Three out of Four Ain't Bad

As of today, Lori has gone three of the last four days without losing any of her meal portions to the porcelain. While that might not seem very good (most of us would not celebrate if we had vomited once in the last four days), this is the best she has felt in over two months and we might be starting to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel. Perhaps the second trimester will be easier on us after all.

This wonderful news, combined with moving forward in the business of selling our home is making life much more relaxed and allowing us to start thinking about getting into our village again. No plans yet, we have to get her more active first to see what she can handle, but whatever our tomorrows bring we are thankful today.

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Awww, Look at the Baby!

In our last adventure we talked about 2am feedings, dealing with unpleasant fluids, and figuring out how to keep her happy. Not much has changed, Lori's still plugging away preparing me for fatherhood. Distracted by all of these things, I hadn't yet gotten around to posting the results from our ultrasound here on Baby Notes. So for all you clamoring fans (or to you few relatives who are interested) here are the results from our first (official) ultrasound:

Baby's First Picture

Our little baby Tumnus

In this corner, weighing in at under an ounce with a height of 2.9 cm and a confirmed head, heartbeat and butt - it's Tumnus!

It was really cool to see the baby, but an ultrasound is still just an ultrasound - unless you get one of those nifty 3d ultrasounds. The doctor pointed out the head, heartbeat and butt, measuring from the foremost to the latter, and we were just happy that everything is continuing to progress well. On the printout, however, I think the resemblance is more similar to Tumnus than to Lori or I. Not that I think it's a boy (necessarily), I just think it looks like a faun.

We go back on the 5th of February to listen to the fetal heartbeat and take another ultrasound (at $10 a shot here they do them pretty often)

We'll keep you posted!

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In Like a Lion...

This first trimester has been really rough on Lori. From bed rest to being limited in travel to all-day & all-night sickness she's been a real trooper in keeping positive. It's meant a new focus for us as we've been forced to face our priorities. It's easy to say that family is more important than ministry, it's more of a stretch in practice.

So, we've been out of the village for a while. Lori will go see her OB/GYN later this week and we'll find out more about what she can and can't do. We're hoping that the next trimester will be much more pleasant.

On the bright side, I'm already learning about 2a.m. feedings and dealing with unpleasant fluids so I feel quite prepared to have a baby. This has also been a time where we can focus on city life. From helping where we possible at House of Joy to working with A-Je on his Dissertation as he finishes his Doctorate to household duties we're keeping busy.

Babies change everything, and this little one is looking for all kinds of attention already - and we're very happy to give it.

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