little baby a-ok

I am a bit out of touch with my blog this week because I have been out of town helping some 12 year old boys with their biology, chemistry and physics revisions. Topics covered included sexual reproduction and health effects of drug use.

Do you have any idea how surreal it is to talk to young men about how many sperm are ejaculated (300 million) and how many actually make it to the ovum (100) while you are sitting there in front of them pregnant? Or how strange it is to be talking to kids about their textbook lessons regarding the effects of pot on their bodies when you used to smoke a bag a day? One thing I like about being in this position is the fact that you can tell the truth. For example, they learned that a woman’s cycle lasts 28 days and that they ovulate on day 14. Which, as most people my age know, is largely untrue. After talking to them about what they had to memorize I just let them know that one day, when they have sex, to know that a woman can ovulate on other days surrounding their 14th day and to always use a condom. Or, for example, when they are taught that pot is a hallucinogenic and acid is a hallucinogenic, it is important to know they aren’t the same kind of drug.

I kept myself busy so I wasn’t constantly thinking about today. Today was our first baby scan. After reading stories about parents who find out at their scan that their baby was dead, I couldn’t help but have a slight worry. Today, though, we watched our kid’s heart beat.

Life feels really good.

Tomorrow I am off again for more talk of sex, drugs, and elemental compounds. It will be nice when this week is over and I can rest at home with my little blurry photos of my kid.