Okay. So after much ado about everything I have established a new blog. This doesn't come easy for me, fooling with computers, and I considered giving it up in favour of establishing a zine (kickin' it old school) but I kept hammering away at it (I love how you can open a million tabs with Mozilla, or is that a Windows 7 or XP thing? You see what I mean about me and computers?) because I just couldn't give up the idea of a blog. I never posted on my previous one much but that's because I could never figure out what kind of slant or purpose I wanted to have. It's hard for me to decide on just one thing, ever. But, the reason I wanted to get serious about the posting is because my life is kind of in an uproar.
The major thing is I'm pregnant. It was planned but, well, I didn't expect it to happen so fast once we decided to go ahead. I always kind of figured I was infertile. But there you have it. And I'll get into other details of how my life in in an uproar at a later date. For now I want to to say that yes, I guess this will be yet ANOTHER blog about being pregnant and having a baby. The difference will be that I hope to blow open all those secrets that parents have that they don't share with parents-to-be unless you figure out exactly what questions to ask. I'm only 3 months along and I am already pretty ticked off at all the pregnant people I have known who keep these tidbits secret when I could really use a frickin' hand here! With no further ado, here's a who knew #1:
Ultrasound pictures cost money. Yup. Heck, maybe you knew this. I sure as heck didn't and was pretty much stunned when I found out. I had gone in for my first ultrasound, looking forward to seeing proof of the wee thing and bringing home a pic but the thing costs $6! It's not exhorbitant but for reasons I'm sure will come out later I can't afford $6 for a vague pie slice picture of a humanoid blob (if I'm lucky). I didn't believe the wee thing would actually look like a person so I skipped it out of sticker shock. Now I'm mad, cos I could have had a picture, if I wasn't broke. Oh well, here's value for your money: who knew #2:
You can drink too much water before an ultrasound. Yeah found that out after the technician gave me absolute s*** and made me cry. And not enjoy the first viewing of the wee thing in mah belly, even though it looked like a real person! I don't know what to tell you about what the right amount to drink is, but I think if you keep yourself well hydrated during the day (as I do normally) then one extra glass should do. Ballparky. I drank their two pints an hour ahead and ended up wit a bladder trying to take over the whole US screen. It really sucked and was incredibly disappointing. So, please, pass this on and let someone be better prepared from my advice!
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