The Legion, otherwise known as Keeping the voices at bay....

09:40

So, the appointment was tuesday and here it is thursday before I update. Been a rough two days. The fatigue caught up to me and I've been napping about three times a day. I don't know what I'm going to do on saturday when I have to work again.

Everything went well at the doctor's. I was only in the exam room about fifteen minutes. Long enough for him to measure my belly and check the baby's heartbeat. We talked mostly. About my concerns and how I've been feeling. Unfortunately I couldn't pump him for information about the baby's sex because the hospital still hadn't sent over my recent ultrasound results. Ah well.

The doctor assured me he would call if there were any abnormalities among the results. I can't really say that relieved me. If anything, bringing it up kind of worried me more. But everything is looking good so he says. I've gotten permission to get my hair dyed again. That's joyful news because my hair has been bugging me for months now. The red is almost entirely gone and, damn it, I miss it. He also gave me permission to try using the patch to help with my smoking. I can only use the lowest does ones but hopefully it will help anyway.

I discussed my leave with him and he's willing to give me a doctor's note so I can go on it early. I still have to make an appointment with the EI office to clear up some questions I have, but that's a big weight off my shoulders.

Baby started moving around. I can actually feel it now. It's such a weird feeling. I wish I had the words to describe it. I can't wait until the baby's big enough that my family can feel it too. And Lisa. Can't leave her out or she'd probably hurt me. She's a little mad at me right now because she thinks I should wait and be surprised about the sex. You'd think she'd know me better than that by now. Silly woman.

Work is still really hard. More so in the last week. But I'm hanging in there for the time being. But I will have to leave soon. There have been reports lately of outbreaks of fifth's disease in the area. By outbreak I mean that I've heard of at least three people who have it. It worries me a little because I'm technically at the mercy of my customers while I'm at work. Any of them could pass on any virus they might have so easily.

I don't even know what fifth's disease is and it scares me silly. All I know is that it's very bad for expectant mother's to be exposed to it because they could miscarry.

In any case, I may have the day off work but I still have lots to do today so I should get to it. Just wanted to update before it slipped my mind again. Here are two of the recent ultrasound pictures. Both profile shots of baby's head. I'll update again soon.