Here we go!

posted bystav

The Stork is on his way…………..TK is in the hopsital and all going to plan we should have some action very soon.

I wish I had shares in Telstra - already, the phone is going off.

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Latest theory on Birth Date 2!!

posted bystav

Bring on the Beer

Title:  Association of home brewed beer, the making of and labor

Author: Kirk, S.R.: Kirk TM

Address: Hi Viz Brewery, “The Hood” Seaford

Source: Brewcraft

Abstract:
To determine whether there is any correlations to extra curricular activity after attempting every other mythical wive’s tale to bring on labour and child birth. A non experimental study in the kitchen at the warehouse of Stav’s place of work was done. The pregnant patient, past the 40 weeks gestation mark who hadn’t presented any signs of labour to date, during the 85 minutes duration of the experiment, at the 35 minute mark while adding hops the wort, a twinge was noticed in the affected area. Significantly, two relationships were found. Smelling the hops before steeping did not create any further stabbing pains and secondly, pitching the yeast had no affect on any further feelings.
FINDINGS: No evidence of making beer when you’re overdue to bring on labour was found and if there were, it would be of no clinical significance. As for the beer, the yeast was pitched at perfect temperature and we now have a Caffreys clone in the fermentor.

On a side note, TK has assisted in the last two brews and although they aren’t ready to consume, like the baby, we expecting a bloody good yield.

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Latest Theory on Birth Date!!!

posted byTK

BRING ON THE RAIN!!!!

Title
Association between significant decrease in barometric pressure and onset of labor.
Author
King EA; Fleschler RG; Cohen SM
Address
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Source
J Nurse Midwifery, 1997 Jan-Feb, 42:1, 32-4
Abstract

To determine whether there is any correlation between sudden decrease in barometric pressure and onset of labor, a non-experimental, retrospective study at a 948-bed tertiary care hospital was done. Pregnant patients of 36 weeks gestation or more who presented with spontaneous onset of labor during the 48 hours surrounding the 12 occurrences of significant drop in barometric pressure in 1992 were included in the study. Significantly more occurrences of onset of labor were identified in the 24 hours after a drop in barometric pressure than were identified in the 24 hours prior to the drop in barometric pressure (P < 0.05). Therefore, the overall number of labor onsets increased in the 24 hours following a significant drop in barometric pressure.

Title
The effect of changes in atmospheric pressure on the occurrence of the spontaneous onset of labor in term pregnancies.
Author
Noller KL; Resseguie LJ; Voss V
Address
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester, USA.
Source
Am J Obstet Gynecol, 1996 Apr, 174:4, 1192-7; discussion 1197-9
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine whether there is a relationship between changes in atmospheric pressure and spontaneous onset of labor in term pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: All women admitted to Medical Center of Central Massachusetts-Memorial Hospital with spontaneous onset of labor at term and who were delivered on the service during a 12-month period represent the cohort for this study. Each maternal chart was abstracted to ensure that each member of the cohort met the inclusion criteria. Hourly recordings of atmospheric pressure made at the Worcester Station of the National Weather Service, Department of Commerce, were used as the meteorologic data points of interest. Least-squares regression was used to determine an equation that expresses the probability of the onset of labor in this cohort as a function of gestational age, which was used to calculate expected numbers for the statistical analyses. Two relationships were studied: (1) the ratio of the observed to the expected number of onsets of labor and (2) the initiation of labor and atmospheric pressure changes in the preceding 3 hours. RESULTS: Three-hour periods of falling atmospheric pressure were less often followed by initiation of labor than were the periods with other types of pressure sequences. No association was observed between the onset of labor and days of low mean pressure. CONCLUSION: Although there was an observed statistically significant association between falling barometric pressure and onset of labor, the magnitude of the difference is not of clinical significance.

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DD has arrived

posted byTK

Ok!!! The day has finally arrived but guess who hasn’t?

I’m off to the Franga food court then, to find the hottest curry for lunch then wash it down with some raspberry tea and if that doesn’t work, look out Stav, you will be the target tonight!!!!

 

Should be some exciting news tomorrow folks  

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Sharing the workload

posted bystav

TK handed me a pamphlet the other week. “Preparing for Child birth for fathers” or something like that.

 
Here’s one for the guys. If you thought this was up to the girls, think again.

TROUBLE SHOOTING! WTF? If my power goes out, I change the fuse, If my car battery goes flat I call the RACV. But WTF? I’m not qualified for this. I’m not prepared for this.

Then there is this.

After survivng all the nesting activities, I though the hard work was done.

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