I have discovered a new trick. The baby kicks in response to my singing. Probably to tell me to shut up. It began when Cat encouraged me to talk to the baby through her belly. So I put my mouth on the belly and began talking. Nothing happened, I got bored and hummed some inane tune, can't remember what but it was whatever was on the radio this morning - lo and behold, a hefty kick in my cheek. I continued with a medley of 80's hits and she responded with more thumps.
So far she seems to like songs that go up and down in scale rather more than long slow bluesy type songs. With this in mind, If I was a rich man, tends to get a response, but True by Spandau Ballet gets nadda. Any ABBA is warmly received, but silence on Elton John. I will begin to hum my more heavier classics such as Smoke on Water later, but right now, Cat can take no more of my tone deaf warblings.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Monday, August 08, 2005
26 weeks
Cat is one of the easiest people to draw a cartoon of. With her big smile, super curly hair and now, big tummy, I can't resist a cheeky sketch:
She just had her 26 week check up with the midwife today. All seems normal. Even the fact that she hasn't put on any weight. The midwife says they do not take into account body weight to check baby growth these days - it is all down to fundus size, which is measured directly over the tum.
We also got given a list of antenatal classes run by various midwives - which are four sessions covering basic relaxation, pain relief and tour of maternity unit. Sounds fairly ok to me as we wanted to do at least a minimum of antenatal classes, but we both didn't seem too keen on the full NCT 10 week course.
Well, the big day is drawing ever nearer and there is an increasing awareness from both of us to at least be seen to be preparing. So our name list is getting shorter, and our scan through the Mothercare catalogue is more earnest. But that's about the sum of our preparation so far.
I am sure there are couples out there who have already decked out their nursery and bought a zillion babyware. Not us, well, not yet.
On the issue of names, it seems that to satisfy both our personal favourites, we are now considering double barrelling the first name. Some combinations sound really nice - although a tad Southern Belle: eg Jamie-Lee or Anna-May (these not actual shortlist contenders).
We probably won't know what to name her until she arrives.
She just had her 26 week check up with the midwife today. All seems normal. Even the fact that she hasn't put on any weight. The midwife says they do not take into account body weight to check baby growth these days - it is all down to fundus size, which is measured directly over the tum.
We also got given a list of antenatal classes run by various midwives - which are four sessions covering basic relaxation, pain relief and tour of maternity unit. Sounds fairly ok to me as we wanted to do at least a minimum of antenatal classes, but we both didn't seem too keen on the full NCT 10 week course.
Well, the big day is drawing ever nearer and there is an increasing awareness from both of us to at least be seen to be preparing. So our name list is getting shorter, and our scan through the Mothercare catalogue is more earnest. But that's about the sum of our preparation so far.
I am sure there are couples out there who have already decked out their nursery and bought a zillion babyware. Not us, well, not yet.
On the issue of names, it seems that to satisfy both our personal favourites, we are now considering double barrelling the first name. Some combinations sound really nice - although a tad Southern Belle: eg Jamie-Lee or Anna-May (these not actual shortlist contenders).
We probably won't know what to name her until she arrives.
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