Run Silent, Run Deep...

We have been keeping news of the seedlet (henceforth to be known as hot dog, or milkshake) mostly secret. I say mostly because secrecy here at Casa Clarity is more like the reference desk at the library. Want to know what's going on around here? Just ask, no security clearance necessary. At least nine additional people have been informed, outside of medical professionals. Understandably, four of them are family members. Wifey needs someone to talk to about it besides me.

The bigger issue is we've been working at this for a year. During that time, we've had 3 or 4 miscarriages. One of them was my fault. I handed her aspirin for a headache. We didn't know she was pregnant at the time, and I had no idea what it would do. We found out the next day.

So, this is why we've tried to keep a lid on telling everyone. We have our first ultrasound in a week. I hope to have good news.

The Situation..

Here's how I found myself deciding to write this blog:

I am a forty-ish married fella who fancies himself a writer. Four days ago my wife told me she is pregnant. We had been "trying" for a year. I dislike that word immensely. You're either doing what needs to be done, or you are not. And we did it. It just took a year for it to take. I have avoided anything to do with babies my entire adult life, so it didn't take long for me to realize that my learning curve is going to be steep. Hence my daily dive into what the internet has to say about childbirth and fatherhood.

Today we started talking about names. It might be too early, but I already have a favorite.

Here are two interesting baby name sites that are giving me ideas:

Baby Names

Parents Connect

And this site has a great timeline feature that helps me wrap my head around what's going on inside my wife's lady parts:

BabyCenter

Why the world needs another blog about fatherhood...

It doesn't. Let's start by acknowledging that right off. A quick search will tell you that there are any number of people telling their parenting story. We are a self indulgent lot, we bloggers. While I might dip my toe, or an entire appendage if appropriate, in those waters from time to time, the intent here is to talk about things on the internet about parenting that I find useful, not so useful, entertaining, and otherwise pleasantly distracting.

And here are two daddy blogs I've already parked in my newsfeed:

Daddy Types - I like this guy's style.

Rebel Dad - Because I want to be a successful stay-at-home dad. I might learn something here.

And away we go...