So Anne got a doppler for home. You know, the thing that the OB uses to listen to the baby’s heart. We’ve been assiduously monitoring the baby’s heartbeat nearly every day like prenatal cardiologists. Have a listen:
Pretty cool, huh? At our last OB visit on the 5th included one of these but we just talked over it.

We’ve started to confront another one of the risks in pregnancy: mental retardation. Of the mother. Did you know that studies show that women lose brain cell tissue during pregnancy? (In case there are other pregnant women reading this, I thought I’d mention that studies show that women lose brain cell tissue during pregnancy.) Accordingly it’s common in pregnancy for women to feel scattered or forgetful. If Anne buys her own birthday presents now this might make things more exciting for her next month.

The most recent manifestation of Anne’s forgetfulness, though, has been clumsiness. I think Anne may have broken 3 glasses in the past month. If this continues we may have had to have added glassware to our baby registry. Yeah, those highball glasses are for…the baby. For all the…breast milk it will be drinking. Out of a glass. As a newborn.

Did you know, by the way, that women expecting girls have been documented to be MORE forgetful than women expecting boys? Unfortunately, we have no index of comparison. We only have fewer glasses.

Our next ultrasound is March 21. That will be just before week 17 starts. If the baby cooperates, we might be able to determine the gender! Stay tuned – we’ll try to post more often.