Grrr! I know this probably isn't the best time to moan about this particular pregnancy symptom as I'm only 28 weeks pregnant and it's just going to get a lot worse as I get pregnanter, but gosh, it's horrid! Over the last week or so, my back has been immensely achey a lot of time time. Thankfully it's not a constant thing. As the baby gets bigger, my back is bound to ache a lot more, so I'm guessing this might not be the last thing I write about back ache!
I have found that leaning against a laptop or a tray can help sometimes. The more I do this, the more I get weird looks from people... I don't know why! Yeah, it looks a bit strange, but it's better than taking painkillers (which I never, ever do unless I'm in complete agony). I'm quite glad I still have Larry (my old, dead laptop). I knew that keeping him would be somehow useful. Leaning against laptops and trays doesn't stop the pain, but it is quite relieving. I'm not sure why it helps... My grandmother suggested that it's something to do with the straightness of things, but if I lean against a wall, I don't get the same effect. Heh, it's bizarre, but at least there's something that makes it slightly more tolerable! =D
Occasionally, the squigglytiddlypeep will move and the back ache will miraculously disappear. It makes me think that he's probably getting revenge on me for something!
At least it's probably better than morning sickness, which I somehow managed to completely avoid! =D It's definitely not as annoying as stretchmarks (which I will blog about at some point in the near future).
But yeah... I FUCKING HATE BACKACHE!
Hoobletoodledoo!
Thursday 30 July 2009
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Names.
Rarrrrr! I am so fed up of people being quite horrible about names! My mother in particular (not just, her), but moooooo! He's my baby and I will call him whatever the fuck I want to call him! >.<
It seems that unless you are going to call your kid something extremely normal and overused (no offense to anyone with these names or children with the names) like Harry, Ben or Jack, people are going to be bitchy and really quite mean.
I had to rant about this after I told my mother to stop constantly calling the baby a particular name. It was only a suggestion I came up with a few weeks ago and she thinks he should be called it because she likes it. Her using it has made me cross it off my mental list of possibilities. What gives her the right to name MY baby?! After telling her to stop using that name, she went on to persuade me to tell her my current favourite names (even though I said I didn't want to tell her). I didn't want her to either latch onto a name or be absolutely fucking horrible about the names, like she had been in the past.
One of my favourite names (which was actually quite a common name) is apparently a dog's name and if I called my child that, my mother w0uld call him something else. That really pissed me off because it would be like my grandmother calling me Felicity or something because she doesn't like the name Charlotte.
Another name (one of my favourites at the moment) is apparently a bully target because it's the name of a very famous junkie associated with another celebrity who I can't stand. I had never even heard of him until my mother mentioned him and I googled. I'm pretty sure there are many more drug junkies in the world called Charlotte or Harry...
Apparently using Sirius as a middle name is bad and people would just think I'm an immature Harry Potter fan (this coming from a woman with a child called Harry). Yes, I like Harry Potter, but I love the name Sirius when paired with an un-potter-related first name. Besides, it is the name of a fucking star!
Apparently someone called Angus would be bullied because kids would associate it with aberdeen Angus. Yeah fucking right... I'm eighteen and I had to google Aberdeen Angus. >.<
There are many more examples I could give, but I don't want to give away the names on my list or rant so much that I get any more pissed off. Blahhh. If she can't think of a specific bad thing to pick on about a name, she'll just say something like 'it's a chav name', 'it's weird' or 'I know someone I don't like with that name'.
Oh, and if the name is obviously biblical (unless it's something like Lucifer) it's perfectly ok to use no matter how weird it is... Apparently someone called Job (BJ anyone?) wouldn't get bullied, but someone called Angus would? I mean, dude, where's the logic in that?!
So yeah, until the baby is born, I am telling nobody my list of names. Blehhh. If I was having a girl I wouldn't have this problem because there is only one name I would use and everyone seems to like it. >.<
It seems that unless you are going to call your kid something extremely normal and overused (no offense to anyone with these names or children with the names) like Harry, Ben or Jack, people are going to be bitchy and really quite mean.
