The PESH deli where we were so distracted we forgot to think of a new title

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THE NOT-LIST

BESH BAYBEES
dontrythisathome, Bay Amaryllis born March 25.
Cheggers, twinz girlz, born April
FannyPriceless, boy, born June 8
CurlyCasper, girl, born June 24
CUNextTuesday, born June 29
Skihorse, boy, born 1 July

UPDIFFED
IggyPiggy, The one who loves BUMSEX, due July 20
Carrots, giving birth in a lavender field, damn it, due July 25 (boy)
Cosmosis, the one that likes a good ride, due August 22
backinthebox, she bought a racehorse, due September 6
skatergrrrl, the one that overtook the rest, September ??
VAG, lives in De Nile, due 19 September
silversky, the biggest farter, due 18 October (first baybee)
Honeymoo, 3 wees a night, due October 31 (boy)
okiecokie, self-confessed control freak, due November 6
SomethingSuitablyWitty, benelux babe, due November 14
ReginaMonologue, knows when all the sales are, due November 20 (boy)
maswera, jungle hottie - due November (???)
PollyPoo, wants to name her baybee after the dog, The New Messiah is due December 25

Yes I answered first, thinking the uber-hip guy beside me was also going to admit to inhaling it for kicks - but no.

I tried a balloonful at a festival once. For the record it was lovely!

It was way up there with trying to buy a syringe* at Boots while heavily pregnant for a druggy shame moment.

• For expressing collustrum. Nothing sinister.

Bye boxy!

witty I confess I have been a bit shit at posting on the november thread. It's huge and I can't keep up with too many freds. My brain is only so big.

Ho de ho at recreational use skates. God can't believe you've got 6 weeks to go.

Cosmo and Iggs have you got your waterproof mattress sheets on yet then? Could be any day now that Box has buggered off.

twitty no glucose test (not sure I have one til later on now) but stuff that is good for iron:

Floradix liquid (yuck)
Steak
Spinach
Pasta
Chicken

This is now all I eat. please be adding to list if you know any other stuff.

drom my husbo has that app. Has he looked at it recently? Has he fk. Tried to tell him about breastfeeding the other day and he looked like he was going to be sick.

speaking of apps, does any one know if theres a contraction timing one? TGO wants one!

honey I am iron expert, am always anaemic not just when pg.

Other good foods;
Chocolate (hurrah!)
Broccoli
Granary bread

Don?t drink tea or coffee with meals
Vit c helps intake, so drink plenty of fruit juice or a vit pill as well.

Cossie - don't know about apps but there's one on tinterweb - www.contractionmaster.com or something. I used it in labour to prove to the midwives that I was about to give birth alone on my bathroom floor and please could they send someone pretty damn quick! - just checked on their website and they have an app for the iphone!

Happy biffday for yesterday WoozyMusey!

marv twinks that will keep tgo happy

There's definitely many contraction timing ones - just do a search on the App Store. There's even an iDoula (mind asplodes).

An idoula? Fuck me, whatever next? Is there an app that will actually lay the baybee for you?

Yes, lovely night with moo chatting non stop. I also met the doggie woofa who is the cutest thing ever and lives in a fabulous house.

Where is Reggie??

I've been wondering about reggie myself - holidays maybe?

Have any of you peshes been looking at hypnobirthing and that kinda thing? I am interested in it I have to say. Boyfy is of a generally sceptical bent, so not sure how he would take to me wanting to listen to relaxation CDs in bed etc, but he is vey supportive, so would probably put up with it...

Any thoughts peshes/feshes?

Like rots I planned to spend my ML listening to hypno - but instead laid baybees. I have however used hypnotherapy in the past for nerves (riding) and got a positive result.

reggie is fine, has had successful 20 week scan, houseguests and shopping on her plate - but she'll be back.

I'm not thinking about the birth just yet ConwayTwitty, I am in denial!

I have only POASd twice so far - first time when I was due, then again the next day with a CB one. Am going to use the second of the CBs tomorrow just to check again ;)

I am sooo fucking busy at work I have no time to indulge my social networking habit! I am working at home frantically trying to finish in time for TV viewing at 9.00. Bloody hell girls the whole 4 day working week is a bit of a con since I only get 80% of my salary and still end up giving a pound of flesh by doing 5 days work in 4! Phah!

