The hairy truth

I get weekly newsletters with updates about our baby and they are great fun. It tells all sort of important stuff about the development of the baby. Like the size. In the last few weeks, the baby has successively been the size of an apple, an avocado, a turnip and a bell pepper. This makes the newsletter the highlight of my week, especially the bit where I make Jonny guess the size of what fruit or veg our baby is this week. Or his reaction "that not all (fill in name of fruit) are the same size!"

With the bell in pepper giving away the nationality of the newsletter (American- duh!), the baby sizing comes with a disclaimer: every baby develops a little differently — even in the womb. Our information is designed to give you a general idea of your baby's development. Oh. I get it, generally our baby is the size of a pepper this week.

One of the links in the newsletter triggered my curiosity today: do you primp for your OB-GYN. Primping being American for grooming and OB-GYN being short for obstetrician gynaecologist. One commenter tells the story of a friend of hers. She meant to just spray a little feminine deodorant spray on herself to make sure she was fresh, but she was in a hurry accidentally used the shimmer spray with little pieces of glitter in it instead. During her pap smear, her doctor commented “Hmmm…sparkly".