I keep wanting to write a blog, but I don't have enough ideas about any one thing to write about, so you get a spattering of my thoughts.
I am pregnant. I am not sure if you have heard, but it is true. I am expecting a baby. I have been feeling fluttering movements in my belly... nothing concrete, like a kick, but it definitely has not been gas or hunger pangs. Sometimes when I think about it I am humbled and amazed at the miracle that I am going to have a baby. Theoretically I should be dead - without surgery I had a 21 year life expectancy - with no chance of having children - it would have killed me for sure. Now, I am pregnant with a completely normal, healthy pregnancy so far and it is wonderful! Some of the things I think I will not get used to...
- People asking if I feeling am okay - as if there is something wrong or like I should not be feeling okay.
- People not letting me lift anything. My philosophy is if it is lighter than a 3 year old It should be okay to lift (not carry) it. Mom's lift their children all the time when they are expecting, so why can't I move a kitchen chair or carry groceries?
- My belly is starting to feel like it is something separate from me. The other day I felt fine, but I had a little ache in my belly - probably ligaments or something stretching, but it was definitely not me that felt funky, just my belly.
Me at 13 Weeks -
Some of my clothes were just starting to get uncomfortable at this point
There is not a huge difference here, but it feels pretty big comparatively.
Me at 18 Weeks
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This morning I happened upon an article in the Deseret News about a Utah born device that would fix a hole in the heart like the one I had - using a catheter to insert a sort of a patch that would immediately close the hole 60% of the time and would allow for new heart growth to close the hole the other 40% of the time. The device has been approved for use in Europe - and is waiting FDA approval for use in the USA. It is incredible to think that in just a few years people won't even have a scar like mine to fix the same problem that I had. It is incredible.
By the way, a lot of people have holes in their heart like mine (just smaller) and if they go unfixed it can cause migraines and stroke. I guess what I am saying is if you have migraines you might want to have your heart checked.
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I think that some of our time in Limbo (not knowing anything about our future plans) is coming to an end. Ohio Light Opera is ending in a few weeks and none of our possible plans have panned out, so it looks like we are moving to Salt Lake City in about a month. I don't really have more details than that, but I am glad to know where we are headed next month.
More soon...
By the way, Thank you to Ray who kindly gave us his wonderful 'old' camera - I am getting things ready to post some pictures soon, so you can all see what we have been up to.
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Yay for babies. I must confess I'm a tiny bit jealous that my peers are settling enough to have babies, but I guess you've been married nine times as long as me, so you deserve it. It also gives me a strange sense of peace to know that you will be in Salt Lake. I won't be there permanently for years, if ever, but somehow it's nice to know that home base may include you guys. We'll be there in August, maybe we could see you and I could pat your belly, or something more appropriate and less awkward/invasive.
HOLA! I've been thinking about you guys, wondering how the summer's been going (and okay selfishly hoping you'd return to SL). It seems I get to be happy on both accounts. New baby looks good on you too! Can't wait for your return.
cheers.
We're moving to Dominica (a tiny island in the Caribbean) where there is a medical school which my sweet husband will be attending. We'll be gone for just two years. So, I have an email address for Anthony, but not you. If I had one, I would've just emailed you, instead of repeatedly making very long comments on your blog. Not that that's bad, per se, but it does feel a little silly, which I suppose is my specialty.
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