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

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 04/02/2013 22:59

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!

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FriendofDorothy · 17/02/2013 21:41

I never stopped with my pessimism. I refused to believe that it would happen until I held him in my arms. I always thought about what might and could happen.

Hang in there girls :)

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 18/02/2013 18:27

MSB made me stop menkulling after a certain point. It made him mardy. I even deleted the MMC stats from my bookmarks

I am so very tired tonight. I worked the early shift. Happily I am not back in til the late tomorrow. That's day 3 of 7 done! I also have a delightful cluster of pus-filled spots around my bra line under my arm. Had it in the summer and the antibiotics the doc gave me then made me want to cut my stomach out Confused I am applying witch hazel to it and trying not to pop the spots!

Ps well done for venturing in here euro. We've reserved a naice dark corner for you and jeff to hide in! :)

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bluer · 18/02/2013 19:53

Evening all! feeling guilty as I didn't make my regular exercise class after work today...we had staff meetings and by the time I got home I just felt so tired I couldn't go back out! Been getting shouting pains in my fanjo or cervix if and on today...they actually made me yelp. God i'm going to be a nightmare in labour i'm such a wimp. Looked said pain up on net and seems to be it could be the baby sitting funny? They seem to have stopped now

EuroShagmore · 18/02/2013 21:22

Thanks ladies for the reassurance that the menkulling is normal.

I'm having a hissy fit today because someone on another thread mentioned that IVF pregnancies are automatically considered "High risk" and referred to consultant-led care. WTF? I have had enough of being prodded and poked. I'm perfectly bloody healthy. Just cos we needed a bit of help to get sperm to meet egg shouldn't mean I am high risk. Grrr. Luckily KFZK is fully supportive of me rejecting it (unless some good medical reason for it arises).

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 18/02/2013 21:31

I would have thought early days/post transfer was higher risk but other than that it'll depend very much on the health of the woman? Surely there's so many varieties of reasons that people need IVF.

It's like stats for me though - I'm 'high' risk due to my BMI when I got diffed. I saw a consultant at my first scan and they said GTT and if that's normal, low risk pregnancy.

Pickle appears to be having a party in my uterus Hmm

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JethroTull · 18/02/2013 21:55

I don't know if that's true Euro. My clinic told me if everything is ok at my scan I will be discharged & treated like any other differ on the NHS. There's nothing to say IVF pregnancies should be different - like you say it's issues with Getting Diffed rather than Being Diffed surely?

EuroShagmore · 18/02/2013 22:27

Maybe it differs from area to area, Jeff. That would be very welcome. The idea of being forced to go to extra appointments and refused access to the MLU horrifies me. I'm going to try not to worry about something that hasn't happened yet though.

Yay - pickle party!

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 19/02/2013 10:32

Word to the wise - don't scoff biscuits before doing your pee sample for a midwife. There will be glucose in your wee and you will get told off! Confused oops!

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EuroShagmore · 19/02/2013 14:21

I'm wheat free at the moment, so biscuits are a long-distant memory! (I had the ?chem preg? when I gave up wheat in November to see if it gave me more energy, so I tried it again for this IVF cycle. Of course, I am now too scared to eat toast, in case a wheat intolerance is the missing piece of the puzzle. Confused

JethroTull · 19/02/2013 19:11

I am usually pretty bloody healthy. Am known for being slightly obsessive about my 5 a day etc. however I've had a 'must have a Big Mac' niggle for a while now so I had one today. It made me happy for the rest of the afternoon.

I couldn't do wheat free. I am all about the bread.

LazyMachine · 19/02/2013 20:26

I menkulled all the way up to 39+4 and now I'm menkulling about LazyBoy at 12 days old! It never goes away...but it DOES get better. (ps. I never once heaved, so don't worry if you're not puking. TOM's theory is that no puke = boy.)

Looking forward to all the upcoming scans!

I just realised that on the next PESH fred Not List I'll finally officially be 'on the other side' of diffedment. Smile

LazyMachine · 19/02/2013 20:26

Mmmmmmm...Big Mac.

