Seeing the heartbeat of our child yesterday left me with a swirl of emotions, some curiosity, a touch of fear, but mostly awe. It was a strange to see this tiny life form in shades of amber and gray materialized on the screen. I had expected the two dimensional ultrasound which yields pictures that resemble radar sweeps and you have to take it on faith that the bulbous anomaly is in fact your child. Instead, the technician performed a three dimensional ultrasound–actually GE markets it as a 4D Scan–and while the baby is only 1 CM in size all of the features were discernible including the brain, spine, and heartbeat. All I could stammer out is, “That’s us?” Articulate as usual.
I’m planning to post pictures of the ultrasound soon, that is if I can get them away from Management long enough to get them on the scanner bed. Plan on being bored to tears for the coming months as I make continued post after post working out how to get to the hospital whilst driving in reverse (ala Corey Haim!), blindfolded, and coaching Management (read: myself) to breath.
oh! that’s so exciting! you must post on your other website when you can!