This is your brain on hCG
Well, good early news! I'm almost 9 weeks with baby #2 - we had an early ultrasound this week because I had some (very minor) bleeding earlier on, but there's a strong heartbeat and everything looks good so far (and there's definitely only one baby in there, which is also great to hear). We still have a ways to go before we're out of the woods, so we're not "announcing" or anything, but here's the very first fuzzy image of our new bean (I think it's a view up the baby's butt, so pretty unrecognizable): Meanwhile, I am, as expected, quite sick and otherwise feeling pregnant. I will say, however, that being at home for the barfy period is LIGHT YEARS better than doing manual labor in the Tanami Desert, which is what I did the last time. I haven't lost an ounce (compared to the nearly 10 lbs I lost last time), I've been able to take a few naps, and otherwise been enjoying the luxury of air conditioning. So on the whole, I'm h