Friday, 12 December 2008
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I saw the baby!
So I went in for my first appointment last week (11 weeks). At the end of it, the nurse said "let's go find the heartbeat if you want." I didn't even know it was an option. So we go into a room and she tries to find it with the little machine thing first. She couldn't find it, so she waited a minute and then tried again. She searched for about 5 minutes and couldn't find anything. No one told me not to freak out, by the way. Then she announces that I need to have an ultrasound "to make sure it's growing well" (might as well have said 'to make sure it's not dead'). So she sticks B and I back out in the waiting room and I'm trying not to bawl and of course he's all happy and talking and I just want to tell him to shut up but I couldn't even talk.
So they take us into the ultrasound room finally and there it was, wiggling around. She couldn't find the heartbeat because it wouldn't stop moving. You could see the legs and a foot, and in both of the pictures we got to take home the right hand is sticking up. It was pretty cute that once I calmed down it stopped moving.
It was so surreal, I had to remind myself that it wasn't on tv, that's really MY baby. That is so amazing they can do that, that they can give me a picture of my baby when it's not even 3 months old.
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Comments (4)
Awesome!
I've had early ultrasounds too. It's crazy when you aren't expecting it.
That is so cool. She should have told you not to freak out, though. It is not at all uncommon to not hear a heartbeat that early. Some won't even try until 16 weeks. Hope all is well.
Sounds like things are going well. The 2nd trimester ultrasound is even better, esp if you are able to get a 3D one.
@mamajoyjoy - The 3D ones kind of freak me out!