Mixed views on the hypnobirthing thang wit. A friend of mine reckoned she "wasted" £350 on a weekend intensive course as it all went out of the window 30 hours into a rather long labour when she demanded drucks. Cunty seems to be the best advert for it though.

Right, off to finish me work...

Also good for upping your iron intake is dried apricots. Will also help with constipation non? Double bubble or wot?

Husband and I just had gorgeous evening out but then it all went tits up when he brought up baybee names. He hates the only boy name I like. Refuses to budge. Main bone of contention for me being that he has discussed it with colleagues whereas I haven't told a soul. .

Effing men!!!!!

If anyone wants to try the hypnotherapy fer free, mail me and I'll send it as an mp3 perfect for ipod.

silver You will find common ground eventually, but I feel your pain.

Tips for mums-to-be: I'm now feeling quite a lot less frazzled so thought I'd share my little bit of wisdom. Obviously I spent a week in hospital when I wasn't expecting to and a month earlier than anyone would've predicted.

Jailbait was running around like a blue-arsed fly trying to hold everything together during the hottest week of the year and worrying about me & Bear. When we got a taxi home on the Monday, it was lunchtime and I was tired, scared, hungry, thirsty and overwhelmed - they let two idiots like us take a precious baby home.

There was no food in the house, not even a scrap of milk for a coffee.

Make sure you've got a loaf of bread in the freezer, some milk (frozen or UHT), cheese etc. Just basic essentials but know that you can at least put your arse on the sofa and be given a sarnie & a cuppa.

I had to send jailbait out within 30 minutes of getting home to get all these things - luckily for me I had 2 nurses with me but if I'd been on my own I suspect it would've been really overwhelming and more than likely a big recipe for tears - I was sobbing anyway.

Also, stockpile washing liquid/fab cond - your washing machine is about to get used like it's never been used before. Stockpile bog roll - you don't need to be worrying about this. Stockpile pet food.

Muslins/towels - you will use twice as many as you predicted you will use in the first few days.

reggie sends her love to all of you - her husband is going away this weekend so she'll get some time to herself. She's very tired and having to start turning down work to get the rest she needs.

Thanks ski. The silly man almost got to feel a pain of his own - right between his eyeballs.

I so annoyed, esp when he informed me "everyone" he has spoken to thinks it's a stupid name. He has silly associations to the name which bother him which are frankly pathetic. Can you tell I am hormonal yet?

The curlygurl is sending me her hippobirthing book and cd. By the time I am ready to pop no doubt I will def be more hippo than anything else. Tho preggos and hippos do have more than one thing in common - both are equally the most dangerous beings when threatened and if needed could travel at speed if the situ rqd it.

Hurrah for Friday! Another weekend beckons.

boxers Are you back yet?

igglepiggle how you feeling? What have you got in your hossie bags?

My back kills. It's my upper back and only on the right hand side, sort of opposite the pain I have under my boob. Sort of worrying that I am already pretty uncomfortable with 14 wks to go, potential longer if I go overdue.

Hope those that are pukey are surviving. Eat, girls, eat! Hard as it is, I found it helped. Each day of feeling ruff is a day closer to the ms passing and moving onto the next stage.

i second all that ski said and add to try to check that your washing machine is not about to start packing up - ours is leaking everywhere every few washes

silver i have packaged it and hope to get to post office today!

Well I think I may be getting hormonal. We went to mothercare last night to buy a change mat, nappy bucket and a few other bits and bobs. No nappy buckets in, and I was overwhelmed by the choice of change mats so burst in to tears in the shop and we went home. Passing by a garage to buy the biggest bucket of toffee popcorn you have ever seen.

Glad I am not the only one doing the hormonal crying cos! The things that have been triggering tears have been real problems/upsetting, but just not my usual way of dealing.

For example, I cried inconsolably when leaving my family to come back to Belgium (I never do this - it upsets everyone). So I stood there sobbing unable to stop, with the entire family hugging me and making unrealistic promises to come and visit - to which they will be held of course .

I have also some issues to contend with regarding my health insurance at work. I hope it will be sorted, but it is complicated and it turns out that crying about it does not really help, but thoroughly confounds the person advising you...

