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The 3D images of our baby are amazing. But even better is the graph of his heartbeat, 158 BPM. And it is "his", confirmed we're having a son. My baby is still alive, I now have over 100 pictures of him, and he weighs about 2 lbs 2 oz. I can't fathom it. My pessimistic side says this shouldn't be happening. But it's utterly incredible how far we've come.

The appointment was a little difficult, apparently our baby is just camera shy. The sonographer was able to get a few face shots and verify th...
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Entering the third trimester, I'm even more nervous about being confident that we're having this baby. We went to South Lake Tahoe and on our first night my ankles blew up like balloons. I've never had swelling like that except with a sprain. My husband asked if I wanted to cut the trip short but I said no, I'd just tough it out. It hasn't happened since coming home.

What did happen when we got home was the very day after we'd returned, I got slammed with some kind of stomach bug. I couldn't e...
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I did so much in reorganizing the baby's room yesterday that I'm totally beat. I did more lifting than is probably good and my back is reminding me that I still have a lot more limitations than I'm used to. I've also been on pins and needles waiting for movement inside and it's deep sigh of relief when I feel it. The room is the same layout I wanted for Robin. I hung up the decorations I bought and cleared out some of the boxes we'd been storing in there. The crib mattress arrived today, it's...
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Our Graco Pack and Play arrived today. I missed the UPS truck yesterday while I was volunteering for the rabbit rescue but they redelivered it today and I'm so in love with it. It's the Meadow Menagerie design, neutral tan and dusty teal colors with mushrooms and owls and squirrels. I felt pretty excited after Mike put it together. The cats seem to like hiding underneath of it, I'm just waiting for them to jump in it so I can teach them that's wrong. But who knows, maybe it'll look too strang...
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This year can't be over quick enough. I don't want to deal with any more disappointments of any magnitude. I'm spending New Years Eve alone since Husband has to work, so I'm eating fried green beans and making chicken and dumplings and having a Pirates of the Caribbean marathon. Also, it turns out that even though I still hate apple juice, I can't get enough apple cider. I'm trying the red grape cider but it doesn't make my mouth as happy as the apple. I'm jonesing for more! I can't tell if B...

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Once again, I was unable to see my regular OB but I didn't mind this time. The doctor that did see me was one of the three I was under the care of in the hospital for my miscarriage. She is a damn good doctor in our opinion. She handled us well in the hospital and at this appointment she made a good impression again. She didn't try to fake it through the appointment, she told us right at the beginning she obviously wasn't completely familiar with my case and asked us to bring her up to speed ...
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I started having strange feelings early this morning. Not emotions, but sensations in my abdomen. I was laying on my right side and I had this sensation that felt like stage fright, like a cross between a knot in the stomach and butterflies. But it ranged from my pelvic bone to just below my sternum so it makes me question whether or not I might have been feeling the baby move. I've had it twice more since then but it's been lower in it's location. I never got to feel Robin move so I still do...
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