I found myself reminiscing this morning. I was hooked up to the fetal monitor and listening to the baby’s heartbeat at my weekly appointment when I started thinking back to my very first trip to the OB. The doctor thought something didn’t feel quite right and sent me down to Radiology to get an ultrasound. She was concerned that I was having an ectopic pregnancy, and I remember being really afraid to look at the monitor once the technician started his work. (I didn’t want to have to see the baby if it was in the wrong place!) “Do you want to see your baby?” he asked me after a few minutes, and I quietly asked, “Is it where it’s supposed to be?” It was indeed, and when I turned to the screen, I saw a steady little flicker of light. The heartbeat. It was amazing to see, and it was that moment that I thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wow. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no turning back now. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m really having a baby.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
That day seems like so long ago – and, in retrospect, I was barely pregnant then! I kind of laughed to myself when I left the appointment today and passed a woman and her husband talking to the nurse about some upcoming test. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going on 13 weeks pregnant,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said, and I just thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u015313 weeks is nothing! You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got soooo far to go.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (I also thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwho is this ‘we’ she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s referring to? Can men now have babies, too?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 But that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a different post.) I just feel like we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been through so much since those early weeks\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
I should tell you a little bit more about today. My doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appointment went well, and the baby looks good. (This is now the third time Sesame has spread her legs – in a very un-ladylike fashion – for the technician, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m feeling increasingly confident about referring to the baby as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153she.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) I also had blood work done, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m keeping my fingers crossed that my platelet counts are where we need them to be!\u00c2\u00a0 Physically, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m feeling as one would expect a pregnant woman at this stage to feel. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m kinda tired and achy (I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know feet could get that big or throb that much!!), and I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been sleeping that well. Emotionally, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve hit the grumpy and hormonal stage of pregnancy. (Q would argue, I think, that this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the first time we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen this stage.) I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not depressed or weepy \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but I AM incredibly grumpy and prone to ridiculous meltdowns over ridiculous things. Getting upset over not being able to find parking before my doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appointment was today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s big \u00e2\u20ac\u0153event.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be back to my normal, non-hormonal self (albeit, a sleep-deprived version of myself) after the baby is here. In the meantime, please be extra-nice to Q. He deserves it – believe me!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
-M<\/p>\n
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