Oh that sound!
Yesterday I finally went to my first prenatal appointment. It got a little delayed because of the vacation, but it worked out good this way. If you go earlier, there's really nothing happening, but now, at 12 weeks you get to hear... the heartbeat! I will never understand this. I know how big the baby is, I know there is one in there, its presence has been very obvious to me in the last 6 weeks, I also know it has a heart that beats and what that sounds like... but then when I get to hear it... It hits me every time: THERE IS A BABY IN THERE! This whole thing is just unbelievable. It seems I could have 20 children and still I would wonder how it got there and what it's doing behind my belly button. I had the same reaction the second Veronika was pulled out of me: IT'S A BABY! The nurses all laughed... like, honey, what did you think it was?
In other news, I found out I am already 12 weeks, so from now on the nausea should be subsiding and really, I've had three good days in a row now. (Don't ask me tomorrow), I also already gained 5 pounds. The due date is mid March and the baby will (hopefully) be born here. Yes, we will find out the sex (in two months) and no, we will not tell you the name before the baby arrives.
Posted at 12:36 PM on August 31, 2005
It's good to be reminded that it is indeed a baby and not just a long term illness. You'd think w/ nausea we would LOSE weight, rather than gain it.
I never met any one who REALLY just gained 25.
Not any one I liked.
Congratulations! My older one is a March baby, as well! :)