The PESH deli - where the goal is to get a nice holiday/back in the saddle

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I haz made new fred.

ski I have had Burger King drive through twice in the last week! My reasoning is that if I am in the car and need food, it is better for my pelvis to stay in the car rather than get out of it and hobble to some 'healthy' place. Plus onion rings are compulsory preggy food!

Oh, and I thought you'd all love this thread: Parma ham panic. Right, just off to have a prosciutto croissant, while thinking fondly of the 1kg of mussels steamed in white wine that MrP and I chowed down last week!

I've just had some dirty bitch supernoodles again for lunch. WHY can I not have cravings for healthy stuff?? eh??

Afternoon preggy ladies. Back from the FIL down in the west country. His dog has been mean to my ickle baby puppy all weekend. Hopefully the mental scars will disappear soon. On the good side lots of big lard arse pub lunches and walks on the beach. No doubt this will soon become a thing of the past as I a) stop being able to eat normally and b) waddle.

MS still not set in yet, but had weird pokey feelings behind my right hip bone yesterday and today. Not painful in the least but has made me paranoid. Did anyone else have ligamenty twinges early on???? Boobs still killing me, so that's good I spose.

Oh yes honey. I might not have had MS, but it's been body pain all the way - perfickly normal. On a plus side, I managed my first long dog walk in aged today. The wee soul seemed to bound around in joy realising what a treat it was to be taken out by me and not SFF I'm sure my hips will make me pay later...

Just decided to finish work on May 28th. There will be hols etc, but I expect that to be last day physically in the office - can't wait!

Any sign of cheggs???

anyone been watching pineapple dance studios? Hilarious!

Having couple of odd feelings downstairs, sort of like wanting to do fanny farts! Wonder if its anything to do with riding? Though not done anything unusual so prob not connected and have been riding as normal with no ill effects.

silver horses or bikes? I missed that!!

honey yes, pain in that region is totally common. I had bad cramping (as did a few of us) which was worrying, although normal, and usually not a problem unless there's also bleeding (which I also had, but I'm 19 weeks now). Your pelvic and abdominal area will basically hurt in one way or another for the next year or so... get used to it! Some worse probs are SPD (early for that) and (not so bad at all) sciatica, which I've had deep in my buttock pretty much since about week 8 or 9. Remember your ligaments are already softening with relaxin and oestrogen so take great care with lifting stuff (ie don't) and move gently, so as not to pull any muscles just from turning the wrong way.

carrots horses! Much more fun than bike riding!

I also occasionally feel like I am going to come on, which was really strong in the beginning but has eased off.

What is SPD?

What me, pones and ghostie have got innit. Separation of the two halves of the pelvis due to ligament softening. A real picnic. Left pones wheelchair-bound if I'm not mistaken...

silver excellent, I didn't know that you were a horsey person What do you ride? What do you do with them?

Neigh, neigh, another horsey PESH!

Yep, last pg I ended up in a wheelchair due to SPbloodyD. So far this time just using crutches and resting sitting on my arse a lot.

We have our first lambs! But after all the strong words from rots and others I have officially decided to stay well away from them this year. MrP has declared that he and the foal will look but not touch so they don't bring any germs into the house. He had a big lecture yesterday from Farmer Sal and has come over all responsible like.

Weirdly though, as I look at all the mummy sheep in the barn waiting to have their babies, I keep thinking 'I wonder if they are happy with their maternity ward?'. It's a bizarre sort of solidarity, as though I know what they are going through!

I love early lambs - saw a few at work t'other day. it is so tempting to touch! Getting very of your lifestyle pone and loving the thoughts re solidarity. I was next to the "birthing pen" area of the cow sheds the other day and marvelled at how they manage with so little fuss - unlike us! (also glad our tits don't get that big )

I am still hunting for things to buy. Just ordered a changing mat pack thingy (mini bag that folds out). We're going to hang back on a full size changing bag till we see if we'll ever really need one.

Having never owned any nice luggage in my life, I am contemplating buying a set as a mummy-to-be gift. Indulgent, maybe, but I'm sick of living out of sports holdalls or my little carry-on size suitcase from Tesco. I always covet other people's lovely luggage, so I see now as an excuse. One for labour, one for baby, one for after, one for food...

i'm still here. working flat out to get everything sorted before i finish up at work.

today included

will try pop back soon with update.

(bump is very much still in tact though ... )

yay cheggers I'm glad you're still with us and the littluns are clinging on in there. Please do pop back today and give us a sticky-nipple update!

