The PESH Deli - where black-humoured diffed BESHes turn to hormonal mush.

[CurlyCasper]

If you don't like the title, tough. I'm still talking

BESH BABYWIN STATS

This isn?t a fucking list ? right?

BESH BAYBEES
dontrythisathome, Bay Amaryllis born March 25.
Cheggers, twinz girlz, born April 12

UPDIFFED
Ponymum, the one with the worst hips, due mid June
CUNextTuesday, takes no shit from the Daily Mail, due June 28
IggyPiggy, The one who loves BUMSEX, due July 20
CurlyCasper, the ginger with the dodgy joints due July 21 (girl)
Skihorse, cradle snatching web geek, due July 22 (boy)
Carrots, organic hippy hunter, due July 25 (boy)
Cosmosis, the one that likes a good ride, due August 22
Pandora, She's got wings, due September 6
skatergrrrl, the one that overtook the rest, September ??
VAG, lives in De Nile, due 19 September
Honeymoo, puppy lover, due November 1
silversky, the biggest farter, due 21 October (first baybee)
okiecokie, self-confessed control freak, due November 6
SomethingSuitablyWitty, benelux babe, due November
ReginaMonologue, must-get-the-goss-from-ski, due November 20

cas not sure if the sex is outed on FB hence my s/he post!

Confused regarding name

Okie you done same as me - Name is a genuine newbie!

Name welcome to fred. When's your baybee due then? Do you like horses, dogs and gin?

Oh, really? Welcome Name. What gifts do you bring?

Hi thanks for welcome i really am a newbie due many moons (howls) away in December.

I dont like dogs, horsers or gin. I adore barcadi (sp?) and riding rough shod on a mountain bike or whacking my furious hormones around through the power of the hoover - a hoover that I have failed to empty for several weeks.

I bring the gifts of how to do makeovers

Gnarling teeth - check
stray rats tail hair - check
torrents of mascara - check
excessive salavating at the thought of calculating how long it takes to get to tesco express (must have spent 10 million in there)

Set this off with a dodgy coloured tracksuit sleected at the height of hormonal madness and you got the look.

Yes I am mad with hormones could seriously do the cow some damage who I bashed my car with cos of how she was with me ....grrrrr grrrrrrr

Well I didnt eat chillie DH has been and gone back out to gym/vote and I am going to cuddle up with DS now who is not in bed as we dont have to be up tomorrow.

A ha another rum lovin, mountain biking, nut. How can you not like dogz? They is well cute and fluffy.

Well you sounds dodgy enough to join the pesh club. Luckily we are not that discriminatory and pretty much let anyone in.

I am bored of election already. Watching the Alternative Election night on C4 which frankly is worse.

So let's start our own controversial topic: where do Peshes stand on Babyshowers? Are they disgusting, US imported, superficial consumer fests? Or, are they a genuine sisterhood love in, to welcome the baybee angel into the world? SIL has invited everyone to her sisters and said "not about the presents" when asked if there was anything M2B would like. WOT? Oh, ok everyone will bring 42 newborn babygros in that case... daft.

AIBU?

And big old hearty congrats Cas and Carrot

Re baby showers I would rather go to the pub. I did get invited to one which was after I had mini C and I made up a box of useful stuff for the M2B (which was a very good friend I hasten to add) including anti bacterial wipes, a stress ball, some straws, bottle of lucozade etc. I would recommend you all have these in you hospital bag too! The straws are for drinking from bottles or cups of water - very handy when in labour!

Oh yes curls well done on the contract exchange!

Big commercial con - but I still want the gifts!

Thanks for congrats all. Drove straight from work to new place and literally ran around enjoying all the space! Dogs loves huge garden. We then chowed on takeaway pizza, learned about pain relief at parent craft and have just sat down after finishing packing up our bedroom. Bloody knackered but very excited.

Hi name. We all have a bit of a shared history from the conception threads here but feel free to contribute. Note that we are complete anal pedants when it comes to spelling and grammar, like things we can ride (so bikes good) and sometimes see the extreme black comedic side of life.

I iz liking the idea of Pub Baby Shower. Genius!

honey Re:- babyshowers - can I have the pressies but without all the cringe-making girly stuff with wimmins I barely know? What I mean is, I'm not a very girly girl - I'm not surrounded by 20 of my closest girly friends. If you've got tons of girlfriends and you're really close I'm sure it's wonderful - but it's not me. Please to send cash/vouchers for horse shiz? Oh, and leave the babydust at home.

curly I am so bloody chuffed for you and I can't believe how quickly you've managed to get it all to go through considering everything that's going on. Good work mum-to-be!

honey Speaking of Pub Baby Shower - I think we've just themed the Newcastle meet!

