Avast Behind! Full of salty seamen and buxom lasses, the Gin Palais is heading off in search of Pirate Booty! For those brave BESHly wenches in their 30’s, TTC since the Black Death.

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Ahoy Gin Hags, behold the Hendrick?s Palais, the finest sea goin? vessel that ever left these God forsaken shores. Packed with comely wenches and salty seamen, I be lookin? for a BESHly crew to travel the seas in search of booty. Land lubbers lackin? a twisted disposition need not apply.

Let me shiver yer minges with tales of the fearsome Droid Monster, who raises his bloody head each month, and the dreaded 2WOOFL, where the vaguest signs can be espied from the top o? the Crow?s Nest.

Get ye to the Brig, yer scurvy dogs, where Roger the Cabin Boy will see to yer needs, or apply the Cat O? Nine tails to yer britches if ye should mutter the oaths of Babydust.

Drink up me hearties, yo ho(es).

Woohoo, Rocket they are most definitely lines - congratulations . Cue more nekkid dancing!

Now, MrCinco'ssperm and Cinco'segg, you know what you need to do....

Hmmm, I noticed you weren't too fat & wobbly to show me your bottom the other day, MrsFC....

Rocket - pliz to tell me again how long you have been SWI? Just so I feel that there is still hope for me...

DollsBits Ah, the telling of MrM. It was a touching moment for sure. Full of emotion and hugging and barely contained glee. Followed by frolicks through wildflower meadows.

Ummm. No. It was some ungodly hour of the morning (4am?5am?) and I was dying for a pee and did not want to waste the FMU due to increasing menkul as I got negative test after negative test despite being properly late. So I snuck off with my CBD. Came back to bed and whispered "I'm pregnant" at MrM. His response was "whrrrr, snurgle, gnnnnf, yay, zzzzzzzzzz".

Ah, the romance. I think the gnnnnf says it all.

Too scared of the Deli yet Mrs I think I need to wait til I am a bit more than 3 weeks diffed before I am ready for that (although have had a little lurk today)

I am also excited about how many other stow-aways there might be lurkina I feel sure there must be others besides the wee salad sprout. Where the BLOODY hell is aries

Maybe not, but the sun did go out for a minute...

Aw, that's such a sweet story (sounds like TYF when asleep too)! Did you then lie awake for hours thinking 'FUCKING HELL!'?

I'm not sure I went back to sleep. I may have given up and come and posted on here.

hehe Muser about as romantic as my proposal story :D

lyra we stopped using laughable 'withdrawl' method of contraception well over 3 years ago. Then about 18 months ago I started using femilia to tell me when I was oving but was still relying on 'it just happening' Only been -panicking-- really really trying since the new year BUT i started charting 2 months ago and I swear that what did it although it does make you a bit mental. either that or it was pollys magic TCM book, which I haven't even had time to put into practice so now I feel its just instadiffmaking to receive it from another BESH. You want me to send it to you to see?

Muse! Beyotch, you have stolen my telling of the husband story - it is exactly the same.

And then I came and posted on MN and waited for HOURS for anyone to be awake. Apart from Ski, who is always up at ridonkulous times.

I remember you writing a ridic-early post on here, Drom! And you sent me a really early and semi-cryptic email as well, I recall, and I was checking my inbox leisurely before opening up Firefox and when I read your email I screamed and clicked on Firefox like a loony and was shouting 'OPEN! OPEN, YOU FUCKER!' at it until I could get on here and see the joyous news for sure Then I cried and rang TYF, who was a bit non-plussed but nevertheless happy for you too!

Oh Christ, I'm so sentimental already (putting the 'mental' in sentimental, that's me, hurhur) - what am I going to be like when Teh Baybee is actually here?!

Ooooh, my Mum has just rung to say she's popping round with some goodies she's got me from Chatsworth Farm Shop (posh!) - bang goes my resolve to not pile on the pounds

I love Chatsworth Farm shop. Scorps when teh baybee has popped out and is bigger you has to take it to the Farmyard and Adventure playground. MiniG loves that on trips back to the Motherland. And near to you the farmyard at Markeaton park in Derby is great and only costs £1. And does great cake.

