Life with Our Itty Bitty Baby Girl

That what it feels like when she kicks.  Little tickles inside my tummy.  She’s doing it right now, in fact.  She seems to like late morning and late afternoon.  She loves ultrasounds.  She was practically dancing during it yesterday.  They had some trouble getting her measurements because she didn’t want to stay still.  I think [...]

Surely you’re not surprised that I’m inconsistent in my blogging.  But I’ve got another 15 minutes before Jen picks me up from my fourth-to-last day at the hospital, so I’ll try to fill you in a little bit.
Last time I wrote, we were on our way to the beach for, I think, one of the [...]

Okay, before I begin, let me go ahead and say that I’m supposed to begin getting ready for work in 15 minutes.  There, now that I said it, maybe I’ll actually stop and do it when it’s time.  Sometimes I think being a grown up is overrated. 
After a lovely night with the McCormicks (during which [...]

And right back to our story…
The next week was really quite difficult.  Way back at that same OB visit in which we did the original test that started all this drama, the doctor referred me to a cardiologist because I was having some heart palpitations that needed to be checked out, along with generally high [...]

I just reread my post and realized I never mentioned that the first detailed ultrasound showed that our baby girl does NOT have Spina Bifida.  Anatomically, she’s looking great – just tiny.  The hormone levels in the blood test were likely up because of the size of the placenta (and these elevated hormones may also [...]

Hey, folks! I’m finally getting my thoughts (and energy!) together enough to give you all the highlights of the first 23 weeks of this crazy pregnancy.  So here goes.  Let me know if you need clarification on anything – we’ve heard a lot of medical information lately, and, frankly, it’s all starting to run together.  [...]

As I’ve realized in the past few weeks that I’m just not very good at keeping everybody updated on the escapades of our little baby girl, I’ve finally opted to start a blog about her.  Check back often for updates – we go to the doctor all the time now, it seems!