Erised/Boggart

[macloudt at yahoo.co.uk]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> Erised:  At the moment, a baby.  Specifically, that I've had the 
> baby, skipped through pregnancy without major morning sickness and 
a 
> horrible labour AND got my figure back straight away (and lost more 
> weight in the process), and that the baby is sleeping quietly 

Catherine, this may make for an *easy* pregnancy to say the least(!), 
but it won't earn you any Brownie points in the post-natal ward and 
among any other mothers, where pecking order is based on the longest 
labour, the most stitches, the most inventive painkiller combination, 
the awesome amount of material used for size 20 maternity knickers 
(the only place I scored high points), and the colour and consistency 
of baby's nappy contents.  With my very short labours (ranging from 1 
3/4 hours and 2 1/4 hours) and only using gas and air I hold no 
status whatsoever.

As compensation, though, my stretchmarks look like a roadmap for 
inner city London.

(...compensation...!?)

Mary Ann
(who perhaps should get her priorities sorted...)