Introductions are in order..........

I am very pleased and proud to introduce my future granddaughter to everyone. She's had a bit of a rough start, but everything is right on schedule for her arrival in late May or early June. Mother and baby are healthy and the pregnancy is progressing beautifully.

As I watched this ultrasound, this miracle of life displayed before me, of course, I cried, along with everyone else in the room. Seeing the little fingers and toes (at one point, she was sucking her thumb) makes it so real. In a few short months (long months to my daughter!) we will be holding and loving this new baby. Those of you who are parents know exactly the feeling. Being a grandmother was a very scary prospect, but after seeing the images of this precious little life, I see nothing but joy. Granny-Wan, Jedilily, and anyone else who happens to be a grandparent out there, you know what I'm talking about. Anakin was right. What a blessing this baby is!

After I caught my breath and dried my tears, I began to think about how this connects to my other world, my Star Wars World.

I began to think about Padmé and her pregnancy.

I began to wonder how in the world she did not know she was carrying twins. Did she want to keep her pregnancy so secret that she did not seek prenatal care? If she had, she would have known. Or did she know? If she did, why didn't she tell her husband?

The technology was there, the medical droid on Polis Massa informed Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Bail that Padmé was carrying twins. So why didn't she know before that?

Maybe this is one of those things we're not supposed to question. This line of thought also raised a few other question, but I won't go into them in this entry.

You know me, I'll always be back with more questions.


Until then...............MTFBWY

GB