This news will come as no surprise to most of the people who read this blog, but I just wanted to break my self-imposed blog silence with the announcement that me and Jag are (surprise!) expecting a baby in March (on the Ides of March, to be specific). I’m at around 9.5 weeks right now.

We went in for our first scheduled ultrasound today. We saw limbs wiggling, saw and heard the heartbeat, and were totally blown away. The baby measures about a week bigger than expected, but this is apparently quite normal.

I’m still late in the first trimester and we might live to regret spreading the news far and wide this early, but we just couldn’t keep our mouths shut any more, and it’s been very freeing to share our excitement with friends and coworkers. I feel like my life has been on hold while we’ve counted the days towards the magic 12-week line. I haven’t been spinning at all, I’ve done hardly any knitting, and I’ve been heading to bed around 9pm (one night at 8pm!) every night after reading pregnancy forum posts that make me freak out at my every symptom, or lack thereof. Here’s hoping that I’ll be moving to a much saner (and less nauseated) state of mind in the next few weeks!

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

1.) Yes, it was a total surprise.
2.) Yes, we’re completely thrilled.
3.) Yes, we’re shopping for rings, but we were anyway.
4.) We don’t know yet (too early to see), but we’ll do the ultrasound to find out in month or two.
5.) Cloth.
6.) Breastfed.

I think that covers it. 🙂 Please think happy sticky thoughts for us.