tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38539886407561805882012-01-20T16:42:41.758+11:00With the lions share of information on pregnancy for women I though I would add another voice to the small chorus of fathers who have published their thoughts on the topic. I aim to share the experiences of my wifes pregnancy through my eyes and provide what I hope to be a useful point of view for the blokes out there.Gumby Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02183354143325529712noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3853988640756180588.post-90811153944448639202010-02-24T17:23:00.000+11:002010-02-24T17:23:25.063+11:00

Hello Ladies and Gents :) It's been about 34 hours since little Zach was born. Crumbmum has ducked into the bathroom to have a shower and freshen up, so I thought I'd post the birth experience I had (as the cheer squad). If we spin the clock back to about 11pm on Monday night we find Crumbdad and Crumbmum at home. Crumbdad was fluffing about on his computer reading some random website, and

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With around 30 days to go (give or take) I thought I'd take some time to reflect on the last few months. I haven't written for a bit because, well, after buying everything, not a lot happened during the second and early into the third trimester. I thought I'd summarise though. Of course Gumby's mum's tum got a lot bigger. She looks like she nicked a basketball and stuffed it up her skirt. Her

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Crikey! It never ends. I know I've been talking about what baby things to get for a few posts now, and I reckon I know why I've been focusing on it. The trouble and strife is 22 weeks now, and 'touch wood' everything is progressing pretty well. She and bump are doing fine, and I'm feeling a bit useless. So in an effort to make myself useful I'm focusing on the *cough* traditional male providing

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I thought I should share this article from the ABC. It is a recall for 14 different brands of dummy by the NSW govt. Even though the recall is in one state, the brands are likely the same everywhere, so please check if you have a little one with a dummy.

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Yup, cheesy quote from a cheesy movie, but most people remember Highlander. If you cast your mind back, you may remember that when one immortal kills another (by chopping off their head) the immortal doing the killing absorbs the life force and power of the immortal being killed. According to the movie this process is called  "The quickening". Still with me? Wondering how this relates to

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My sister called yesterday. She's been trying unsuccessfully for some time to conceive via IVF. She's not been doing IVF just recently and noticed her tum growing. Given binge eating wasn't the likely cause, her husband prompted her to do a pregnancy test - which came back positive. The next bit of the story isn't quite clear to me, but I think it went something like they then waited the

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This is hard - really hard. I've found shopping for a car easier than shopping for a pram. Then there are things like breast pumps. How does one select a vacuum cleaner for their partners fun bags? How do you look out for bargains, and where are the good reviews? I've been on the hunt and have found a few places to look and have some thoughts. There are four things I consider with any purchase

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Today we went to see the obstetrician after our 19 week scan. He listened to the foetal heart rate, measured Gumby's mum's tum, and took her blood pressure, he reviewed the results with us and the good news is - everything is good, everything is normal. We'll be off to see him again in a month. The 19 week scan was great. It was marvelous to see 'Gumby' waving it's arms around, sucking it's

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Once we'd passed the danger period, we decided that getting as much baby stuff as is sensible would be a good idea before the big event. Even if we didn't have everything, having an idea of what we needed and where to get it seems to be the way to go. Now, if you've tied the knot recently you'll notice that as soon as you say the W or M word to shops when you buy something the price immediate

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So now you have a pregnant wife and year 10 bio is a bit hazy. You know the basics, but 'being a dad' wasn't covered in the course curriculum at your high school. Where do you turn to get more information on what to do now? I used to be a scout when I was a little tacker. The motto of the scouts was 'be prepared'. There are some other idioms that I like: "Forewarned is forearmed" and "

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There's a few things you find out about as soon as you're wife is pregnant. The first is how to worry. Now I'm usually a fairly easy going kind of guy. Not a lot worries me and I can shrug most things off. What you find though is although the pregnancy test shows positive, and the doc says she's up the duff there is still a danger period - and that's the first 12 weeks. How dangerous? Some of the

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To be fair, we'd been trying a while to conceive. It's amazing that that you spend a good chunk of your life trying not to knock up the fairer sex, and when it comes time to do your manly duty it doesn't always just *happen*. It had got to the point where we'd been to see the doc to make sure we were doing it right and that everything was in order. A few tests later showed the basics in working

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With the lions share of information on pregnancy for women I though I would add another voice to the small chorus of fathers who have published their thoughts on the topic. I aim to share the experiences of my wifes pregnancy through my eyes and provide what I hope to be a useful point of view for the blokes out there. As a way of introduction and background, I am a 33 year old Australian

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