Peregrine

Charlotte and I have wonderful news. We are expecting our first child.

As this is her first pregnancy, Charlotte wanted to keep it under our hats until we were through the first trimester. You just never know, especially with the first one, as I’m sure those of you with children understand.

The baby was due on November 17th, but when Charlotte had an amniocentesis about two weeks ago, they revised that to November11th, based on the size of the skull and such.

This afternoon, I drove my wife to her third doctor’s visit. Well, technically, she’s a Midwife, not a doctor. Anyhow, it was a quick routine check-up. The Midwife found the baby’s heartbeat, which I got to hear for the first time. She also reviewed the results of the amniocentesis, which are perfectly normal. Although we are not certain, due to the way in which that report was laid out on the page, if appears that they may have determined the sex of the baby. There are several other indicators (heartrate, position & orientation of the fetus, etc.) that seem to correlate the apparent determination from the amniocentesis. However, it’s not certain, yet.

Although the doctor who performed the amniocentesis used a very low powered ultrasound in order to guide the needle, and he was able to get some picture of our baby, the first complete ultrasound will be on July 3rd. At that time, it may be possible to determine the sex of the baby with greater confidence.

In case you didn’t pick up on it, yet, I am very excited and looking forward to becoming a Daddy for the first time.