First OB Appt

Today we went to my first obstetrician's appointment. What made this more interesting than it otherwise should be is that we decided from the moment that the appointment was over, we would start telling people. Call me superstitious, but no need to start going on about it before you are really sure.

Nothing much really happened actually. He did an ultrasound and we both saw the little thing going psycho in there - Adam (the ob) said "There it is, it's pretty active...[pause]...gee, it's really active in there". The little parasite was punching the air with two hands aflailing; James smiled indulgently while all I could think of is how many sleepless nights that means in the future.

He took down all the details that I'd already sent him on another form (maybe in case I cheated and just copied the answers down from someone else?) and that was about it. We do the test to find out about Downs (and other chromosomal abnormalities) in a couple of weeks, so we'll keep you all updated with that one. There's no question anyway, if it's a high risk then that thing's outta there.

Then we went out to buy some little presents to make telling the families on the weekend a little easier. We bought two sets of 'Grandpa' and 'Grandma' keyrings, two little crappy rose things just because they were the only things we could find that specifically said 'Aunt' and a card that was to a great-grandmother for my grandma. Hopefully this leaves little room for confusion - when they open these they'll know what's going on. I know it may seem a little weird but I am just really embarassed and freaked out about saying the words "I'm pregnant" out loud.

Who knows now (in order) - Lisa Wardle, Greta, MVCers (people at Cass' work), Alison X, Colette K

Who will know by the next 48hrs - everyone ever in contact with us.....*sigh*