So, I try not to get all “my pregnancy experiences are worse than yours” with people, because, let’s face it, I usually win.  And part of “letting it go” means keeping my mouth shut when people say stupid things that, granted, they’re probably saying because they don’t know what I’ve been through these last couple [...]

Alas, I am sorry to have to admit to you all – or at least, you three who asked – that ‘Thor’ has fallen out of the running as an eventual name for Sprog.  I still think that Thor would be a kick-ass name, which would save the child no end of grief in the [...]

So, I had two doctors’ appointments today, which put quite the dent in my Realm-o’-Pain time.  Always a good thing.  SuperStarOB did a doppler – heartbeat!  An external U/S – Wiggly alien!  And an internal U/S – Wiggly Baby!  With a brain! All is (still) well, and SuperStarOB seemed pretty contented with where everything was [...]

So, I celebrated yesterday’s good news by taking the Boy out to dinner – seriously yummy Syrian food – and splurging on baby clothes.  Baby boy clothes that aren’t accountant-ish or thuggish.  Seriously, maybe I should become a baby-clothes designer?  I’ve found myself seriously put off by almost all the boys’ clothes available out there, [...]

And All Is Well!!! Whew.  We got nifty take-home 3-d pictures to take home today, though Thor still looks pretty lumpy to me.  ”See?  That’s his hand up over his face.  See?”  I nodded dutifully when the tech asked, but really?  It just looks like lumps to me. Beloved lumps.  Wonderful, glorious, heart-beating lumps. And [...]

Ok, first off, thank you all for your encouragement & support.  I’m doing better this morning.  No episodes yesterday or so far this morning.  I’m hoping it was just a one-off thing, designed to freak me the fuck out. It worked. But I’m not thinking about that right now.  Right now I’m thinking about tomorrow’s [...]

…not a good day. Well, it was until about 3pm, at which point I stood up from my desk to go work out amidst the public, and felt a gush of fluid running down my leg. So, immediate rush to panic stations, and the bathroom.  It wasn’t blood, just clear/tinged pink, non-urine-smelling fluid (though I [...]