Pregnancy brain has clearly been affecting me. Apparently, my “graduation” ultrasound with the RE’s office was yesterday, but in my mind, it was today.

Fortunately, they could see me today, at my preferred office, with “my” doctor and my favorite nurse. Both of them gave me hugs after the u/s, and I was a little teary.
Apparently, I’m growing another big baby, or at least we caught the picture at the end of a growth spurt. Although I am “really” 7 weeks & 3 days pregnant, the little one measured 13.7 mm, or 7 weeks & 5 days, with a textbook heart rate of 148 bpm.

The still pictures make it look like an out of focus kidney bean — maybe we’ll call this one “Blur” to go with Noah’s pre-birth name “Smudge.” There were some less blurry glimpses during the u/s, where you really could tell that there is a human embryo in there.

The next u/s should be in about a month, with all the genetic screening tests. That was when we learned that Noah was going to be a boy, so hopefully Blur will be as cooperative as Smudge was.

I got some sad news this morning, too. Unfortunately, another one of my online pregnancy buddies miscarried yesterday. K & E, I am so sorry for your loss.

It’s also sad and awkward to know that of the 4 of us who found out we were pregnant in the span of less than a week, only 2 of us are still expecting. I wish beyond measure that all of us were getting the kind of good news that I got.