Ilya and I saw the baby’s heart beating during today’s ultrasound. I could barely see it–for a while I was looking in the wrong place altogether and even now I’m not absolutely sure that I ended up looking at what I was supposed to look at. Anyway, Ilya, the doctor and the nurse all saw the heart beat too, so at least one of us has to be right! Seeing the heart beat is such a relief since it’s a sign that everything is going well (and reduces the chance of miscarriage by a whole bunch). So, yay! Ilya’ll be posting the ultrasound pic later today–the gestational sac basically just looks like an elongated version of last week and there’s a little yolk sac inside.
As for other news, it’s looking like I’ll be pregnant and unemployed next year. I did not get a fellowship, so my choices are lecture at UCLA (or elsewhere) or don’t work–unless I come up with a creative third alternative (tutoring?). Even if I get a job as a lecturer, I wouldn’t be able to teach in Winter (newborn) or possibly in Fall (the baby would be due on the day classes end–and that’s not including finals week, or grading, plus what if the baby’s early?). And it seems icky to be planning my first lecture course (mega work) in my third trimester while on the job market. Oh well.
But back to happy news–we have a heart beat! 🙂
growing baby 
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