Category: Science
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A Tale of Colic from a far-off-land
In Kenya, Gusii babies get a condition called Enyancha (The Lake) in which their genitals are supposedly disturbed by the wind moving off Lake Victoria. Deborah Jackson
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How early is early?
I am getting a little concerned, as my wife keeps telling me she thinks ‘blimp’ will come early. That on its own doesn’t worry me, but her mobility – or lack of – has reduced an awful lot recently. Obviously health-wise, it would be better for ‘blimp’ to come later rather then sooner – but […]
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Island Living or Talking Italian – Decision made
I feel sad and happy all at once. We picked our names a long time ago and a lot of thought went into them. And now one has gone, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be used again at some point in the future. Today we went for scan number 4, and this time they […]
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Movement
We’ve just been to the first scan, or at least the first scan I have been too. In real terms this is the third scan. And it was moving – amazing. Little hands and feet, good looking jaw bone. Even ended up with a DVD afterwards of the pictures: (link updated as wasn’t working) Totally […]
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Dates, Dates and more Dates
We’ve just had the first Doctor appointment together – and they have given us a document which basically plans out the future. Dates for scans, dates for check-ups, dates for visiting the hospital, dates for everything. Planning them all so I can attend each one is going to be tricky. And what makes things worse […]
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Simple Question, No Accurate Answer Part 2
Update: Dr. Naegele, circa 1850, determined that the average length of human gestation was approximately 266 days from conception. He assumed that the average woman had cycles that lasted 28 days and that she ovulated on Day 14 of her cycle. He used his data to come up with a mathematical calculation for due dates: ((LMP […]
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Simple Question, No Accurate Answer
I thought that to find out a due date, the calculation would be quite simple. In the past I have always heard about the 40 weeks of pregnancy and assumed that there was an exact science around this. Obviously, I realise now, this is not the case. The popular method of doing this seems to […]