Scott and I went to our first ultrasound, an unexpected surprise brought about from the doctor saying I felt like I might be measuring big at our appointment last week.
We happily took the surprise.
I had butterflies in my stomach last night before bed and a huge smile on my face this morning when I woke up.
My full bladder and I laid down on the table in the dark room, with Scott at a chair to my left and a lovely lady and her very important computer screen to my right. The warm (I always thought it was cold!) gooey liquid quickly covered my abdomen area and a wand-like object was pushing hard on said full bladder and poor Baby Z.
Images immediately came up on the screen.
"Just checking your uterus size here..." came a mumble.
"Oh, found the heartbeat..." a moment later.
It was just amazing.
I hadn't expected so many details in the images; so many movements from the baby.
At one minute, the baby's body was all scrunched up, with its legs crossed at the bottom of its body. Then, with some pressure on my stomach, the whole baby bounced upward and in the next image, the legs were straight out and an elbow was bent as if striking a pose or waving hello.
We saw the heart moving with the 150 beats per minute. There are no words.
We saw a big ole brain in the big ole head! (No offense, baby!)
We saw individual bones in the one hand.
Just one tear slipped from my eyes. I had just peeked over at Scott who didn't even look at me; his gaze was glued to that screen and his face looked so peaceful and content. A quick turn to my right to see that bouncing baby in my stomach and that was it. I allowed that tear to trickle down onto the pillow and at that moment it became very, very real.
There is a human being inside me. A child. A bit of love.
A huge, great future.
Next doctor appointment is March 5. The gender ultrasound should be at about that time, too.
Enjoy our photogenic baby!
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