However old our baby really is, whenever conception occurred, we’ve now officially entered the second trimester!
Elizabeth wouldn’t know it. She never really got sick-sick (except one huge time at work) but has been queasy half the day for the last three weeks. She feels great when she eats and usually pretty bad afterwards. All the [...]
After a nerve racking day, we finally got the results at 4:55pm, Thursday. The preliminary chromosomal tests were all clear and we found out we’re having a boy! There are some further results we’ll receive later but these early results are the biggies.
I was okay at work in the morning but as the day wore [...]
The morning arrived, as did some snow. Prepared for this, we gave ourselves over an hour to get there vs. the expected half hour on a normal day. While we’re in Oak Park, it literally only takes us a half hour to drive into the heart of the city and make an appointment, and that’s [...]
Statistics, statistics.
We’ve all heard the metaphor of the ticking biological clock. While it implies that time can run out on an aging woman where she’ll be unable to bear children, there’s more to it. Not only does the ability to get pregnant decrease with time but the ability to bring the pregnancy to [...]
