the lloyd doppler effect
how much do i love the home doppler? i don't have the words. i come home at night, flop down on the bed, gel up, and then with a little scooting around inevitably there comes that lovely, rapid swishing sound.
my new favorite number is 153.
the doppler has become more helpful as i've eased off the meds. i was petrified in the first trimester, when i started them, and i am more nervous than a turkey in november about the final weeks, but the second trimester feels relatively safe. last week, while i was chillin' in oaxaca, i just didn't think about taking the buspar at night. i still took it in the morning, with the beloved prenatal horsepill, so i effectively stepped myself down to half the dosage. then we got home and were sleeping in every day, and i was taking my vitamin in the middle of the day, and the buspar was in a different bag i hadn't unpacked, and i just decided to not unpack the bottle.
i'm so freaked out about taking meds while pregnant anyway, and my ob is not in favor of me taking them in the last trimester, unless i suppose i were suicidal or somehow endangering z, so why not ease off now? i'm doing okay. i have a daily round of doubt, which i did not have on the full dose of buspar, but it is pansy doubt compared to the big bruising doubt of weeks 7-9, and now i can cure it with the doppler.
oh, sweet doppler, singing songs of sureness to my sore psyche!
okay, i'm not going to be publishing a book of poetry any time soon, for which the world should be grateful. we can also be grateful to christian andreas doppler, the 19th century austrian mathematician who dabbled in physics and figured out that the frequency of sound waves was affected by the relative motion of both the source and the detector. i'm glad he figured it out, because i never would have.
my new favorite number is 153.
the doppler has become more helpful as i've eased off the meds. i was petrified in the first trimester, when i started them, and i am more nervous than a turkey in november about the final weeks, but the second trimester feels relatively safe. last week, while i was chillin' in oaxaca, i just didn't think about taking the buspar at night. i still took it in the morning, with the beloved prenatal horsepill, so i effectively stepped myself down to half the dosage. then we got home and were sleeping in every day, and i was taking my vitamin in the middle of the day, and the buspar was in a different bag i hadn't unpacked, and i just decided to not unpack the bottle.
i'm so freaked out about taking meds while pregnant anyway, and my ob is not in favor of me taking them in the last trimester, unless i suppose i were suicidal or somehow endangering z, so why not ease off now? i'm doing okay. i have a daily round of doubt, which i did not have on the full dose of buspar, but it is pansy doubt compared to the big bruising doubt of weeks 7-9, and now i can cure it with the doppler.
oh, sweet doppler, singing songs of sureness to my sore psyche!
okay, i'm not going to be publishing a book of poetry any time soon, for which the world should be grateful. we can also be grateful to christian andreas doppler, the 19th century austrian mathematician who dabbled in physics and figured out that the frequency of sound waves was affected by the relative motion of both the source and the detector. i'm glad he figured it out, because i never would have.
posted by laura at 6:55 PM
8 Comments:
So glad to hear you're feeling better. I love the doppler, too.
the doppler is a wonderful, wonderful thing.
I am SOOOOOO thinking Zeta is a girl. That is what I am calling her until we find out her name!
hmmm...is that zeta as in, the last one, the end of the line? interesting theory...
Dopplers Rock!!!!!
Congrats on stepping down off of the meds. :) And glad the doppler offers reassurance! You're doing great.
Funny - Who is Doppler was a Jeopardy question last night. I bet you would have been all over that one! Glad he's been able to provide you with some peace of mind.
I'm so excited about your Wednesday appt. I hope Z decides to be a little show off! Also, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good results from the u/s. Good luck w/everything.
Hurrah for the doppler indeed. It is a good and reliable friend.
I wish I'd had a doppler...I think I'd have been much more sane. So glad things are going so well!! Keep on chuggin', little Z! (By the way, I think Z is a girl too!) :) (((((HUGS))))
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