Silver You're another horsey person! OMG ponieez! lol!@@111! Funny how so many of us are only really happy with leather and 17 hands between our legs. I haven't ridden now since ~14 weeks but when I did I had a fucking good gallop and it was wonderful! The gals at the stables on friday told me my bump was tiny and that if I'm having any problems getting on they will all stand behind me and push my arse up. I want to ride and yet at the same time I'm nervous. I haven't hit the ground in 5 years but of course if it's going to happen it'll happen now... historically I've always landed head then arse - but now it'd be tummy down right?

Ponymum I threw up my BurgerKing yesterday in the carpark but at least I tried. I think drive-thrus are very wise for a woman in your position - you're only thinking of the SPD.

Grumpy Within this nappy bag that the quimmy woman gave us there is a fold-out changing pad thing. It's about A4 sized I suppose and folds out to 4 times that which I hope will be sufficient.

I'd like to get a mummy-to-be present... I'm thinking new ski-boots, a 4WD in Denver or a condo in Summit County for next Jan...

Btw, has anyone seen diffed-Sinitta's abs in the paper this morning? I am absolutely delighted for her though because she spent so many years and so much money trying to get diffed - I cried when I read she was.

happy monday all. Hate mondays really.

Non horsey people will freak when they find out that i am riding whilst diffed. Horsey folk wont care. All depends on horse's temp. Clearly am going to stop doing certain things and will stop riding completely when i decide to. Husband is fine with me riding.

sliver I find the reaction of horsey people depends on what they did - my yard owner rode until 7 months diffed, but an instructor that also keeps her horse at the same place didn't ride from the minute she got diffed. The difference is that the instructor spend years trying and her baby was through IVF.

I carried on riding the first time I was diffed (and failed) - so this time I stopped riding straight away. If the first time I had been fine - I would have carried on riding for quite a while I reckon...

Silver You're quite right - only those who participate in the sport will understand. pandora was still competing at 20 weeks last time - it's really what you're comfortable with. Jailbait is very happy for me to ski/ride or do whatever I want. The only thing he's uneasy about is cheese! There's at least one girl in the tack room who rode until she was 28 weeks. I will get on again I'm sure - but it was blowing a bloody gale all weekend and she's not been ridden since I last rode her because my helper/sharer is inept.

Good news on that front - the English woman I met on saturday wants to give her a whirl this weekend.

PS silver please to tell us more about your horsicle?

ah ha but if i do that then i am no longer mysterious! Will give you all the low down once i reach 12 weeks and everything is confirmed etc etc.

Ps ms seems to have stopped. Its not possible?

silver entirely down to you - after all you know yours better than anyone (and the risks even with the steadiest horse).

I've been riding since a toddler and although I stopped competing in my early 20s, I carried on when I could with a shared ponee. I stopped at 3 months with LC, partly because I kept wetting the saddle () and partly because she was a VERY high strung TB ex racehorse and I couldn't stay mentally ahead of her when I became too protective of myself/baby. I have done virtually no riding since as have a) didn't have time with new baby and noone to help share childcare, b) wetting saddle problems continued and c) moved away after a couple of years, just when I was ready to "get back in the saddle" so had no access to ponee. My parents do driving trials so I've been able to at least smell the muck when I need a fix. Was literally going to go to the stables to ask about lessons/hacking options etc when I got my BFP (remember ski?).

So I'm very of yous who have your own, although not of the work involved! I find it hard enough to keep the dog walked...

My friend rode hers until about 8 months, including falling off at a gallop at 7 months ("don't EVER tell my mum!"). She has a gorgeous 18 month old. There's a risk, but there's many things which are riskier.

Personally, in your shoes (and those of you with poniez) I would ride as much as poss now as after the baby comes it's often much harder, even with a supportive partner, and impossible, pretty much, without.

silver X-post. MS comes and goes. Love it while it goes. It doesn't mean anything bad, good or indifferent other than you can eat more stuff.

silversky pfff - excuses. My ikkle girl is a 17.2hh latvian warmblood chestnut cutie with the prettiest face I've ever seen. (I may be biased). Does that out me? Does it? Does it?

carrots ah well, after this one - and if you don't get LC in to Pony Club v soon I will be most mithered! You must get him in to Pony Club, if for nothing else - then you'll get rid of him for 5 days a year at camp!

ms meh. Me and cossie iz still suff'rin.

Btw, ODE season starts in a couple of weeks. I'm going to go and watch... then cry in the car home because I can't do it this year.

Jailbait says if we have a boy then he has to learn to ride so that he has direct access to loads of girls.