I had to rant about this after I told my mother to stop constantly calling the baby a particular name. It was only a suggestion I came up with a few weeks ago and she thinks he should be called it because she likes it. Her using it has made me cross it off my mental list of possibilities. What gives her the right to name MY baby?! After telling her to stop using that name, she went on to persuade me to tell her my current favourite names (even though I said I didn't want to tell her). I didn't want her to either latch onto a name or be absolutely fucking horrible about the names, like she had been in the past.
One of my favourite names (which was actually quite a common name) is apparently a dog's name and if I called my child that, my mother w0uld call him something else. That really pissed me off because it would be like my grandmother calling me Felicity or something because she doesn't like the name Charlotte.
Another name (one of my favourites at the moment) is apparently a bully target because it's the name of a very famous junkie associated with another celebrity who I can't stand. I had never even heard of him until my mother mentioned him and I googled. I'm pretty sure there are many more drug junkies in the world called Charlotte or Harry...
Apparently using Sirius as a middle name is bad and people would just think I'm an immature Harry Potter fan (this coming from a woman with a child called Harry). Yes, I like Harry Potter, but I love the name Sirius when paired with an un-potter-related first name. Besides, it is the name of a fucking star!
Apparently someone called Angus would be bullied because kids would associate it with aberdeen Angus. Yeah fucking right... I'm eighteen and I had to google Aberdeen Angus. >.<
There are many more examples I could give, but I don't want to give away the names on my list or rant so much that I get any more pissed off. Blahhh. If she can't think of a specific bad thing to pick on about a name, she'll just say something like 'it's a chav name', 'it's weird' or 'I know someone I don't like with that name'.
Oh, and if the name is obviously biblical (unless it's something like Lucifer) it's perfectly ok to use no matter how weird it is... Apparently someone called Job (BJ anyone?) wouldn't get bullied, but someone called Angus would? I mean, dude, where's the logic in that?!
So yeah, until the baby is born, I am telling nobody my list of names. Blehhh. If I was having a girl I wouldn't have this problem because there is only one name I would use and everyone seems to like it. >.<
Sunday 26 July 2009
Prams (warning: boring).
Wow... There's only 85 days left.
I've been pondering prams recently (especially since last weeks trip to mothercare world, mamas & papas and babies r us). There are so many things to consider with prams... Prettiness (pretty much my main priority), size, cost, what's included, blablablahhh. I have found that the prams in shops look totally different from the ones online and in cataloguey things. The silver cross 3d one looks quite nice in pictures, but in real life I think it looks absolutely fucking vile.
I quite like the Graco Mosaic travel system thing... Well, I think that's the one I like. I saw it in mothercare and thought it looked quite nice and didn't bother taking note of the name. Judging from the Graco website, the Graco Mosaic looks like it is the one I saw. I like it because it's quite pretty (I can't remember whether it was the Air one or the Chocolate Lime one that was in mothercare, but I know it had some nice circley things on it!), I wouldn't have to buy a car seat seperately and it is really cheap compared to the other one I like!
The other one I like is the Quinny buzz! In red. I don't know whether I like it better with four wheels or three, but I love it! In real life, it's the prettiest pram ever! I didn't like it when I first saw it online, but I saw it in babies r us and it was fantastic! However, I'd have to buy the car seat seperately and it's a lot more expensive than the Graco one! My mother said that her husband's sister has it, which kind of put me off it a little bit, but I never see her anyway, so that doesn't really matter!
I quite like the mamas & papas Skate one. Again, I didn't really like it in the pictures, but I loved in in mamas and papas. I only really liked it in some really girly colours though, which is a shame because I'm having a boy! Blahhh- it was dead expensive anyway!
There was also another one I liked in babies r us, but I can't remember he name or even the make!
So yeah, it's between that Graco one and the Quinny one. I have no idea which one I'll choose. I guess I'll just see how much money I end up spending on other things and go with the Quinny if I can afford it and the Graco if I can't. My great grandmother gave me £200 towards a pram though and money isn't a huge issue at the moment. =]
When I do decide which one to get, I'm going to have to keep it in the shop or someone elses house or something until the squigglytiddlypeep is actually born. My grandmother is superstitious and thinks bad things will happen if you put a pram in the house before the baby is there... It's a load of bullshit if you ask me, but as it's her house I have to respect her wishes! XD
But yeah, a super boring post about prams. I promise I'll write something interesting at some point!
