Woosh, woosh, woosh....

The appointment went well and we learned Vanessa s really good at growing our baby. We received Vanessa’s blood test results back. Everything is perfect. The midwife took out the Doppler to listen to the babies heartbeat. This is when I started getting excited. The only evidence I have had that we are having a baby is two little blue lines on a pee stick, Vanessa not feeling well, and Vanessa sleeping a whole lot. It’s not that I didn’t believe that we are having a baby, it’s just nice to have some kind of contact with the little one. As soon as the Doppler touched Vanessa’s stomach the heartbeat was loud and clear. It sounded more like a woosh, woosh, woosh… about two a second. The midwife was surprised that it was so easy to find and that it was so strong. That made me happy. Strong heart = good.

So after a couple of minutes, they called me into the room so we could see the ultrasound. This is what I have been waiting for! So the midwife squeezed some hair gel onto Vanessa’s stomach. It might have been something medical, but it looked like hair gel to me. The ultrasound thingy went on Vanessa’s stomach and then we could see all sorts of black and white blobs on the screen. Then I could start to make out the head, legs, and torso. Most importantly, we only saw 1 baby. The baby was about the size of a lime, so you couldn’t really see features, but it did seam to have all of the right body parts. As far as the sex, we are not going to find out and we wouldn’t be able to tell for another 6 weeks or so.

I find that “Do you know if it is going to be a boy or a girl” is the most common question I get. It’s also the question people ask repeatedly every couple of days even after I have explained we don’t want to know. People are surprised that we don’t want to know the sex. I read last night that roughly 64% of people do want to know, so that is only 2 out of 3 couples. There are definitely pros to knowing the sex ahead of time, but we are looking forward to the anticipation and the surprise. It also keeps the grandmothers and myself from going crazy with buying a lot of stuff ahead of time.