, all done now. I'm on holiday, yay!

Yay for holiday Faif!

I'm starting to feel human again, just need a hot shower and then I have my 3rd antenatal class on THE BIRTH.

Will still need to go back into work and do some finishing off stuff, probably tomorrow. Then I can finally feel like I am on maternity leave.

Is it ok for me to have done naff all today?! I'm going out for lunch with Dad and I are going out for lunch then to my Grandma's care home for a funding review (I know lots about that so I'm going along). I feel I should have done loads but I've done little! I've got plenty of time to do stuff though, right?!

erm....you're on leave. that = holiday, which = lounging around doing naff all.

I have managed to do washing. Been out to lunch with my Dad. Must now bake cake for dinner tonight!

I slept beautifully last night. The Mister and I went to ante-natal last night which was all about the actual birth process. My Mister should be fine, he is not massively squeamish and is quite fascinated with the.... er... technicalities of how things happen. My cousin on the other hand looked a bit peaky as soon as they started mentioning bloody stuff. All the more amusing as his mother was a midwife and the ante-natal teacher know this (and her) so tends to pick on him for answers!

Still juggling a huge load of work this week...all while playing toilet roulette. Which will it be today - constipation or the runs. Ah, the glamour of diffedness.

Bugs if you're reading this - thank you for your earlier post. It made me quite emotional. You will get your baybee, dammit.

Hello to everyone -sorry I'm dashing through on my way to the loo. I can't wait to go on maternity leave so I can finally keep up with the fred. (How sad is that?!)

Ps. Hope you're enjoying your holiday Faife!

Ah dor I'm glad you slept well! Sounds like the Physio has made an impact. la la la la not thinking about giving birth yet!

Lors when are you going to finish? I've foudn probiotics have helped my unhappy digestive system. Cannot face yoghurts but can manage the little drinky ones.

I didn't set an alarm and I woke up at 9.15! Bliss. Dreamy I dyed my hair blonde and it did not look good!

I had another appt with the osteopath yesterday. he properly bone-crunched the part of the spine between my shoulder blades. He did loads of cranial manipulation too. Setting the groundwork for properly aligning the top part of my spine and loosening up the muscles and tendons.
I cannot begin to explain how much better it feels this morning. If you have ever suffered tension in your neck/shoulders/between your shoulder blades - well I have had that permanently for years. This morning it feels so loose and free. And I woke up without the niggling headache I usually have. I feel even more that the expense is justified.

In bump news - over the last few days it has got huge.....i have those funny dimples you get at the top of bump/ribcage....

Hi all, sorry for going AWOL for ages - my mum's been visiting and we've been doing lots of baby shopping and cafe going. Luffly.

Hope you are all well -sorry to read about physical pains and and physio treatments -it's just one of those things isn't it? I have to say I'm looking forward to not being pregnant anymore -although I'm sure I'll miss the kicking.

I'm officially at term now! (37+4 today) But minicakes isn't making any immediate signs to be interested in vacating the premises... Most first timers go overdue according to my midwife -she's already booked me in for an appointment at 40+1, saying 'I'm pretty certain I'll see you then'. Ah well...

Faith do you think it was my blonde influence? Or could it be one of those dreams where you do stuff you know you're not meant to? I had lots of dreams about drinking, smoking and other substances earlier on in pregnancy, then would immediately think, oh no, I'm pregnant, I'm not meant to do that! Or maybe it's just seeing yourself in a new way?

Cakey that sounds luffly, glad to hear all is well. Do you have a birthing ball or similar? I am determined to get this baby as ready as possible before the induction so I've been bouncing on mine all morning.

Possibly blonder! I have been thinking of dyeing it myself because I really can't afford to get it done at the hairdressers any more but I was going for more red than blonde! Bounce away blonde!

cakey! Welcome back to the fold! How luffly to go shopping with your Mum I am a tiny bit since I won't get that but my sister works hard to do fill that gap a bit
You are term now! Wonderful! Anything left to purchase?

Now, is it bad that I'm still in my jammies?!