Completely Inappropriate

So there I am, sitting at a staff meeting with 6 other people, and when it is my turn to report, the head of our department (the only man in the room) turns to me and says, "And, on to Lisa - so, still pregnant?"

Um, yeah. Rather bizarre considering that his wife had a miscarriage last year.

"YES," I said. "Sicko. What are you saying?"

Yes, I do talk to him like that. We all do.

Fetus Blah Blah seems to be doing just fine, thank you. I still have occasional nausea, but not the round-the-clock, never-stop NauseaFest of the past few weeks. From what I understand, at this point (ten weeks) the most delicate and critical development period is over, and the chance of miscarriage significantly declines. I've seen various stats all over the Web but most doctors seem to agree that after a heartbeat is seen via ultrasound, the risk of miscarriage is only 5 to 10%. The miscarriage rate drops significantly with a heartbeat and then achieving ten weeks gestation. Since I have heard and seen FBB's heartbeat and since I have achieved ten weeks gestation, I feel I can relax a little about it.

FBB may have been unplanned, but I certainly don't want him/her to go anywhere. I don't know if I could take it. Thus ends this little-bit-of-a-downer post!