Woznation

Lets evaluate some facts:

1) For the last 4 years, my career has been in medical reasearch

2) I have authorship on over 20 publications

3) I understand that even the strongest medical research has its limitations and that data can be misconstrued and/or misinterpreted

4) Under the IRB, pregnant women and fetus are a special class of subjects and are protected.  Thus, making it very difficult to conduct thorough research and make conclusions based off of clinical trials.

5) My doctors have seen thousands of pregnant women and delivered thousands of babies.  They have gone through medical school and have more experience than I will ever have.

So.  You would think from points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 that I would be a good judge of what constitutes as ‘knowledge’ – that I know to be skeptical of some information and I should put my trust in valued sources, especially in the context of informed decision-making for my unborn child.

Does any of this stop me from googling crazy things and running to the doctors to check out some medical issue that was posted anonymously on the internet?!  NOPE.  DOESN’T EVEN SLOW ME DOWN!

Seriously.  Being pregnant has turned me into a crazy person.  Im convinced that it is beyond impossible to be a rational human being when you are pregnant. I can not help myself from being a nervous wreck over the smallest thing.  Its exhausting.  But luckily I have a rational husband and truly amazing doctors who listen to me spout crazy things and still respond thoughtfully. *sigh* Thank you, Phil.  Thank you, doctors.

Here is another peek at our little guy from this morning:

Ultrasounds pictures of the profile are getting pretty boring, huh? But everything is looking great.  The tech even pointed out all the hair he already has!! (Cant really see it in the picture above.) Phil and I both had a lot of hair when we were born, so its not a huge surprise, but I love hearing these little things! Very small puzzle pieces of the mystery person I have inside of me. So far we know: penis and hair.  Cant wait to find out everything else about him.