Introducing: Baby Blob! I was a little surprised today when at the ultrasound there was a heartbeat in a blob instead of the Matt Groening-like creature I expected. That thing that looks like a head, no, that's the yolk sac, there isn't a placenta yet (does that mean I can still drink?). Baby Blob is now only six weeks and five days old, giving me an estimated due date of August 25. No wonder my pregnancy test was so faint, I was only twenty-four days pregnant. Or fertilized for around ten days.
The great news is that I'm still a week ahead of the last pregnancy and there was a super-strong heartbeat. That little whiter spot in the blob, that's the rapidly beating heart.
This is a good time to point out that even with a midwife, I can still get ultrasounds. I didn't realize last time around that going to a midwife entails the exact same tests as going to an ob. The midwives just don't have the ultrasound machine in their office, I had to go to the hospital, which is all of two blocks from my birth center. This misconception prevented me from starting out with a midwifery practice right from the start with number one.
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