The Other Side

First NCT reunion outside class (should there be a site NCT-reunited.com?), which was excellent. Of six couples, one is already in hospital with a booked caesarian. The remaining five teeter at the edge of fate with but a few weeks to go.

This was our last meeting before babies arrive. As we parted, T said "See you all on the Other Side."

http://other_side.blogspot.com/ and check out http://myitc.blogspot.com/ for great random blogging and pics

The London Review of Breakfasts

Now that's what I call a blog: The London Review of Breakfasts, http://londonreviewofbreakfasts.blogspot.com/... and check out the names of the contributors:

AA GRILL, ARMAND CROISSANT, BERNIE TOAST, BLAKE PUDDING, BRAD WURST, BREE OSHE, CATHY LATTE, CHRIS P BACON, CORIN FLAKES, DES AYUNO, DR SIGMUND FRIED, ED BENEDICT, EGGATHA CHRISPIE, EGGMUND HILLARY, EGON TOAST, GOLDIE QUORN, GRACIE SPOON, H.P. SEUSS, HAMISH PASTRY, HASHLEY BROWN, HENRIETTA CRUMPET, HERBY BANGER, JUAN SUGAR, MABEL SYRUP, MALCOLM EGGS, MAMA LADE, MEGAN BACON, MOLLY CODDLE-DEGG, MOOSE LEE, MORCILLA BLACK, MUSTAPHA SAUSAGE, ORVA EASY, PAM AU CHOCOLAT, PAM DE MIE, PHIL ENGLISH, POPPY TARTT, REGGIE BREK, SAUL T. RASHER, SCOTT CHEIGG, TINA BEANS, TOMMY KAY, PAM CAKES AND SIAN FLAKES, VEGGIE KRAY, VITA BICKS, YOLKO ONO

I am not making this up, honest; they are. http://londonreviewofbreakfasts.blogspot.com/2005/08/reviews-by-contributor.html What a great site!

Women's health

Clearly, I am in a small, small minority. Take a look at http://www.babycrowd.com/ - choc a bloc with pregnancy blogs, and, in my highly scientific analysis using semi-stochastic randomised subsampling of the site (the first three pages of new blog listings), there were no male bloggers at all.

However, there is way to link to the site. The categories for the link include topics such as toys and clothing and so-on, with nothing suitable for a pregnantbloke. So I chose women's health.

Womens-Health.Co.Uk Visit Women's Health Information for comprehensive, up-to-date info about your body. Read up on pregnancy, infertility, PCOS, fibroids, endometriosis, birth control and more.


By the way, 25 weeks tomorrow.

Weeble for the bump

Not yet really a true pregnant bloke blog, http://www.gattancha.co.uk/blog/ has a certain charm. I particularly like the nickname Weeble for the bump.

Get Shiggy Wit' It

Not exactly a pregnant bloke blog: www.getshiggy.blogspot.com, and I particularly liked the entry http://getshiggy.blogspot.com/2007/01/pregnant-pause.html A cruelly accurate summary of the nesting instinct - although Priti isn't even remotely like that (and hey, she might be reading this page...) The dancing piggy is from the shiggy blog.

'A daily "look" at you and your baby using unique 3-D ultrasound pictures.'

There's a comment from Sunday 11 March's entry worth repeating in the blog body, from Mum to Be: Mum to Be said... "If you haven't already done so then take a look at 'Your Pregnancy Day-by-Day' by Professor Stuart Campbell. It has great 3D scan pictures to help you visualise what your baby might be like at different points in the pregnancy and tells you lots about the developmental stages of the baby as well as general stuff about pregnancy. Hope you've enjoyed reading our blog. "

The book's subtitle is 'A daily "look" at you and your baby using unique 3-D ultrasound pictures.'

Visit Mum to Be at http://www.t-9months.blogspot.com/, find the book on Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Pregnancy-Day-Watch-Healthy/dp/1904760058/ref=sr_1_1/026-0843774-0562866?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173740720&sr=8-1)

Zygote Daddy

Excellent pregnant bloke blog, Zygote Daddy (http://www.zygotedaddy.blogs.com). Strictly speaking he is no longer a pregnant bloke (see http://zygotedaddy.blogs.com/zygote_daddy/2006/11/index.html). Superb pics and engaging writing; go take a look.

While you're on Zygote Daddy, check out http://zygotedaddy.blogs.com/zygote_daddy/2006/12/index.html in particular. I remember being daubed with Gentian Violet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentian_violet), too, when I was perhaps five years old. Every tiny cut and scrape was a possible case of lock-jaw, and Gentian Violet stung like hell. Still, as a small boy, the swagger to be gained from a purple-stained knee, shin or chin was well worth the prize.