thanks!
one cool thing about being pregnant is that now i have an excuse for all my spaciness (and it's not related to anything illegal!) like (omg!) f*cking up the bbcode. and like walking right by the car in the grocery store parking lot. and like passing the turn and not realizing it until five minutes later... fun, fun, fun.
i went for my first real visit with the ob yesterday after school. there's a bit of confusion about how far along i am 'cause i had a period that only lasted a day jan. 24th. by all reports, it shouldn't count. especially since the one before that started dec. 4th. (i guess with the holiday craziness, we just lost track.

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if dec. 4th is correct, the nice doctor said that would make the baby at about 13 weeks gestation, and due sept. 10th. he said (and i won't go into detail about how he came to his conclusion...), however, that it feels like i'm more like 9 weeks gestation. so on the 28th, we're going in for an ultrasound! that means pictures! yay!
the doctor didn't say anything about my needing to be tested more frequently due to my age, which is nearing the red zone, at (gasp!) 36. (no, not quite menopausal, blackflag, but not so far away from it as i used to be. :O) but he did say i could get my ol' tubes tied when i had the c-section, no problemo. this is definitely the last one!