Aurora Borealis

We are excited (though terror may be the better word for what I’m feeling) to announce that Garbanzo Bean III is expected to join our family around July 25.  Yes, the third.  That’s not a typo.  There was, briefly, a Garbanzo Bean II (now known as our Agent Raindrop), but I miscarried back in February at only 8 weeks, before almost anyone even knew I was pregnant.

So we’ve been rather cautious about saying anything about the new bean.  My gynecologist managed the beginning of this pregnancy very carefully. I just saw the OB for the first time today.  He had a hard time finding the heartbeat with the doppler.  He thought he heard it faintly in the background, but he wasn’t sure; so we got to have an unofficial ultrasound and saw the heartbeat and an active little baby.  Even with having seen that, I still have no sense of who this one is.  With Agent Murphy we pretty quickly felt the baby was likely a boy, and we were convinced pretty much right off the bat that Agent Raindrop was our little girl; but so far no feeling about this one.

I have an “official” ultrasound next week to confirm or modify the due date and then my next appointment with the OB 4 weeks from today.  Here we go!

Tags: pregnancy and childbirth

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