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Doppler arrives today

So the doppler will be arriving just in the proverbial nick of time.  Because honestly, I’m losing my mind here.  The girls aren’t as sore, my dependable double-sneezing thing has disappeared, and I slept the whole night through without getting up once to pee. You see?  Definite reasons for panic.  I am SO justified in [...]

Life is Good

Well, as always, I’m impressed as anything with BabyBeat.com’s customer service.  Placed my order for a rent-a-doppler yesterday morning, and by yesterday noon had received a shipping notification from UPS. I’m hoping it will arrive before the weekend so that I can play with it, without having to hurry up and go to work/go to [...]

Here’s where I’m at

So I did it.  I ordered a doppler.  Y’all convinced me, and I thank you for that.  I was trying to hold out – I think in some misguided attempt to impress people (who?, myself?) with my complete aplomb.  Who – me worry?  Hah.  It is to laugh (until the razor sharp shards of my [...]

15th Week (14w3d)

This waiting for my next appointment thing is upsetting.  I know I’m in the second trimester.  I know I’m as “safe as houses”. I don’t care. It’s scary not having weekly visual confirmation that everything’s ok in there.  I’m totally counting down days until I can feel Thor moving around.  I’m actually considering a rush [...]

14 Weeks, 0 Days.

Since my last miscarriage happened the week I went off PIO & prednisone, my RE kept me on these meds. for about 4-5 weeks longer than usual, this pregnancy, just to be sure that withdrawal problems weren’t contributing to the dead baby problem. Which makes sense because, last pregnancy, when the girls stopped hurting, I [...]