Faggots on the Third Floor

We have heartbeat

So, she is just shy of 13 weeks pregnant, and the heartbeat visit was yesterday. Ornery little shit that thing is, took the midwife forever to find it, she was getting concerned that she wouldn't! But it's good and strong, just a VERY low lying baby that is still making camp behind the pubic bone.
Charlie insists it's a girl. He talks about his baby sister all the time. I do hope he'll not be too crushed if it's a boy. He'll probably still call it his baby sister, knowing Charlie.

And to answer Roberta's question... nope, I'm not into the little things this time around. I don't notice them even. I can't recall how pregnant she is without asking her or doing math. I could tell you down to the day with Charlie. She says she feels its little flutterings. With Charlie, I wanted all the time to feel him move when he started. With this baby, the thought of feeling it move creeps me out. I've bought it almost nothing (though, to be fair, we have everything it needs) but I have ogled some new diapers that weren't around when Charlie was in them (oh, by the way, a month solid now with no diapers except overnight and naptime). Today at the market I did buy it something.... a little orangey brown hemp tee shirt with little brown baby feet on it that read "Play in the dirt." I got Charlie a matching one, though his has baby hands instead of baby feet.

I want it to be born on 13 November (EDD is 18). Charlie has my dad's name, the next on should have his birthday, right?

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posted by Estelle @ 5/10/2008 03:07:00 PM