Family Living: Abbott Style

Long story short.  5 days ago, we went in for an ultrasound.  We found a heart beat, but the thing was tiny.  So he wanted a second looks by the ultrasound specialist. * Sprinkle some miracle grow.... * And today, only 5 days later: A baby!!!!!! I saw a head and little tiny arms and little tiny eggs.  And the most beautiful heart beating.  Oh it was such a magical moment.  And all the stress and the worry just washed away from me.  You can see that it is still attached to the little yolk sac which is making sure it has plenty to eat and grow.  It was beautiful.  There is a HUGE difference between those two pictures. HUGE.   So. She measured my little person and it is putting me right about 9 weeks.  +/- 5 days.   According to my cycle I am 9w5d.  So that is perfect.  Going into the appointment, I thought the best I could hope for was 7w almost 8w.  But 9 weeks is amazing....

Sometimes too much information is a bad thing.  Thanks to the internet, I know way more about pregnancy than any pregnant woman ought to.  And now I wish I didn't.  I wish I could take a doctor 'at his word' and take things at face value and ignorantly go on in a blissful pregnant state of being.   Let me rewind.  Running two blogs gets me a little messed up sometimes.  If this is the first you have heard of my pregnancy, you might want to start here:  Pregnancy: Take 2 Alright, so here is where we are at today.  There are many different ways you can guess how far a long you are. The most common being based on your cycle.  According to my cycle I am 9 weeks.  Right of the bat, I can say--no way is that possible.  I know, almost for a fact that I ovulated late.  I didn't get a positive pregnancy test until 8 or 9 days after my missed period.  And it was REALLY faint.  So that puts me at most, maybe 8 w...