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Pregnancy Diary

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Rekha is no longer my better half!

I hate to tell you but Rekha stops being my better half from today. Yes, I am serious. Ouchmytoe will continue to write about her and give you the latest stories from her life…but she will no longer be Jammy’s better half.

What about Rhea? Well, more on that later. But the thing I am […]

Tackling Sympathetic Obesity Syndrome

What is Sympathetic Obesity Syndrome
In the World of Gynecologists there exists a term called ‘Sympathetic Obesity Syndrome.’ If you are a doctor and know that such a term doesn’t exist…well…it exists now. In fact, now that you have found out, I might as well name - ‘Jammy’s Obesity’.
To cut the fat story short, when […]

Rekha and I are proud parents

Today – 29th March 2007 - at 12 noon my wife gave birth to a baby girl. Now I know why babies are considered a bundle of joy – they come wrapped as a bundle in a white, soft, cotton wrap-around (doesn’t look as good on the baby girl as it does on other 18 […]

Communicating a baby’s birth to the World

I don’t know how my family communicated my birth to the rest of the world. Some of my guesses are:
Drum beats sounding like the much fashion-walked song ‘Cotton Eye Joe’
Painting the trees in the area red (when the trees got cut and towns got built the phrase changed to ‘painting the town red’)
Marathoners who […]