Just a quick update: Baby and I are now five days overdue. Everybody here is impatiently waiting. The little bugger just doesn't want to move. Not surprising really, considering how lazy mum and dad are…!

Some of you might have noticed that I added a 'log in / register' function a little while ago (in the sidebar to the right). This didn't really serve any purpose so far, I was just playing with WordPress to see how this works. Now with the upcoming birth I was thinking that I could actually use this for those people who would like to get an email notification when baby is born. I already have a list of addresses that I compiled myself, but there might be more people or different addresses to be used. So if you want to make sure you get a mail from Frank in your favourite email account as soon as possible after the event - and I am sure that's before any post will be on this blog - please take a minute and register yourself as a user with a valid email address on this site. Thank you!

OK, it's about another week until the expected due date (20 April). In theory I could go into proper labour any time now during the coming days, but it could also happen a week or two after the date. If it doesn't happen within a week after the date I am sure they will induce me as the medical profession doesn't like a pregnancy to go over 42 weeks. The risks for the child are getting too big.

So far the baby is doing fine, it's still growing and I feel a bit crowded. The baby's heart rate is perfect and it moves enough inside me to still make me cry out by surprise sometimes, especially if it hits something that hurts. Sometimes it stretches so much that it's bum sticks out at the left side and a foot seems to stick out at the right. I like that.

I started experiencing so called Braxton Hicks contractions now, they are like exercises of the womb and move the baby down into the right position. They don't really hurt, all that happens is that my belly goes all tight. However, I do wonder what they feel like for the baby as there will most likely be less space for it during those episodes.

Please don't keep asking about what's going on - you and I will find out soon enough. I've even started to go into hiding on Yahoo as I don't have any real news until it's happening. Once the baby is here I'll do my best to publish something short here and Frank will send out a mail to a mailing list that I've prepared.

More mysterious occurances

Earlier in March the little snow we had left this pattern on our car. As the hood is completely even, we suspect that some magnetic patterns invoked by aliens have to be at work here…!

Mysterious creature discovered in Eastleigh

What is this? A bird? A mouse? Or even a fish? More importantly, what is the artist trying to say with this? That all creatures are one? That there is more to life than we know?