!@(42days.gif popimg: “42 Days”)I quickly learned today that drinking 32 oz of water and then holding it for an hour and a half isn’t as easy as it sounded. Yes, today was my 1st ultrasound. I also learned today that those water drinking guidelines are for people who are normally dehydrated – not for people like me who drink 20 oz of water every hour on the hour. I was in complete agony when I got onto the bed for my ultrasound – so much so that I asked the technologist how long this was going to take ’cause I REALLY had to go. She squeezed the cold ultrasound gel onto my tummy, then placed the magic wand on my tummy (ok – so it’s actually called the ultrasound head, it still looks like a magic wand to me). She looked into the monitor and said “Holy cow – yeah, you better go pee – I can’t see anything through your bladder!” So off I went with a cup in my hand to go pee, determined not to fill the cup any more than she had instructed me too. When I got back we started the procedure again – she still couldn’t see anything! So off I went to pee some more! Damn! If only I’d known that I could have kept peeing the 1st time – do you know how hard it is to stop mid-pee when your bladder is so full that you can actually feel your kidneys backing up?
FINALLY! I had pee’ed enough for her to get a clear image. She flipped the wand from side to side of my no-longer bloated belly, stopping every once in awhile for a closer look. She hmm’ed and haw’ed until finally she was done. Then she went to the waiting room and got Cosmo Boy who was eagerly waiting for this moment. Once they returned, she turned the screen to face us, and there it was – our baby – a small grey blob in the middle of a big black hole. And the heart was fluttering away, right where it’s supposed to be – in the middle of the small grey blob. She then measured the blob (crown to rump) – it was 2.3 cm. Holy crap! We’re 9 weeks – not 8! (No wonder my pants are getting a bit tight). This is FANTASTIC news – as it means one less week of work this summer! Yay! But sorry folks, no pictures – apparently they don’t tape this one ’cause there isn’t much to see – but the next one? You better believe I’m going to make sure I get a picture and a video to share with y’all!
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Arrgh! this means I’ll have to work yet ANOTHER week there. Tonight I’m working and will include my letter in with my cash out. I guess I wouldn’t be in this mess if I just had the balls to tell him myself. But he’s such an awesome boss! On my last shift he made the cooks make a special dinner for me and even gave me a piece of pecan pie afterwards! He wanted to make sure that me and baby were properly cared for – how sweet is that? Man – I really hate having to quit there – but I know it’s for the best. 
