My large kicking tummy now contains a human being that could be saved if he or she was born. I have a fundal placenta (at the top) which is great, a strong cervix which no issues/leaking fluid, I'm immune to Rubella (at least mostly) and I still don't appear to be heavier than my pre-pregnancy self. All seems well.
I've made a rather sad decision to rehome my cats. For many reasons, but the main is that I am not really giving them any time and I doubt i'll be able to sort out jabs etc this year. They deserve to be with people who can give them attention and a better level of care.
Ixxy's father came round and finished the nursery, so I now have some lovely humming/whistling ducks on the wall. There's also a couple of mysterious moon-walking ones. Still have no idea how his relationship with the baby will be, it's impossible to know at this stage but we are having basically a 3-month break in communication so that he can settle back into his new home/university and not have to worry, and so that I can get on with planning the future for myself.
I've heard you can get a gender predictor which is urine based and natrually this intrigued me. After a bit of google-research I discovered the test worked simply because it was a Ph strip. Well, I stroked my imaginary beard and decided I would do a little expriement to see if this was accurate.
Of course, I have no idea what gender Ixxy is, that's why it's called Ixxy - so the proof will be in the pudding or in this case the birth.
Supposedly, from as little at 10 weeks the pH of your urine will be akaline or acidic depending on the gender of your child (sounds crazy but bear in mind these are sold for about £40 in America and I find it hard to believe that it's JUST 50/50). Blue/Green is Akaline which is Boy and Orange/Yellow is Acidic which is Girl. It maybe that it's only supposed to work between weeks 10 and 20 but because no upper limit is given I'm going to grab a bunch of pH tests and see if I can get varied results, if I can't then I'll have a 'pH prediction'.
That's all for now, have been in a lot of pain recently so hoping the midwife can tell me more on that, appointment is on Tuesday.
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