Miss Ava Spring Eden

Meeting the Midwives (7 weeks)

Darrin and I had our first appointment at the Midwifery group today.  Over the next seven months we will be seeing three different midwives - Julia, Sarah and Andrea.  One (or more) of them will assist with the birth of our baby. 

I felt very comfortable with talking with Julia this morning.  She was calm, reassuring and very knowledgeable.  I definitely feel this is the right path for us to follow.  We have many decisions to make over the course of this journey and I firmly believe these ladies are the right ones to guide us through.  I am grateful for finding them so quickly and easily.

Sharing

I just told Karla the news.  It felt so good to say it out loud.  She had given us four bottles of Mead that Matt made especially for our wedding reception.  They instructed us to drink the first bottle on our one-year anniversary.  It was a blend of rose hips (pomaceous fruit of the rose plant) that was meant to inspire fertility.  We drank the bottle on Canadian Thanksgiving just a week after we conceived.  Looks like it worked!  I told Karla they should market the stuff.

Darrin and I woke up and talked about how nice it was that we didn't buy an expensive chair so we'll have room for a crib in the corner of our bedroom.  Then again, maybe the baby can just sleep in our bed?  Hummmm ... it is the end of the world as we know it.

YES+

Nervous ... excited ... but mostly full of JOY.  Today we found out we're pregnant.

I stayed home sick from work today.  When I went out to get some soup for lunch I walked all the way up Davie Street to Shopper's Drug Mart to buy a pregnancy test.  When I arrived I was totally disappointed to find that they didn't have the one I wanted.  I had a strange hunch that this might be THE day and I didn't want a fuzzy, faint line revealing the news.  So, I walked back down the hill to London Drugs and was pleased to see that they had the new digital FIRST RESPONSE® Digital Pregnancy Test.  Twenty some dollars later and I was in the elevator headed up to our 31st floor apartment to give it a go.

Riesling was in the washroom with me when I took the test.  He just sat there staring at me like he knew my world was about to change.  After a few moments of silence the silence grew even more quiet as the results appeared clear as day.  I made eye contact with those crystal blue kitty eyes and I swear he read my mind as he titled his head back and looked at me with some silly expression.  I swept him up in my arms and ran out to share the news with Darrin.  It turned out he was in the other washroom for what seemed like hours.  When the toilet finally flushed and the door opened I greeted him with a big smile and the words, "Riesy and I have a surprise for you ... (short pause) it says yes!"  Of course, he had no idea what I was talking about until I pulled the little white stick out from behind my back.  "We're pregnant."

First day of last period: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Possible date of conception: Thursday, September 25, 2008

Predicted due date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

5th week
Gestational age: 4 weeks 4 days
Length: 0.15 centimeters