Day Number 38
5 weeks (gestational age: 24 days / 3 weeks)
242 days remaining
The baby is only about 2 mm long, but is well-nourished and is growing rapidly.
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Things I have smelled with my super pregnant sense of smell in the past few days:

- my archie, the dog. oh my, he is a smelly beast
- my city, my home. smells like chemicals.
- cars. god how i hate cars.
- soup, for lunch, also smelled like chemicals.
- strawberries, yum.
- homeless woman comes up to me to tell me she likes my hair.
- white board marker in a meeting at work from across the room.

Yesterday, I went to get my official obgyn blood test to tell me I indeed do have a passenger. My powers of eternal youth were in full force. The blood-taker asked if I was Tina. I said yes. Are you sure, she said. Yes, I laughed. Well, this chart says you are 31, that can't be right. No, it is right, I say, laughing. No way, she says. You can't be more than 24. I get that a lot, I say. This was a good exchange because it took my brain off of the sea-sickness.

Today is day 3 of knowing about my new journey. My first mate is a happy hubby. I am realizing that when we talked about "having a baby," I think I forgot that I, being the girl, would have to carry this passenger across the sea. I am so used to being the captain that I forget these things sometimes.

But my tummy is telling me over and over today. You are growing a person. You are growing a person. You are growing a future captain of a future ship.

The webbies for preggies are all telling me to get a seasickness bracelet. I think that is so funny.