Easter and other new designs
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Shoptalk
Don't forget about St Patricks' Day on March 17 - we have some cute and funny green Irish designs for your little munchkin.

then in April Easter comes along - we have a couple of cute "my first easter" designs for your little bub.

And our IVF baby range is ever expanding - look out for our funny "my parents did IVF and now all they can afford is this lousy t-shirt" design!

Valentine's Day for Baby
Mood:  happy
Topic: Shoptalk
It's not long now until Valentine's Day. We have been getting into the mood by working on some cute Valentine's designs for both baby and mom. We have a range of cute love heart designs for baby's first valentine's day. So check them out!

Christmas is coming!
Topic: Shoptalk

Usually I ignore Christmas until the very last moment - which means last minute panic buying or being sensible and ordering online. I reckon that the shipping charges are well worth the time spent not driving, parking and negotiating the crowds.

Last year our baby was only 8 weeks old at Christmas. Had I been smart enough or energetic enough I should have done all my shopping before he was born. But I didn't and so all of my Christmas shopping was done either online or in long days at the overcrowded shopping centre where I had to spend a great deal of time in the babycare room feeding him. So this year I have a different strategy and intend to do as much as possible online (for the adults) or late at night (for the toys).

So with all this in mind I have been working on adding new items to our Christmas Store. There's a new range of items for baby's first christmas plus some IVF baby designs.

Baby model
Topic: Shoptalk
Here's a photo of our IVF baby wearing one of our shirts - the Finally Baby from the IVF BABY rangeHe's 10.5 months old and a big lad for his age. This is a 12mth size t-shirt. In the past few days he's learned how to push himself up from something such as a cushion or his older brother lying on the floor and can stand for a few seconds. He is getting more confident as each day passes and is starting to do other things while standing such as throwing his arms up in the air in an attempt to get the camera - that'w what he is trying to do in this photo, it's not a posed shot! At this rate we reckon he will be walking by Xmas and life will get a whole lot more interesting!!

Movement
Topic: Shoptalk
The store departments have been rearranged to create some semblance of order. We've also added a "me too" section for mothers.

The Wanker Design
Topic: Shoptalk
If you don't know much about the IVF process the division of labour between the two parties goes a bit like this:

WOMAN - may start by taking a birthcontrol pill (ironic, eh?!) then she moves on to either a disgusting nasal spray or self-injections. After about 2 weeks she adds more injections to stimulate the follicles for another 2 weeks or so. During this time ther are regular blood tests and the fun of vaginal u/s (aka dildocam). When it's time to harvest the eggs (or oocytes if you want to be technical) she takes an hCG injection (yep - the pregnancy hormone, if you pee on a pregnancy test it will show up as a positive result) and 36 hours later she goes in for an egg retrieval and depending upon the clinic this is done under sedation or general anaesthetic. After all this probing she starts using progesterone pessaries or gel every day. Progesterone is an evil drug that makes you feel like you are PMSing x 1000. It's also highly messy. After 2-5 days she goes back for the embryo transfer and gets to ride in the special chair so that the dr can replace the embryos back into the uterus via a catheter - all very romantic. Then it's another 2 weeks of progesterone - some women also have hCG booster shots - before her period arrives or she gets a positive pregnancy blood test. During this time there are all sorts of protocols to follow and you must remember to take the right amount of drugs at the right time.

MAN- has a few preliminary blood tests which often make him nauseous and then provides a "sample" on egg retrieval day. Some clinics even provide private rooms complete with alcohol and pornos to help him perform, others have to do it at home and have to transport it leading to all sorts of comical situations. The most important thing for him to remember is to give it to the right person. In our clinic handbook this was highlighted in pink and bolded so you knew it was important - although who else were you going to give it to? So as Tertiasays the man is, in essence, a wanker.

For IVF kids, they know that their dad is indeed a wanker. But at least their dads have an excuse LOL.

So, the "inspiration" behind this design is the wanker aspect. It's a play on words (obviously!).

Featured design.
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Topic: Shoptalk


Today we were listed in the Best o' the 'Press Blog for this design. Check out John's designs - they are pretty cool.