Yay for BMs!

Though I did at first just think it was my bowels moving, I now know that what I felt was a Baby Movement! It was small, but even Alex could (kinda) feel something beneath the skin of my abdomen. I'm guessing it was a tiny foot stretching out and causing the ever so slight bump that seemed to move across a small section of my lower stomach and then disappear. It has happened a few times since then, and each time I am completely in awe of this little life inside me.

GeeKid

"Are you going to find out what it is?" This question keeps popping up, and my response is simple shrug and 'no'. This is really my way of avoiding the pink tidal wave that would undoubtedly come at us in the form of onesies, rain coats, bows, blankets, bags and squeaky creatures. So, surprise on this one and see how we feel going forward.

I have tried to come up with a more interesting response than, "Just want it to be healthy." Mostly, because there is very little that I can do at this point to produce a healthy baby, the work of nature is fairly dialed in in this regard. And frankly the statement goes without saying.

Nurture, on the other hand, is where I can make my mark and making sure the child persues its inner geek is going to be pretty fun. We are all geeks on some level, usually manifesting itself in heightened interest (near obscession/compulsion) in an activity. Eg: I am a bike-geek and beer-geek with a, somewhat reluctant, side of insurance-geek. The inspiration for this post came from two things I was very geeky about when I was young that come together so nicely in this posting: Origami X-wing instructions. So, to replace the generic healthy baby request, I just want it to be geeky.

TRIPLETS!!!

You read right, we are expecting not just one, but three bundles of joy. If our hands were not going to be full enough with one? It as been years since either of us have even been around one for a significant amount of time. This is what happens when you are haphazard with your seeds. WOW, I just didn't expect that we would have so many pumpkins, especially considering our sowing method was "smash and scream". I think we will be able to handle the triplets that are taking over our front yard.

Pants

Didn't think I would ever be so concerned about tiny, fat pants but it seems to be the thing that is keeping Dani from being comfortable; so it has become my mission to help out... so it goes.

piglet

check me out!

6 July 2009

Ultrasound. I was so nervous that my heart was beating rapidly and I was on the verge of tears. Dr. Cohen spotted the "baby part" on the monitor from an abdominal scan, then quickly prepared for the intravaginal scan that magnifies the uterus and its contents. She steered the probe across the gestational sac (or "yolk sac"), and exclaimed that it was nice and healthy, and then she found the fetus which was flickering onscreen with a pulsing heartbeat. Tears started gushing from my eyes, and I squeezed Alex's hand. Immediately I felt relieved. Our baby is alive. Dr. Cohen stated that the baby is small for 9 weeks, but then went on to explain that since I've been having longer time periods in between menses, that I may be ovulating later too, and hence the baby is younger - more like 7-8 weeks. We are still in the vulnerable time where anything could go wrong, but the baby has made it this far, and I feel confident that it will continue to thrive. I can't wait to let everyone in on this special secret that we've been keeping. I can't wait for all that's to come.