Life as we didn't expect it

Well, I write this at the end of what has been a strange and somewhat stressful month. The plant where Ben works has just undergone a "turnaround" for the last few weeks where they shut down most production so they can do yearly maintenance. Because they work 24-hours a day so they are shut down for a shorter period of time, this leaves the safety people working 12-hour shifts...and Ben's was 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. Compounding this, I have been feeling cruddy in a 1st trimester sort of way. Will, however, is a fantastically accomodating child, and he has been really great. I just have to brag on how well he has handled all this and how his behavior has just gotten more and more mature these weeks.

I had my first doctors appointment on Monday, and, because we figured I was about 11 weeks, my dr decided to get out the doppler and listen for a heartbeat. When she didn't hear one, she told me that it's her policy that once she decides to listen, if she doesn't hear it, she takes an ultrasound just for the mom's peace of mind. I said that was a good policy. So I discovered in ultrasound that everything was just fine...except that I was only 9 weeks along, not 11. I guess this helps explain how I got preganant -- my body tricked me into thinking I wasn't able to concieve at a time of the month when, well, I was. So I saw the peanut. This baby was not nearly as wild in the womb as Will was when I first saw him at around 10 weeks. (Maybe that's a good sign????) Will was bouncing all over the place like a pinball in his first ultrasound, a personality trait that endures to this day! So maybe this will be a calm baby...well, I can hope. :-)

Anyway, I felt like I should update this since I have been delinquent lately. I'll try and be better since I should have something to write about every four weeks or so when I see the doctor, I guess. ;-) Right now, I'm just going to work on valuing my sleep time since I know how short I will be on that very very soon.