I'm still really happy for you, Croquettes. Have you worked out a due date? Will you be June?

Makes me want to lay an egg so I can do menkulling too. I have pantsnot that is a bit stretchy but not quite clear yet. (I'm not waiting for stupid droid to come and mock me - and my GP said it was ok so ner, wanna make somthing of it?). But MrG away til Sat so hopefully won't lay yet.

I think I win on the enthusiastic partner stakes. Mr gin's response? 'What, again??'

It wasn't early morning either. I would get more conversation out of the mattress at that sort of time...

Fingers x'ed you don't lay til sat lady and the return of the Gee.

I have a bit of a To tell or not to tell dilemma as I am going home this weekend. Going to be seeing my folks and also lots of my closest g'friends. Mums not going to be there all weekend and dads a bit delicate so have pretty much decided not to tell them yet as I think they (or dad) would only worry and I don't think its fair to tell mum and not dad. but i am not sure I'll be able to get thru a whole night with the girls without spilling the beans and also theres the not drinking thing. Is a tough one. I'm just wondering who of you told what to whom, when if that makes sense.

gin :o nicely underwhelmed then.

at MrG's response...

apollo I told loads of people when I won last year. Then I had to untell when I lost it - it was a right arse. This time I was more cautious, but ended up spilling at around 9 weeks to lots of people cos I was looking so fat....

Yeah not exactly shouting from the rooftops :) Altjough I kind of knew what he meant, I generally haven't had such a problem getting pregnant, more actually staying that way..

With regard to who to tell (mmm nice sentence) I personally told those that I'm very close to...my opinion was that if something did go wrong they would be the people that I would talk to then as well...friends in joy n sorrow n all that.

This time I was especially cautious with the wider social group, work colleagues etc as I wanted to have some certainty it wasn't about to go to shit. So immediately for v close people (and beshes are in that group obv!) then after 12 week scan for everyone else...

That was a very long winded way of putting it :)

Same as Gin, immediate family and 2 or 3 close friends. And have only told same people plus 2 people at work and one other friend of the m/c. So I think that is the best plan really. You'd burst if you didn't tell anyone for 12 whole weeks!

Yeah thats pretty much what I am thinking. I might prewarn my BBF as she will only squeal and give it a way if I tell her on sat. (she has told and miscarried and said exactly the same as you gin, makes a lot of sense)

My worry is my two "BESH"like friends up here as even tho we made a 'full disclosure' agreement on sat it will still be a bit raw for one if not both of them. :(

rocketdog May I repeat my earlier congrats and proffer a starkers jig?

are any of you from/near the Midlands/Glos,/Cheshire/ central-ish Scotland? Just trying to give myself an ESH social life and represent both Midlanders and Jocks.

Almost all of the above :D Of Scottish extraction (all be it a few generations ago) originally from the Midlands (worcs), now living in that pond with the famous birds. Gloucestershire to Cheshire is a wide net to cast tho :o

RocketLove The worst thing that happened to me when I was facing IVF was a pregnancy announcement that made their baby all about my problems, if you see what I mean. I'd tell your BESH mates sooner rather than later but in a sharing news way, not in either a "I'm terribly sorry but I seem to be pregnant when you're not" or a "Whee! I'm pregnant! Please to congratulate me!" manner.

Is a nice dilemma to have in some ways

Sorry, Casp. Am a London BESH. Although originally Wiltshire/Somerset border flavoured.

That's quite a lot of the country there Curly..... I'm originally from what was Cheshire before they moved the boundaries (I think, it was before my time but the post always said Cheshire), and am now in centralish Scotland.

rocket I can see how it could be tough for your BESHfriends, but somehow it's easier hearing when you know it's not been an easy ride to get there. Or maybe that's just me. I guess you'll have to for full disclosure though.

it is rocket, but I do get about a bit! I'm technically in the Midlands, but almost in Cheshire, spend muchos time in Gloucestershire, and hail from Scotland, visiting the 'rents there when I can. I went up recently but completely overlooked the possibility of an ESH meet. Managed to wave in the general direction of ocars though.