A Fitting Poem for the Title of my Blog

I'll admit it. I'm not a huge fan of poetry. If someone wants to discuss poetry (actually happened to me recently, believe it or not), I cannot contribute to the conversation at all. Does Dr. Seuss count as poetry? I can talk about Dr. Seuss...

At any rate, my sister sent me this poem the other day and it really spoke to me I think it's really awesome.

It was published in 1917. Enjoy.


Deep in the Quiet Wood
James Weldon Johnson 1871-1928

Are you bowed down in heart?
Do you but hear the clashing discords and the din of life?
Then come away, come to the peaceful wood,
Here bathe your soul in silence. Listen! Now,
From out the palpitating solitude
Do you not catch, yet faint, elusive strains?
They are above, around, within you, everywhere.
Silently listen! Clear, and still more clear, they come.
They bubble up in rippling notes, and swell in singing tones.
Not let your soul run the whole gamut of the wondrous scale
Until, responsive to the tonic chord,
It touches the diapason of God's grand cathedral organ,
Filling earth for you with heavenly peace
And holy harmonies.



Much Love,

Five Months

We had our "big" ultrasound yesterday. Baby Parrish is 13 ounces, has a 3.2cm long left foot, and a heart rate of 150bpm. The brain cysts are still there, but the doctor isn't very concerned and thinks they will "resolve". They can be associated with Trisomy 18. She was more upset about me not getting a tetanus shot after my friend's dog bit me on Tuesday! The tech couldn't see the four chambers of the heart, so I'll go back at 28 weeks for another ultrasound.

I really wish I had kept a tally of all of my ultrasounds since starting on this infertility journey. It feels like it has to be in the 30s by now. And unfortunately, more have been trans-vaginally than abdominal. TMI?

I'm still getting headaches every night so she recommended I buy a hypoallergenic pillow and see if that helps. She doesn't think this is normal and says she could recommend me to a neurologist, but that they would charge $500 and tell me the exact same thing. I purchased the pillows this morning, so we shall see. Cross your fingers!

20 weeks

Much love,