Reed Baby Blog

We got our second look at Lo this morning. He/she/it is a wiggly little booger….when he/she/it is awake. Lo already showed a resemblence to me and Lisa by sleeping through most of the ultrasound. However, after a few minutes Lo woke up and started kicking and moving around. At times, it looked like he/she/it was standing on its head. Lo has grown to an impressive 4.9 cm, and from the picture it looks like inherited my huge noggin.

Here’s the latest TV static portrait of our bebe and our interpretation of the different shades of gray:

This is a profile of Lo, with the head on the left, torso in the middle and legs on the right. (At least the legs aren’t growing out of the neck or something).

We got to hear a few seconds of heart beat (158 BPM), which was quite exciting. Lisa also rented a doppler so that we can hear the heart beat at home. We heard it for a few seconds tonight, but lost it after we made an adjustment on the monitor. As Lo grows, it should be easier to find. We’re looking forward to hearing the heart beat before we go to bed every night!

Just thought I would give a quick update as to what is happening with Lo this week.  We are so proud that Lo is starting to resemble a human, instead of a tadpole!

http://www.babiesonline.com/pregnancy/week-by-week/week10.asp

Cory and I got great news last week, as his wonderful company has decided that they will let him relocate to Dallas and work from home (or the Plano office, when needed). Obviously, we are very gracious since they moved us up here last year. So that means that around the first of the year, we will be headed back South. The plan as of now, is to deliver Lo here in Baltimore and move to Dallas about 6 or 8 weeks later. Needless to say, we are thrilled and so are Lo’s grandparents!

Since we won’t be here long after Lo arrives, we think it’s a little silly to create and furnish an entire nursery only to move it all back home. Because of this, we have also decided that we will wait to find out “what” Lo is until delivery and decorate the nursery with Lo’s help. Keep your fingers crossed that we can withstand the pressure to know during future ultrasounds!

This week has been super long as Lo and I are exhausted a great deal of the time. Poor Cory has had to resort to making cereal and PB&J for dinner many times this week as I slept on the couch. However, with the exception of yesterday, the queasiness has been much improved. Thank goodness for weekends. Can’t wait to not set the alarm in the morning!!

We got our first look at Lo today. The picture essentially looks like TV static, but we could see a strong heartbeat! The important thing is that there is only one baby. No twins, or worse, a six-pack, for us!

Click on the picture for a larger view of Lo.

Suddenly, last Monday the thought hit me that I might be pregnant. So I decided I’d go to CVS and buy a home pregnancy test. What an overwhelming feat…there must have been 20 to chose from! I bought a 3-pack thinking that I would be able to use the other tests at some point, since I knew the first one I took would be negative. Imagine my surprise when there were 2 pink lines! I showed the test to Cory and we immediately decided we had better try it again. So we took another test. And again, 2 pink lines. Our intial reaction was “hmmm”. Not good, not bad…just “hmmm”. However, as the thought started to sink in, we were clearly excited and unable to sleep!

On Tuesday, I called the doctor and set up my first appointment for Friday. Even though Cory and I had already decided that we would tell our parents and brothers Tuesday night, my OCD kicked in and I figured that I had to be sure before we told anyone. Since both of the tests that I used were the same brand, I was worried that maybe I had done them both wrong. So while enjoying another trip to CVS, I bought a third test that was another brand. What do you know… a third positive test! At this point, we felt sure enough to share the news with our families. Of course, Mom and Dad’s reaction was priceless…”of course we’ll come when you have the baby, but we’re not leaving the baby in Baltimore”. Janie let us know that ours was the best phone call she had ever received. As for Bart, he was initially confused about who was going to be a grandpa, but quickly caught on. Kurt was happy and Jennifer screamed. Lori was excited and Sean just wanted to know how long it would be before we knew if he would be an aunt or an uncle! What a family!!!

Our first appointment at the OB’s office was on Friday, and Cory and I met with one of the nurse-midwives to go over all of our families’ histories and so that she could warn me of all the things that I am no longer allowed to do. Hopefully, since I’m foregoing smoking crack, the kid will get the good genes from both sides. After lab work, Cory and I left the office in bliss. We went straight to Barnes & Noble to buy the baby books, and spent most of the weekend reading about what is to come. Neither of us can really believe it, but we’re going to be parents! We’ve started referring to the baby as Lo, which stands for Little One (our first official act as weird parents).

So far, I’ve only had a little bit of a queasy tummy…but it was a good excuse to let me miss the gym this morning! Keep your fingers crossed that it stays this way.

Cory and I got some unexpected news on Monday. However, we’re thrilled with the news that we’re going to be parents. Right now it looks like the baby will be here around the middle of November, which gives us plenty of time to prepare. Guess this means that Cory will have to get over his fear of BabiesRUs!

The picture above is just a joke…the real reaction is below. We can’t wait!