Some Good Things

Thank you all for your comments about my commenting problems. As usual, you all managed to make me smile. What wonderful blog followers I have. I heard a few times that blogs written by pregnant IFers give hope, and if that is what I can do for even one of you then it is reason enough to continue. I did notice that I am down one follower since that post and that is fine. I do not begrudge anybody their personal choices in what they can and cannot handle on their journey.

But in order to lighten the mood around here, I thought I would post about some good things that have happened lately!

• I enjoy eating again! My wonderful hubby brought me a sandwich today on his last day of winter break from teaching. It was delicious, I woofed it down, and am still thinking about how delicious it was! I am still picky about what to eat but once I figure it out I am usually happy to eat it!
• I got a great deal on three pairs of maternity pants. Seems my belly is not aware that most people are not already expanding this much at 12 weeks. Luckily motherhood maternity is very reasonable and even carries pants in long for the long-legged women like me. I got one pair of jeans and two pairs of work pants. I am set for the day I can no longer make it work with my regular pants, which I estimate to be coming soon.
• I am *starting* to allow myself to be excited. Yesterday I looked through ratings on consumer reports for baby stuff and even figured out what crib I want. It was fun. It still makes me a bit nervous to act as though a baby is actually coming but it helps too. Plus, what is the big charade for anyway? Do I honestly believe I will be less devastated at this point if the unthinkable happens and I hadn't picked out a crib? Um, no. Maybe if I had purchased it and had to look at it every day but that is not the case and I won't be buying anything for awhile. On a related note, I grin like an idiot when I look at my belly in the shower. It could still be all bloat and then I am extremely happy about my gas, but we will go ahead and believe it is baby or at least uterus.
• And the best of all... I bought an inexpensive ($30) fetal heart rate monitor a few weeks ago. I knew there was a chance it wouldn't work until I was >12 weeks and sure enough, the first time I found the heart rate was Saturday. It was amazing and beautiful! Just in time too because it had been two weeks since my u/s. Now I can be reassured now and again. Plus I just like listening to that amazing sound.

Hooray for good things!