10 Alana-specific baby facts

Baby blob @ 4 weeks

1. She needs to grow into her huge round cheeks in much the same way a Great Dane puppy needs to grow into its over-sized paws.
2. Her nick should be fart girl... she's so loud that she makes Noah laugh.
3. She's actually little and skinny and not the budda baby she appears to be in this photo.
4. Similarly, her hair is darker than it appears here.
5. I think her eyes are gonna be blue, dammit... *swears*
6. Her hair... hmm. It has this whole standing straight up tendency. I think she needs a heavier shampoo lol.
7. She not only looks like a little monkey, she constantly grunts and groans like an animal too. Constantly. I've gotten used to it now but for the first few days it used to keep me awake lol.
8. She's currently average length and weight for her correct gestational age i.e. 37 weeks. But her head is a tad smaller than average... a fact which is made up for in cheek size I think. *points to fact #1*
9. Speaking of growth... she's gone up a whole dress size already! She now fits her 0000 clothes perfectly! Woot, no more tiny baby in giants clothing!
10. So far I like this one. She might not be the cutest baby on the block but I think I might keep her anyway. I'm getting soft in my old age lol. :D

life huh

As per usual...

• Noah is screaming cos he's not getting his own way. Shock.
• There is housework to do.. washing, vacumming (ooohh I bought a new vacuum cleaner lol, so cool, it actually works!), all the normal crap.
  
• I am sleep deprived, tired, impatient, moody... I've had 2 whole nights sleep in more than a year, its kinda draining lol.
• I have a headache and I feel ill... I swear to god I'm either 1. gonna find a permanent method of contraception or 2. I'm never having sex again. Pregnancy and me just don't mix.
• The Wiggles is on... "having fun at the beach, having fun at the beach"... I wish lol!
  
• I am broke and stressed about money, the future, everything.
• Its 10am and I still haven't had time to shower or get dressed... although I'm blogging aren't I lol. Hmm.
  
• My car is a mess, was due for a clean about 2 weeks ago lol. I don't know how people find the time to do everything - I guess they're not net addicted. :P
• I'm daydreaming about all the things I wish I could do, but stuck with all the things I don't want to be doing lol... like car cleaning!
• I'm daydreaming about all the people I wish I could go visit... but again... money, time, practicality. Sigh. *waves to Disso from here instead*

In other news... my meds are working consistently atm, so I'm foregoing the normal weekly hospital visits for 4 weeks. Yippee. I can see my GP instead for a month, yay. No parking issues, no hospital staff, no huge waiting time, no creepy physician (yep my physician is creepy lol, very touchy feely, eek). Of course I got the warning speech about "blah blah watch our for secondary signs cos the meds will mask the primary symptoms blah blah", but... woot! This baby sooo better be a girl, a nice quiet placid girl. Or I think I may officially go nuts.

OMG...

OMG...

I just found this site - http://www.babyhopes.com/how-to-conceive-a-girl.html

How to conceive a girl... fkkkk its too late!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Frequency and Timing of Intercourse:

Shettles says in order to increase the chances of having a girl, you should have sex every day from the end of your period up to 2 1/2 to 3 days before ovulation. After this point, do not have unprotected sex until several days past ovulation. (hmm, I can't remember back to the conception dammit)
Intercourse further away from ovulation favors the larger slower moving X (girl) sperm. The weaker Y (boy) sperm will die more quickly in the more acidic preovulatory vaginal / cervical secretions and by the time of ovulation there will be a much larger concentration of X (girl) sperm available to fertilize the egg. (so boy sperm is weaker huh... that'd be right!)

Sexual Position:

Shettles suggests that if you are trying to conceive a girl, shallow penetration from your partner, preferably with the missionary position, will deposit the sperm closer to the entrance to the vagina. This area is more acidic than closer to the cervix and acidity will work against the weaker "boy" sperm leaving more "girl" sperm available to fertilize your egg. (umm, ok... am I the only one who finds this eeky?)

Sex and Orgasms:

When trying to conceive a girl, Shettles recommends that you don't orgasm during sex as the body produces substances after orgasm that makes the vaginal environment more alkaline, which favors the "boy" sperm. (what the fk!!!!!!!!! I bet Shettles is a guy!!!)
The contractions which accompany an orgasm help move the sperm up and into the cervix, giving the "boy" sperm an extra chance at being available when your egg is available for fertilization.

Sigh.

Makes me wonder what type of people are THAT gender obsessed that they'd go to this much trouble to try to slightly increase the chance they'd get a girl... or a boy I guess.

I mean, boys... can... be... ok... ish...

Although... if blob's a boy I'm gonna dress him in pink and grow his hair long and put it up in ribbons and call him something like Lily anyway. I've already bought a few pink girly things lol, to kickstart the process. :D

baby blob update

"Welcome to your second trimester! Your raging hormones could be calming down a bit and you may also notice your nausea tapering off. Most women happily wave goodbye to morning sickness around now (although queasiness can return periodically throughout pregnancy). This week, your baby's face looks much more human, even though she is only about 5.5cms long from her crown to her rump and weighs slightly less than 14 grams. Her eyes have moved closer together and her ears are just about where they should be. Your baby has entered what is known as the fetal period, when tissues and organs rapidly grow and mature. Many women enjoy pregnancy much more in this trimester."

Hmm. So apparently I can't bitch about pregnancy nausea anymore, damn. And its looking more human... great. AND, hmm, apparently its a girl! No ultrasound needed after all! Thanks BabyCentre!!

In other news... that pics looks human?? Eek. And why is that cartoon woman not even showing a tummy? This is my 4th baby... 9th pregnancy all up... so I'm HUGE! I think I was this big at the end of my first pregnancy lol. Stupid non elastic skin and stupid stretchy womb. Grrr.

P.S. Am I the only one who thinks that little widget baby is starting to look really really creepy?