And a heartbeat. And limbs in the right places. Had my OB appointment this morning, and it was pretty anti-climatic. Boring, even. (HURRAH!) Everything’s measuring on target, still due in mid-September, and all is well. They’re happy with my weight gain (about 7 pounds so far, though some of that was apparently water weight. He [...]

First of all, we had a marvelous time up in CT for my inlaws’ 80th birthday party.  Nellie was on her best behavior, flirting with everyone & demanding love instead of hiding behind me; the Boy was in his element, surrounded by family and food and laughter; and for much of the visit I had [...]

My life is boring.  I still spend my evenings watching StarTrek DVDs, but now I’m quilting (yet another) baby blanket.  Next project is a set of bibs – I’m thinking that I’ll make a set for my expectant-father-friend at work, too.  The doppler was the best thing I’ve done for myself in a long time.  [...]

Wow!  Thank you to everyone who responded!  You’ve given me much to think about on both sides of the question, and fortunately, I still have plenty of time to make this choice. At the very least, I suspect I might be choosing someone other than SuperStarOB to do the snipping, if snipping we choose to [...]

That is the question that apparently every parent of a boy baby must ask themselves – or in my prone-to-oversharing case, the entire world at large. The Boy was snipped.  My little brother was snipped.  I assume (though I’d rather not know for sure, Mom & Dad!) that my father and his father before him [...]