I have a secret to tell / From my electrical well
I feel like the world's been full of bad news lately. Katrina is simultaneously all I want to read about and everything I want to avoid. I've been distracted and depressed, and I know many of my friends have felt the same. So for those of you who could use some good news in dark times...
I'm about three months pregnant today.
The monochrome fuzzy shapes above are the ultrasound pictures of the fetus that we had done this week. It has a heartbeat, and fingers, and it swims around in the amniotic fluid and does other fetusy stuff. Around March (Lord willin' and the crick don't rise, a phrase which has gained more sinister overtones with recent events) it will turn into a Real Live Baby, and we will be Real Live Parents.
Himself and I are both excited and scared, and I swear I have no idea what all this will do to my life. But I wanted to share the good news with you all, since I have some and it's scarce on the ground these days. As for how I'm doing - I'm coping, I'm very healthy, I'm as well-informed as a shelf-full of books and my many wise friends online and off can make me.
I'll update you all as there are updates to be had - some back entries that I had written as private drafts are now also visible.
I'm about three months pregnant today.
The monochrome fuzzy shapes above are the ultrasound pictures of the fetus that we had done this week. It has a heartbeat, and fingers, and it swims around in the amniotic fluid and does other fetusy stuff. Around March (Lord willin' and the crick don't rise, a phrase which has gained more sinister overtones with recent events) it will turn into a Real Live Baby, and we will be Real Live Parents.
Himself and I are both excited and scared, and I swear I have no idea what all this will do to my life. But I wanted to share the good news with you all, since I have some and it's scarce on the ground these days. As for how I'm doing - I'm coping, I'm very healthy, I'm as well-informed as a shelf-full of books and my many wise friends online and off can make me.
I'll update you all as there are updates to be had - some back entries that I had written as private drafts are now also visible.
posted by The Stute Fish at 15:49
7 Comments:
Wow, what happy news!
I just came here today to tell you about a musician Abigail Washburn I heard today on NPR that reminded me of you.
(too many todays)
Thanks for the link - I'll check her out!
And thanks for the congrats, too!
Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo!
Hey, Hiroshi! Yes, woo-hoo indeed! Of course, we're still six months out from an actual baby, but I have a feeling time will FLY...
Congratulations Nara! That is very exciting.
I really enjoyed being pregnant - it was such a hopeful time for me. Looking down at Ada in my lap, that feels so long ago, even though it was less than 3 months ago that she was born.
I am sure you have enough info on pregnancy and birth, but I can't help myself: the best book I read was "The Birth Partner" (Penny Simkin). It is written for the partner, but was also very useful for me. (Chris really liked it too) It goes over various issues related to birth, including identifying your orientation towards experiencing pain, what you and your partner might be feeling at different parts of the labor, etc.
It is probably too early to read this book - I wasn't really focused on the birth until the 3rd trimester - but keep it in mind for later.
and again, congratulations!
Nora - we've got it. In my usual Reedie style, I bought and inhaled a shelf full of pregnancy and birth books almost immediately, and I have a great online moms group that gave me some good recommendations. I haven't read it yet, but like you say, third tri - we've got a doc and a hospital we're pretty happy with now, at least.
I feel very blessed that it happened for us without all of the pain and struggle you two had to go through, but I must confess that I do fear the change - it's nice to be able to tell people because then they remind me that it is, in fact, an exciting and hopeful time, and that all the changes will be worth it.
I WILL miss my sleep, though, I'm pretty sure about that.... :)
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