Silver when I was having back pain, the midwives suggested a specialised osteopath. maybe this would help? Could you find one? As for hubby blabbing the name, tchah. Annoying, but I think maybe you'll have to go back to the drawing board to find one you both like à la Cunty (whose final choice is just fabulous)...Hope you get some inspiration soon!

Thanks for the reggie update ski! Glad she is in good form, but is important to have a good rest. Good suggestions too on stocking up fridge etc! BTW - where do you buy muslins here? They do not seem to really be a "thing" in this neck of the woods...

Morning round shaped ones.

hippo birthing.... I has done course and gone for extra session and am listening to the CDs... Will let you all know if it helps, but people I know that have used it have positive things to say - however thier birth panned out... Plus my consultant says he hAs seen remarkable results with it too... But is not
for everyone I guess?

cossie I cried whilst reading a stupid chick lit book the other day.. So I feel
your hormonal pain!

Hossie bag is packed, it contains snacks, baby clothes, my clothes, massage oils, music, flip flops, t shirts, night wear, pants, feeding bras, breast pads, nipple cream um... Toiletries... Tens machine, hospital notes, hippo CDs, probably more...

Ski your wisdom is much appreciated. I have scheduled a mass cookathon in the month leading up to birf. Plus will get my arse down to Costcutters for extra everything. I'm really glad to hear you are feeling bit more chilled with it all. How's your boobs going?

In terms of hippobirthing (like it Silver) I think anything is worth a try, although I get the sense you have to really commit to it and a few listens on the CD won't cut it. If cuntys experience is anything to go by, it is well worth it. Even if it does nothing but relax you a teeny bit - gotta be a good thing.

Cossiepops have a good weep my lovely. Picking a changing mat is a very fraught experience! BTW do you need a cover for it? Or stick them on cold plastic? Are you doing washable nappies then? Frankly I cannot be arsed. I reckon all the extra washing will burn a hole in the ozone layer anyway, so will stick to disposables chez moo.

Muser the book should be with you today or tomorow I hope.

Silver can you get a tens machine on your back? I'm borrowing one (as well as booby draining medela pump) from friend and she reckoned it was great for pre birth back pain. PLus your hubby gets to try it out for practise.

Feeling pretty good today. Despite Kelly Brook is wearing my topshop maternity dress (spotty) in today's Metro if anyone gives a shit. What a bitch. Can't she stick to non preggo clothes? Bad enough feeling like a blimp without sitting on the tube wearing the same outfit as her!

Off to see film Inception tonight.

switty Hema, bag of ten = 5 euros. Check out Hema for cheap & cheerful baby clothes, wipes (6 packs for 5 euros), kruiks (metal hot water bottles), sleepbags, etc., etc. It's a hidden gem - they even sell surprisingly good chocolate, jelly beans & salamis (wtf)!

Yeah ski Hema is the biz. I will get all you suggest there, except the jelly beans. Yucky.

Thanks everyone for the views on hippy hippo birthing. i ordered a book and CD online last night. I will read and listen before deciding whether to pursue some hippo sessions with counsellor. Apparently possible here...though not really populat at all yet. Midwives are favourable and interested though not experienced.

Re hippo, I have a few friends who have done it and swear by it ? even if birth didn?t end up being ideal they said it really helped them relax and be ok with what was going on.

I am celebrating today, two weeks left at work!!! And according to the ladies in our canteen (who are obv experts!!) my bump has dropped.

iggs wouldn?t your tens machine be better out of your bag? You?ll want to be using it at home before you go in, no? although thanks for reminding me, I need to buy pads for mine?

honey well this is one of the reasons for the indecision. Some are plastic, some have nice material for the middle bit, some have all over covers, some have dangly toys, some are bright colours, some are beigy colours (none match the rest of our nursery scheme) ? they vary in price from about £4 to £30. My mind was just boggling.

Yes, am planning on re-useables. Got a full birth ? potty set on freecycle, so saved us pots of cash. And I figure we?ll be doing a lot of extra washing anyway so might as well add in nappies. And they?re cuter.

We?ll be using sposies for the first couple of weeks though.

cossie I have put tens machine in bag so that I know where it is and so that if for any reason I am not at home, it comes in with bloke or person I send to get it . On changing mats, I bought cheap wipe clean... I thought that made sense.. Who knows!

ski also thanks for tips, I have ordered much dog food... My freezer is rammed

I have just heard two lovely birth stories... So encouraging to hear that stuff...