I've been pondering prams recently (especially since last weeks trip to mothercare world, mamas & papas and babies r us). There are so many things to consider with prams... Prettiness (pretty much my main priority), size, cost, what's included, blablablahhh. I have found that the prams in shops look totally different from the ones online and in cataloguey things. The silver cross 3d one looks quite nice in pictures, but in real life I think it looks absolutely fucking vile.
I quite like the Graco Mosaic travel system thing... Well, I think that's the one I like. I saw it in mothercare and thought it looked quite nice and didn't bother taking note of the name. Judging from the Graco website, the Graco Mosaic looks like it is the one I saw. I like it because it's quite pretty (I can't remember whether it was the Air one or the Chocolate Lime one that was in mothercare, but I know it had some nice circley things on it!), I wouldn't have to buy a car seat seperately and it is really cheap compared to the other one I like!
The other one I like is the Quinny buzz! In red. I don't know whether I like it better with four wheels or three, but I love it! In real life, it's the prettiest pram ever! I didn't like it when I first saw it online, but I saw it in babies r us and it was fantastic! However, I'd have to buy the car seat seperately and it's a lot more expensive than the Graco one! My mother said that her husband's sister has it, which kind of put me off it a little bit, but I never see her anyway, so that doesn't really matter!
I quite like the mamas & papas Skate one. Again, I didn't really like it in the pictures, but I loved in in mamas and papas. I only really liked it in some really girly colours though, which is a shame because I'm having a boy! Blahhh- it was dead expensive anyway!
There was also another one I liked in babies r us, but I can't remember he name or even the make!
So yeah, it's between that Graco one and the Quinny one. I have no idea which one I'll choose. I guess I'll just see how much money I end up spending on other things and go with the Quinny if I can afford it and the Graco if I can't. My great grandmother gave me £200 towards a pram though and money isn't a huge issue at the moment. =]
When I do decide which one to get, I'm going to have to keep it in the shop or someone elses house or something until the squigglytiddlypeep is actually born. My grandmother is superstitious and thinks bad things will happen if you put a pram in the house before the baby is there... It's a load of bullshit if you ask me, but as it's her house I have to respect her wishes! XD
But yeah, a super boring post about prams. I promise I'll write something interesting at some point!
Saturday 25 July 2009
Introductiony post...
I have recently realised that all I ever seem to talk about is pregnancy related crap and I'm starting to annoy myself with it. I decided it would be a good idea to make a pregnancy blog because it's somewhere to write all about my pregnantness without writing too much about it on my main blog. I'm sure my whittering on about pregnancy is boring to everyone who isn't actually pregnant... I know I wouldn't find it interesting if I wasn't pregnant myself! XD
The title 'Some girls are bigger than others' is the name of a song by The Smiths. I'm getting a lot bigger than I used to be, so I thought it would be an ok title!
I should have thought up the idea of a pregnancy blog sooner as there is now less than three months until the baby is due. It would have been nice to document the rest of the pregnancy, but oh well. It's not the end of the world!
I have a feeling I'll update this blog an awful lot because I have a lot of free time and a lot of pregnancy-related crap to whitter on about!
In this first post, I'll cover the answers to the two most commonly asked pregnancy questions. 1) When's it due? And 2) Is it a boy or a girl? I can sum that up in one sentence: The baby is due on October 19th 2009 and it's a boy.
I'll definitely write a proper post later on today! Look below and there's a pic of the little dude! =D
The title 'Some girls are bigger than others' is the name of a song by The Smiths. I'm getting a lot bigger than I used to be, so I thought it would be an ok title!
I should have thought up the idea of a pregnancy blog sooner as there is now less than three months until the baby is due. It would have been nice to document the rest of the pregnancy, but oh well. It's not the end of the world!
I have a feeling I'll update this blog an awful lot because I have a lot of free time and a lot of pregnancy-related crap to whitter on about!
In this first post, I'll cover the answers to the two most commonly asked pregnancy questions. 1) When's it due? And 2) Is it a boy or a girl? I can sum that up in one sentence: The baby is due on October 19th 2009 and it's a boy.
I'll definitely write a proper post later on today! Look below and there's a pic of the little dude! =D
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