Gene and I went to the doctor last week for our first prenatal visit. We won’t be ready for the ultrasound till May 1st or so, but that didn't stop them from drawing more blood than Dracula, running a plethora of tests, and giving me a ream of paperwork to fill out. We found out a couple of interesting things. One of which is that the baby does get to stay with me after the delivery instead of being wheeled away to some distant nursery. I'm very glad about this, as I'd always thought that separating the mother from her newborn seemed tremendously unnatural. The second thing that I found out is that until 10-12 weeks my baby is incredibly fragile. It's developing all its tiny little organs and structures and networking itself together, and ANY contamination to my body can damage this incredibly important and incredibly fragile and incredibly fast process. My baby is nearly doubling in size weekly! This obviously isn't an actual picture of my baby, bit it's a baby at 6 weeks, which is right where I am. I'm 6 weeks 2 days today. The upshot of all this is that I can't have tea, chocolate, coffee, alcohol, or anything else that isn't 100% good and nutritious. I keep finding myself wondering, "Did I get enough veggies today?", "Did that cup of tea 4 weeks ago cause a problem?", "Am I eating enough...Did waiting so long to eat breakfast cause irrevocable damage?!" As you can see, a mommy-to-be can drive herself insane this way pretty quickly. On the whole I'm trying to be relaxed about the whole thing, but it's hard not to worry a little.
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