221 days left - Monday 4th of October 2010

8 weeks and 3 days of pregnancy, 221 days to go! Today, second appointment at the gynaecologist and above is the 2nd ultrasound! Now we can confirm it´s "only" one baby, I think it´s enough to start with. Then we can get some practice and go for twins next time!! The baby is 17.9 mm and according to the size it should be about 8 weeks and 2 days.... Finally our book and the gynaecologist seem to coincide, she missed the correct date with only one day. Today we could hear the baby´s heartbeat, really amazing and an astonishing feeling!

Everything seems normal, even if there is some kind of hematoma in there and that have to cure. The gynaecologist prescribe relative rest for Eva since there is risk of abortion. The rest is no problem: Eva could impossibly to get more rest since she cannot stand up due to the feeling of sickness, heartburn and dizziness... The hematoma was probably the cause of the bleeding on the 23rd but in any case hematomas and bleedings are not something unusual, they are rather common. But we better take it easy though, better safe than sorry...

The gynaecologist took away one of the medicines (prolactina) but added another one for the heartburn so Eva will still be taking 6 different medicines. A pain in the neck but it will help the process and help curing the hematoma.

Estimated birth date according to the gynaecologist: 21st of May 2011. It still seems very far away. When I stop worrying about the dangerous first 3 months and the absolutely horrible feeling of sickness I will start to worry about the delivery (and most certainly about something else). As a father, I have realized that it´s important to always worry about something...

We are convinced that the baby is a girl. Why? Because girls always seem to give horrible pregnancies and it can hardly get any worse than this. Eva says: "Espera que tenga culo, verás lo que va a cobrar" (Wait until she gets a bottom, then she will pay for what she did to me...)

Next appointment at the gynaecologist: Monday 8th of November. Then we will be able to see the baby move!