The PESH are rooting for a cluster-diff! Over 3 years of hard fought baybee wins.

[HavingALittleFaithBaby]

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.
Barbiesbeaver, girl, born 6th January 2012.
BrownB, girl, 2nd February 2012.
Alpinepony, ?13th February 2012.
KatandKit, boy, born 13th April 2012.

blonderthanred, boy, born 26th October 2012.
FriendofDorothy, boy, born 14th December 2012.
QueenRollo, boy, born 21st January 2013.

Need dates:

Rollerbaby, No pink here, expecting boy due March 20th 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 approaching walrus proportions, DC1 EDD 21/10/12

LazyMachine (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13
CamelKnees (34) fat and fatigued DC2 EDD 22/04/2013
HaveALittleFaith (31), getting rather rotund, DC1 EDD 23/4/13
fertilityFTW (34), weepy and whiny, DC 1 EDD 21/5/13
bluer, (33), peeing and puking, DC1 due 22/08/2013

Welcome to our new home! Right, time to get that baybee out lazy!

Bastard! And calling back again, how rude! If anyone even texts me later than 9pm now I get in a grump. This from the woman who used to stay up till 2am most nights.

Great that you have 4 weeks off before the due date, I was meant to have 3 but due to early induction it shrank to 2 and then I was ill for half of it. So I hope you do enjoy it and get to do all those last minute things. Is your hospital bag packed?

I found watching Comic Relief different this year because of The Little Mister.

I thought I was compassionate and empathic before but it was when I watched the bit about the little boy called Victor who died of malnutrition and the parents couldn't afford to keep him in the morgue so his body went into the laundry room.

All I could think about was how fortunate I am to have a little boy and I am so grateful that my body provides the milk to feed him. I looked at those mother's on the TV and they looked desolate.

After that I went to bed to feed the boy and I cried and cried.

Yes bag is packed jupiter! I have plans to rejig it and need to pack an entertainment bag for MSB - I'm thinking snack and PSP and films on the iPad. He bores quickly!

dor we are indeed very blessed.

I am very, very uncomfortable. I've worked today and found it tough going. Always have BH at work but today I've had lower back ache and droid like aches. Bath hasn't eased it and despite having been in bed for half an hour the BH (jeepers I hope they are BH!) are still coming and going.

4 & a bit weeks to go Faith < marks BH pains down on spread sheet> Hope you manage to get a good nights sleep. How many shifts left now?

I think I have the beginnings of a bump

Dor do you think that being a mum has made you more compassionate then?

Faith get MSB to pack his own bag! You've got it all on with actually getting that baybee out!!! And he can't possibly get bored at the birth of his child. SSG had better never mention boredom.

5 shifts to go jeff! Finish on Friday :)

I've been having BH for ages - maybe since about 28 weeks. Generally at work and I put it down to being very active at work.

I know what you mean about getting bored but I imagine they'll be points when it's quite quiet and I'm just cracking on with the labouring. Snacks will be very important!

Start of a bump! How exciting! Do get SSG to take a weekly picture starting in the next few weeks. I luff looking at mine. We've managed nearly one a week. Amazing to see how the body accommodates a baybee!

I don't know whether it has made me more compassionate or whether I am just more hormonal!

Probably a bit of both dor!

So I said to MSB about planing what to put in a bag for the hof

Probably a bit of both dor!

So I said to MSB about planing what to put in a bag for the hospital. He said Oh I'll just pack a 6 pack of Relentless I pointed out it was a terrible idea because it would give him peaks and crashes. Also it is vile, stinks and makes his poo (tmi!) smell really rank. Which made me say Oh so it's good to be approved by you!. Err, yes, I'll be the person pushing a baybee out of my fanj. he is annoying me today

Made him say..

I don't think he fully understands that it is all your effort that will bring this child into the world Faith! Why would he need an energy drink? He's not going to be doing anything.

Dor in the nicest way possible, I think there are millions of very compassionate people in the world who aren't parents. I wouldn't say I was particularly compassionate & I don't think having a child will make me more so. Maybe I'm fooling myself. I've had 36 years to become 'me'. Is having a baby going to change me? It's made me think though. I'm going to do some more digging with my friends that are parents.

And hurrah to only 5 shifts Faith.

Jethro maybe I wasn't clear. I don't think it had made me more or less compassionate, but it definitely affected me more this year. It gave me a different perspective I think and somehow that made my response much stronger.

I certainly don't think you have to be a parent to be compassionate!

Ah good. I'm glad you clarified that Dor, thank you.

Nope I'm not sure he does get it jeff. I think he anticipates a long labour with me whining at him that he needs to stay awake!

Compassion is an interesting concept. For some people it's natural, kids or not (Mother Teresa springs to mind!), for some people, being a parent makes no difference. Maybe the difference for you this year dor was that you now understand how it feels to be a mother and how heart wrenching it would be to not be able to do anything for a poorly child?

Make sure he takes a toothbrush and/or mouthwash! My friend's DH nearly missed the birth because she got angry about his breath being bad mid-labour & sent him out to get some.

Maybe it's not so much compassion as empathy? After my friend (different one) had her DS she said she couldn't read anything about sick/dying children any more. Tbh I thought she was being overdramatic and my guilty pleasure has always been Take A Break but I have to say I am the same now, it's not even a conscious thought of 'oh how awful' or 'what if that happened to L', just instant mascara wreckage (if I had actually worn mascara in the last few months). There was an ad for Barnardo's before Christmas going backwards through a young man's life to his neglected/abusive childhood and it was actually like being punched in the stomach, I don't know how else to describe it. So I do know what Dor means.

Spare toothbrush! Excellent plan.

My gorgeous boy is trying to feed and smile at the same time.

It's so cute!!

That's adorable (if unlikely to be successful!).

I think my hamster is going to die soon. Rubbish baybee substitute but I am more upset than I anticipated! He's 2 (ish), survived the fire! He's losing fur and squeaking. If he carries on this week, I might take him to the vet..:(

Oh no faith I luffs hamsters...they are the cutest rodents by far. I would love one but mr df says no! 2 is a good age...one of mine only lasted a year!

Oh no Faith I'm sorry. Is he definitely poorly, it's not a reaction to you being pg?

L does the social feeding thing, he is so distractible now. It's super cute but makes feeding take ages sometimes, I have to keep quiet so he doesn't try to chat. One night I swear he just kept licking my nipple then looking up and giggling for about half an hour.

He's been drinking lots for a while. The fur loss is sudden but not uncommon when they're old! He's still collecting food so maybe it's not imminent....I'll see how he goes.

I can't believe I'll have my baybee in 8 weeks max!

joops aw giggling baybee! He is very handsome, I luffed the pic today! :)

Does anyone know at what age babies can sit in a buggy rather than lie down?

dor in my head its 6 months but I might be making that up?

Aargh my last chance to lie in before Saturday and I've been awake since 6! My buzzwams are very itchy too.

I am getting increasingly worried about the lump in the bump. I suspect it's too large to be a bum. Back on the ball before work...

Oh but on a positive note, I'm 35 weeks today! How time flies :)