Today turned out to be a pretty good day despite me being home recovering from some very unfortunate non-pregnancy-related tummy issues (I am eyeing your tacos al pastor and carnitas with suspicion, Chubby’s Tacos on 9th Street!).

This morning I got a call from the genetic counselor at Duke, with some great news about the nuchal translucency ultrasound and quad screen blood test we had done last week. Everything was in normal range, and the chances of the most common genetic problems are now estimated at below 0.17%, which is pretty awesome for an old chick like me.

However, the chances of the baby looking like Strongbad are apparently closer to 99%.

I’m now into the 13th week of being preggers, which is either the last week of the 1st trimester or the first week of the 2nd, depending on which web sites you read. Either way, I feel extremely fortunate that things have been going so well for so long during an unplanned first pregnancy at the age of 37. It’s about 3 weeks until my next appointment, so we’ll just have to think happy Thorbean(a) Monsterbeard thoughts until we get to hear the heartbeat again on the 25th.

I’ve been very slowly knitting on my Carol’s Clever Little Shawl and it’s now maybe 1/4 done. This is about all the knitting I’ve managed in the past few weeks.

I spent this afternoon laying on the couch, watching episodes of “Birth Day” on Discovery Health and getting weepy. I am so very lame.