A rare pregnancy!

8/28/12

After I re-entered the exam room, Laura told me the doctor said, "You have a rare pregnancy in the fact that you have a 'low-risk' pregnancy!  You're healthy, you're active, your family histories and your baby all look very good!!! " 

I hope you forgive me for giving this post such a catchy title, but I was so pumped to hear that that I had to share it with you!  We had our first OB appointment tonight.  We're officially just past the 9 week stage, and things are looking great.  Keep your fingers crossed and your thoughts and/or prayers coming our way that things stay the way they are!!! 

I won't go into too many details about our appointment tonight as it was awkward for me at times...heck, when the funky looking equipment came out, I left the room!!!  Nope...none of that crap for this guy!!!  While we were waiting for the doctor, Laura made a comment that her arm still hurt from her flu shot the other day.  I said that my arm (and it's matching flu shot) was feeling better and that I was proud that I didn't cry.  About that same time, an infant in an adjacent room began crying...presumably from getting a shot of some short...I could tell he/she was in pain.  Laura told me that I'd be horrible and would be uncomfortable when our baby has to get its shots.  I quickly agreed...and realized for the first time that seeing my child in pain will hurt me more than it will hurt it!!! I have to admit that I might get a couple tears in my eyes when baby has to get its shots because I hate shots, and they hurt like crazy, so I know it's going to hurt her/him!!!

I also made an observation (and shared it with Laura)...that the next time she was waiting for the doctor to come in and she was on a table with stirrups, (no worries, I left before any of the action started!) that I would most definitely not be on the business end of the stirrups!!!  Ha...seriously...I'm staying in the Northern Hemisphere on delivery day...none of that for me...otherwise I'd be flat out on the floor.  And...if that were the case, Laura would not be able to shout "YOU DID THIS TO ME!" as is expected from wives in delivery!!!...and I figured I should at least give her the opportunity, when the time comes, to shout that at me!!!

And with that attempt at humor, I'll wrap up this latest post.  I wonder if many people read this!?  (Well, technically, only a handful of people are aware of this blog at this time)  And with that, I wonder if many people will read this once the word is out?  People are publishing a lot of junk these days (some may think this is junk) but perhaps there is an audience out there besides our friends and family that may enjoy this Daddy Diary.  I enjoy updating you all when I have something worth while, so I hope you enjoy reading it.  Of course, when the word is out and we've moved beyond the danger period of the first trimester, I'd appreciate you sharing this blog with anyone you feel may enjoy this; whether it's your family/friends...or just some distant contacts you occasionally email.  Until then, we appreciate your understanding in our desire of not wanting the world to know about our developing little one and we greatly appreciate your respect of our privacy as we nurture our growing little baby.  As of today, he/she is slightly smaller than your thumb!  By 19 weeks (2.5 more months) we will be able to tell the sex of the baby, even though we're unsure if we want to know or not.  In 3 weeks, at our next appointment we will be able to hear its heart beat for the first time.  Just for your information, I will probably let a tear or two roll down my cheek when I hear my baby for the first time!  Until then, I'll keep you posted on any noteworthy developments.  As always, thanks for reading my Daddy Diary and we appreciate your continued thoughts/prayers.