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Archive for April, 2003

Hospital Visit

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2003

This morning Sandi had heavy-duty cramping in her abdomen that made her double over in pain. It lessened the rest of the day, down to just a mild twitching that hurt just a little. She called her doctor’s office and a nurse suggested that she go to the emergency room. We met at home and [...]

BabyBeat

Monday, April 21st, 2003

It turns out that the heartbeat we’ve been hearing was Sandi’s and that we had miscalculated. We haven’t gotten a solid lock on the heartbeat thus far, but we’ve heard some faint whushing that sounds like a fainter version of Sandi’s heartbeat so we still feel good about the pregnancy.
We have other indications—daily vomiting, for [...]

BabyBeat again

Thursday, April 17th, 2003

We received our BabyBeat doppler yesterday and tried it out. It was hard to find the heartbeat because a) we weren’t sure what it would sound like on the unit and b) we weren’t really sure where to look. If you’re interested in getting a BabyBeat doppler radar, please use the referral code of BR048014.
But [...]

BabyBeat

Sunday, April 13th, 2003

We just ordered a BabyBeat doppler radar for $30/month. With the high-risk nature of our pregnancy, the rental fee is a small price to pay for peace of mind—knowing any time we want that our baby is still with us. If you’re interested in getting a BabyBeat doppler radar, please use the referral code of [...]

Third Ultrasound Pics

Thursday, April 10th, 2003

Here’s the most recent photographs (via ultrasound) of our baby:

In the top pic, the heart rate shown is 162 bpm. That’s 12 bpm more than last week. In the bottom pic, you can see the baby’s length has grown to 31 mm from 11 mm—substantial growth—and a calculated age of 10 weeks, 1 day, which [...]

Ten weeks and counting

Wednesday, April 9th, 2003

Yesterday we had our doctor’s appointment. As Bill noted I was quite nervous. But, everything went so well. Our ultrasound was perfect. The baby is growing wonderfully and has a strong heartbeat. I don’t think you ever fully get over a loss of your child. (Honestly, I hope I [...]

Nearly 10 weeks

Monday, April 7th, 2003

Tomorrow is week 10, our next doctor’s appointment, and about the time that we miscarried in the last pregnancy.
We’re both worried about the possibility of miscarriage, but Sandi’s taking it especially hard. To say that the miscarriage last year was traumatic is a considerable understatement. It rocked our world and we’ve only just recently truly [...]

Since we can never seem

Thursday, April 3rd, 2003

Since we can never seem to remember what names we’ve picked out, I think we should record them here. I’m very good at finding stuff on the Web—well, at least Google is—so it should help the old memory banks.
Boy: Timothy, Benjamin, Stewart/Stuart (still arguing about spelling, it’s really contentious)
Girl: Annie, Katherine (Katie for short), Amy, [...]

Second Ultrasound

Thursday, April 3rd, 2003

As promised, below are the two ultrasounds from the latest doctor visit. For the record, they’re at 7 weeks:

I still can hardly believe

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003

I still can hardly believe that we are here. This has been an amazing journey. Let me digress for a moment and let you know how this little miracle came to be.
I have been diagnosed with PCOS since I was 18. At the time it was not that big of [...]

9 weeks today! Yeah! Everything’s

Tuesday, April 1st, 2003

9 weeks today! Yeah! Everything’s going well so far. Sandi is getting increasingly uncomfortable and she’s starting to show more.
Happy times!