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 19/02/2013 20:35

Yes you were about to pop as I wrote it lazy, but we ran out of room on the last Fred!

They were GF biscuits - co-op triple chocolate biscuits, ruddy delicious. I've been GF for about 4 years now. I have generally cut down the sugar

I hate my job today. No matter how hard you work, it's never good enough. It's crap :( I wanted to cry as I left.

Midwife says the low down discomfort I've been having are a sign of an irritable uterus and it means I've overdoing it when it happens. It generally happens at work Confused only 23 shifts to go...Hmm

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EuroShagmore · 19/02/2013 21:16

Lazy I'm pretty sure that my mum said she didn't puke with me.

It must be a great feeling to be on the other side of the list. :)

I didn't know that faif. Are you coelic? There is a theory that a significant % of unexplaineds are coelic. I read that when googling afer the weird stuff happened back in Nov.

faif any chance you could finish early?

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 19/02/2013 21:28

Blood tests came back negative for coeliac. Never had a colonoscopy though...but there is definitely a link between my IBS and wheat consumption. I'm not free from IBS when wheat free, but I'm loads better. When pregnant, I can't take my IBS medications so gluten free and probiotics are the only way to manage it.

I think I will only finish early if I am too ill to continue. It's only just over 4 weeks anyway now. I don't want to finish any sooner really because I want as much time as possible with the baybee. I'll be going back too soon after 6 months anyway :(
Not all days are like today, but my work environment is just ridiculous at the moment. I take things too much to heart as well I think.

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FriendofDorothy · 19/02/2013 21:48

No puking for me either. Maybe the boy thing is right.

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 19/02/2013 21:49

Much puking for me with a ??girl on board. I'm sure I've read HG is much more common when diffed with a girl too.

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FriendofDorothy · 19/02/2013 21:55

My sister also says her hair was amazing when she was pregnant with a boy and sure with a girl. She is sure it was related to oestrogen levels.

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 19/02/2013 22:05

Ah but my hair is amazing! My hairdresser was commenting on it last time. Never been so lustrous!

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FriendofDorothy · 20/02/2013 00:30

Gah. The Mister has been out for a curry with his work colleagues tonight. The smell of curry coming out of his pores us revolting and it makes me feel sick. Also he is mildly being an arse which irritates me.

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 20/02/2013 09:34

MSB drank more beer last night so I am somewhat sympathetic dor. Course that made him snore Hmm. After a blissful dry January, he seems to be making up for lost time!

Only 3 shifts before the weekend....I can't be arsed to go to work! Or do anything at home before I leave....

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HavingALittleFaithBaby · 20/02/2013 10:44

Oh vom Envy this morning went thusly: decide to cook spag bol, find mince in freezer, defrost mince, sniff mince, retch into sink, bin mince, cook meat free tomato sauce for dinner. Yuk Confused

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snowqueenrollo · 20/02/2013 15:04

littleprincerollo has a cold. He's hoarse when he cries and all snuffly and chesty Sad he's sleepy at the moment but i fear I may have a disturbed night. And we're at the hospital tomorrow for his 4th cast. Fortunately it's the one near us and not the 'big' hospital so it won't eat the whole day up.

bluer · 20/02/2013 17:53

Have had such a stressful day at work and one of the worst department meetings in my ten years at school...one Lassie walked out crying, another just walked out and I left the room at one point as I could feel my stress going through the roof. Why so managers feel they can lie, not listen and demand ever increasing unreasonable expectations I don't know! Sorry for rant but I can safely say this is the first time I've missed drink....

HavingALittleFaithBaby · 20/02/2013 22:22

Aw poor lickle Prince :( he's in the wars, isn't he? Hope the cast refitting went ok and he recovers quickly.

That sounds awful blue! I thought as time went on I'd care less about work (in a 'ah well I'm not here much longer' way) but actually I take things much more to heart! I hope management see sense soon.

I had a better day today but I did have to refuse to do a couple of things and sit down when the uterus spasms became intense! Confused I felt bad but I'm 31 weeks pregnant now and it's starting to take its toll on my body. Better to sit a couple of things out than drop the sprog at work, right?!

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