Well, we had the first sonogram yesterday morning. There was mixed news:

The good: there was a heartbeat and the baby was measuring perfectly. 5w 5d--which, if I charted correctly, is right on for where I should be. So that was extremely reassuring.

The bad: there was some bleeding that showed up on the screen. Just a spot about as big as the fluid surrounding the pregnancy--which, although it looked large on the screen isn't really that big. It wasn't right next to the baby and the doctor said that it looked like the baby was implanted well. He didn't seem very concerned and reassured me that it wasn't abnormal and my pregnancy would likely continue without incident but I'm still really nervous about it. I mean, bleeding is bad, right? Thats was every pregnancy book ever written drills into you. And "its not abnormal"? what the heck kind of phrase is that? that implies its not normal either....good grief, charlie brown, could I just get a straight answer? He wasn't my usual doctor but I'll see Dr. Army when I go in for my repeat.

I haven't had any spotting at all so I'm trying hard to convince myself that maybe its old blood thats all done actually bleeding and, by next scan, maybe it will be gone. I have another scan on the 21st, so there is a bit of waiting still to be done.

Mostly, its very good news--seeing the heartbeat, which I didn't really expect to see, was great. It was very small but flashing furiously and it brings a lot of hope with it.

Other than that, I woke up with my husband's cold yesterday, so more days off work are ahead of me. I must add here that I absolutely love my boss. I called him when I got back yesterday and let him know I'd be out the rest of the week and he actually sounded glad that I was going to sit home and take care of myself. He said the baby is more important than getting things done there and just let him know when I'd be back.

I guess the upside to staying home on the couch is that I might actually get the Harry Potter Sweater done in time for the movie.