Baby's First Picture

Here it is...mugging for the camera...Baby Robbins, or the DemonSpawn as we call it.

Yesterday Karna had her first baby appointment and her OB/GYN prescribed Prometrium; when she filled the prescription, the first warning on the label is: "Not to be taken by pregnant women." Hmmm...not a reassuring start to this medical relationship. That made us look up the drug we used to help get pregnant; Femara: "Can cause birth defects, not to be used for infertility." Holy s#1t! Now we're (ok, I'm) really freaking out!

We (OK, I) called Dr. Uncle Chris last night with some questions after Karna's first appointment, and he calmed us (OK, me) down. Then he consulted an OB associate (maybe he was a bit freaked out too?) who told us Karna's doc is doing great. The Femara dose was so low for so short a time, it won't have an effect on the kid, and the progesterone is meant to keep the kid inside (Karna had a lower natural progesterone count). So we (OK, she and the kid) are doing great!!

So this artistic black and white rendering of DemonSpawn tells us a few things:

• There's only one sack, so it's not a twin from the Femara.
• It could be an identical twin, but that's not likely unless in this picture DemonSpawn is hiding it's sibling.
• The kid already has a heartbeat of 118 beat/minute, Karna heard it, so that's about the same as my heart rate these days.
• All this is really a good sign!!

Thanks to Dr. Uncle Chris (I only use the Dr. when I ask him for medical advice) for the info, I feel much better now. Oh and we'll thank him too for giving us his consummate statistical conclusion that this is a girl DemonSpawn. I will reserve judgement on that one until the next set of Polaroids. Until then, it is still an IT!! But it's our it and we're proud of it.

Love to all,
Ty