The PESH Deli - The drinks might be virginal, but that's about all...

[CurlyCasper]

Come in, come in to the new haven for diffed BESHies. I think a group effort is needed here (and I'm being a lazy preggo), so please add to the deli whatever you crave/love/can stomach.

Nominations are also open for sexy fathers we can hijack to serve our mouldy cheese and cured ham

And the best mocktail recipe wins...well, bugger all to be honest

iggy/vag As I suspected clove oil is not recommended during pregnancy. e.g., www.essentialoils.co.za/essential-oils/clove.htm Have you considered just being a martyr?

As iggy says, just hit up the paracetamol.

Think am having a hormonal moment - am sat in tears at desk cos of this fred

Bitch -you've set me off now. I should NOT have started reading that.

Why is that sad tho??? Is fucking menkul??!! Is meant to be happy fred... we are nuts... I love my dog

It's not sad. these are tears of happiness I'm not crying.

Why is it snowing again? Enough!

Doh, didnt realise you meant druuuuugs, VAG. Yes paracetamol rather than Ibruprofen.

Is there some sort of lotto preggos can enter to get the rest of your pregnancy off work and fully paid, with access to top-notch healthcare?

If there isn't there should be. And I should win it.

pony tell me about it, I drove home in a blizzard last night and this morning I got stuck behind several thousand asshats crawling along at 20kph.

PESHspiration - some of you might remember my story/rant about an Israeli girl I work with from time to time. She's ¬42 now and got married about 5 years ago. She had 4 babies in quick succession (her husband is SAHD) - anyway I saw her crossing the street earlier, knocked up again! She only gave birth last summer! The girls at my office always say "oh you're imagining it, no way can she be pregnant again" and yet lo, she doth weareth a pregnancy band. I suppose if she wants a big family she knows her time is limited. Good for her though!

It's going to be in Sweden if it's anywhere I reckon

Can anyone see my nose from where they are? It's lighting up the night

Curly Yes, it's called the ex-Big Brother contestant lotto. You win a footballer and a baybee. c.f., That portugese girl with the blusher and chanelle to name but tow.

ski here's a thing. Just to piss us both off...

next year next year

Actually cunty I've just had to change my plans for next year's ski season as I was planning to go to Alberta... but a friend and absolute heroine of mine has just offered me free instruction in Colorado.

I am now the terrified owner of:
Quinny 3-wheeler freestyle pram thing
With buggy
maxi-cosy adaptors
rain cover
sleeping bag thing
2 brollies

and a travel bag thingy which shitloads of stuff I never even contemplated including a travel changing mat (foldeable) and a insulated compartment for drinks.

For 125 euros.

It's sat in the living room right now. Staring at me. Being all grown-up.

Man up, ski!

Its only a baby.

Skater Please to compare size of pram to size of vagina.

OOoh Ski you boughted somefink!! I am just looking at them in horror on ebay.

Is it wrong that I really don't give a toss what brand or features my buggy has??

cas Re driving, I think you can drive as long as you can fit behind the wheel.

well done on bulk bargain purchase ski

we got maxi-cosi car seats to go on ours, and for some reason i can now only say maxi-cosi with a strong geordie accent.

it has been making me titter all week

ski pram size compare with vagina size

Cossie We really didn't give a shit about fixtures & fittings & features & shiz. However, when you can get the fabled brand name for 125 euros you jump at the chance. We'd have spent that much in petrol money driving around to baby shops and dithering! We'd had a look in the shops and the cheapest new we could see was 250 euros - so although this purchase was made much sooner than anticipated we're very happy - if not a little scared by it.

I think we're kind of mentally preparing a list of stuff we need --> want and if we see it at a price online between now and June we'll buy it. Come June we'll (I'll) panic.

FYI, they are fucking enormous even taken apart and folded down. Back seat managed the pram bit and buggy bit OK and the frame fit in the boot (full of garden pots & horse rugs ) - but I wouldn't want to try it in a Fiat 500 truth be told!

cheggers Yes, next stop will be the maxi-cosi clip-in car-seat.

Pony Seriously, it made me feel quite weak at the knees. I was giving it a push around the living room this morning and it's the size of an 11.2hh pony. A very fat one.

ski Did it come with the Dreami carrycot? You can use that instead of a moses basket to save you buying one of those. You've got a bargain!

Maternity jeans arrived and hurrah I fit into the size smaller than I thought I would need! (Though still feel enormous and dreading how big I'm going to get by the end of this.)

Pony It did indeed and jailbait suggested we used it as a Moses basket, but I wasn't sure whether this was "allowed" or whether it's just going to get covered in green slimy poo in approximately 24 hours.

Congrats on the jeans - thats excellent news.

How is everyone's bump coming on? I was proudly inspecting my bump this morning which is becoming more bump shaped and less 9lb of fart shaped. In the morning there's no bloating so it looks like a wee baby bump, after 3pm it just looks like I hoovered pies.

AIBU to be angry/jealous/envious/pissed off at an email I've just received from an old school friend who I've not seen since 92? She has basically married for money - the grapevine indicates that whilst she's been friends with D for 15 years it was only when he became very wealthy in the last 3 that their relationship and subsequent marriage occurred. Anyway, she emailed me out of the blue to congratulate me, boast about her 13 year old daughter, boast about her TWO horses, boast about her house, her husband, her money etc. But the thing which really got to me was the revelation that she doesn't work... she just hangs out at the stables and shops. I don't know whether to be blisteringly envious or a little sad because she's 36 and married a man for money and there's nothing in front of her except shopping... Doesn't help my currently emotionally fragile state.

ski I certainly wouldn't be envious of someone who is married but didn't marry for love, whatever material benefits she has... I am an old romantic maybe

I have suddenly sprouted a bump of sorts... just a small one - almost overnight - no longer just fat looking... Not sure I'd be offered a seat on the train yet tho!

I haz plan to look at prams at John Lewis after my scan next week... just look - not buy... but see which type I like - then find it on e-bay or similar. Am still a wimp about buying stuff...

I had one of those moments this morning. I put on a dress I haven't worn for weeks, looked in the mirror and thought "wow, that wasn't there when I last wore this!".

I went downstairs, SFF took one look and said "well, you haven't been lying to me then, you really are pregnant!". I've been referred to as baby bump wifey on two phone calls since...

Looks like those of us due at the same time are developing similarly!

ski Nothing to be jealous about there. All that and she needs to send boasting emails in a bid to get attention?
well done on the pram purchase. I'm quite excited about getting my quinny buzz/Maxi Cosi (probably not till about June if SFF gets his way - to maximise the one-year guarantee) We're skipping the dreami, unless I pick one up on ebay, cause we already have a moses basket and because it'll be summer, so we reckon we can do without. Would be a different story in the winter, I think.

I am sniggering with mirth at some of the howlers in BabyNames. When I start getting closer to the "time" and my hormones are raging and I come out with the most ludicrous names - please remind me that I've already found ones I like. Just write my mad suggestions down and remind me in October or so that we might all have a good giggle about it.

iggy/curly I know. I suppose it's easy to imagine it's a nicer scenario but it'd be pretty empty. In her engagement party pics you can actually see her recoiling from him!

Curly Have you heard anything yet about your physio? How are you coping with the pain?

iggy That's pretty much our plan, go to the shops and decide then get it on ebay/online. E.g., the sling I liked is 50 euros in the shops, 15 online. That's another 35 euros for mummy's Duoboots collection. I mean, er... another 35 euros in the college fund.