Who IS coming to Newcastle then?

I think it's just us two and cossie. Will I need to bring a bong in light of your revelations?

with zees praise you er reeelly spoiling me ski!

Chaos begins. And I am at work.

cas it will all be fine. And if it's not, you're not there to see .

ski ok. I'll bring the bong if you bring the "stuff". Or, back in the real world, we could just do cocktails. And brie and stuff. Or mineral water and organic, free range hors d'oeuvres.

coz you want to come in my car? Seems madness for us both to drive. Shame we can't pick up a penguin pony en route though I know, it's scary .

rots Well the last time I was in Newcastle I was month one of TTC so took the high ground and ignored the raspberry mojitos (wotta twat!). This time I'll be demanding one! Well up for a good cheese platter too!

I think cossie was planning on letting the train take the strain but it would make sense to come together if you live close enough.

casper How wrong can TSF go?

Lucky Cas! Delighted for you that the house is all set and sorted out. It sounds amazing by the way. You'll be in the new place pretty soon I guess?

We went to see a house last night, which I was very excited about. It was an open visit, so it was crawling with couples and, perhaps unsurprisingly, they all seemed to have the exact same "profile" as us and loads of them seemed to be pregnant or accompanied by a small baby. It was a bit freaky to be honest, not to mention vaguely annoying: but I suppose one always feels hostile towards potential rival buyers? Anyway, I thought the house was great and really wanted to go for it, but boyfy felt it was just too small and that there was little point in extending it, redoing it from top to bottom and spending loads on it, knowing that we'd probably move on again in 5 to 10 years or so. I didn't agree, but obviously where we don't agree, we can't move ahead with buying and the house will certainly be sold by the end of the weekend. It was a bit of a bargain price-wise, for whatever reason, so the chances were never high we would get it anyway (fierce competition), but it was still disappointing: I had mentally moved on to living in the lovely renovated house in time for the baby, but I have had draw a line under it for now.

As for babyshowers: I haven't any problem with them really, but they haven't come in here at all, so I don't suppose I'll have any opportunity to develop a further opinion on them...Are you going to have one honey?

Do you really love hoovering? You must be a mighty popular lady if so!!

Morning lovers

Yay for housie casp - muchos exciting

welcome to the newbie namechange - it's your round, so I'll have a mojito please

wits I did go to one of those open house visit things - was similar experience as everyone was name age/ stage in life as us... freaky...

I haz house moving news - in some ways... after much quietness - we have 5 viewings at our place this week - so some kind of may house buying madness maybe?! Already got a second viewing booked from one that came on Weds... fingers crossed...

re: babyshowers... my best mate haz offered to organise me one... I am v. much resisting... but she says it can be small any only involve eating cake - which sounds ok... so long as people not feel like they must bring gifts.. I dunno - still unsure.

Nobody has offered me a babyshower

Had to take the day off today - turned onto my right side whilst stirring mid-alarmsnooze this morning, only to be assailed by the most vicious dizziness I have ever experienced. V V scary. Diagnosed it as pressure on blood vessel having spent about 10 mins on my back so sat up, walked round, put head between knees (difficult) until it gradually subsided. Left with eyes not connected to brain, as if quite drunk.

Would have thought if it had been simply blood flow it would have rectified itself rapidly, not over a period of half an hour? As soon as I tried to lie down again (on my left side) it came on again. Hom did my blood pressure (as I knelt on the floor draped over the bed - 'Nice positioning', he commented ) which was ok, although a little high for my usual (133/77). Feel a bit better know although slightly spaced. Hom keen for me to phone MW but thought I'd ask if anyone else had had this?

cunty I would phone your MW - what if it's the start of the dreaded pre-eclampsia? Btw, have sent you 2 emails to your work address this morning. You said you didn't want friends or a babyshower so I just sent you a selection pack of miniatures. OK?

hello namechange I want a mojito too please.

Got me blueberry innit so will pick up e-mithers

Cunty I know nothing about this, but it sounds really awful. You poor thing. I would definitely ring the MW. Why would you not? I think you need to know what caused it. I wouldn't hesitate in your place, really!

Iggy people will of course bring gifts, but that's ok: I think they would do that anyway, just not in an organised way. I think it sounds lovely. Perhaps I will try to "launch" it here as a tradition: I could sneakily start with my friend, who is three months ahead of me, and in this way establish it as the "done thing". Brilliant! Mwah ha ha.

MW said urine was fine on Wed, so I don't think it's PE

cunty Best to phone MW just in case. Hope all is ok.

If it helps, I have no friends or baby shower offers either*. I just want all the cake...

(* although mum did sent me home at the weekend with a massive box of tings for her future grandaughter. Even stuff for when she's big enough to be in a proper bed!)