Enjoy the peace and quiet now ... soon it will be....
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Posted on 11/26/2008 1:41:16 PM PST by RayBob
I saw my son for the first time today. Grainy images...a quick blur... was that a foot?
My wife will be at 20 weeks on Saturday. We've been anxiously awaiting this day. Would it be a boy or a girl? My wife wanted a girl. She was hoping for frilly pink dresses and all the "girly-girl" stuff that goes along with it. I won't say that I was indefferent, but the gender did not matter. I wanted a healthy child. I could think of great things about a boy or girl. I already had a daughter from my first marriage. She's thirteen now and filled with raging hormones. OK, the more I thought about it, a son would be nice.
We entered the exam room. The technician was very professional as she went about her business. "Here is the head. Look! The baby just opened its mouth!" That was our first sight of our son. We could see the outline of his face and his lips! His little mouth was opening and closing. Was that his hand? It was!
She went about her business, locating and identifying this part and that. Then she stops... "Yup! Its a boy!" As I sit there glued to the monitor, I realize that I have this big, goofy smile on my face. My cheeks are starting to hurt as I am smiling too hard!
The tech starts pointing out internal organs. "Here's the heart. This is a great view, you can see all four chambers." I'm watching in awe. There it is, his tiny little heart. Beating at 154 beats a minute, I can see it moving. I am amazed. Kim is just shy of 20 weeks (but the baby is about 18 weeks; they count from the last period, not from conception). This tiny baby is just 18 weeks from conception, yet there is a beating heart. A stomach... there's the bladder...and kidneys...and there....yup, he's definitely a boy!
I remember sitting in the doctor's office back in the end of September and hearing that heart beat for the first time. Now, I sit in amazement, spellbound by the image of that tiny beating heart.
We walked in that room with so many questions. Will it be a boy or girl? Will everything be alright? Will it be healthy? As the tech continues to show us legs, feet, arms and tiny little wiggling fingers, those questions evolve... what will he be like? Will he want to play baseball? Will he be musical? Artistic?
We walked into that room filled with apprehension and left it filled with wonder and awe, and most of all, hope.
Life is beautiful...
Congratulations! Thank you so much for sharing, it brought back some great memories, such as the day we found out we were having a son (child #2), and how I, too, couldn’t stop grinning! They are a miracle, and having that little peek into their prenatal life is awesome. God Bless.
Saw my own little girl for the first time Monday. It sure is a rush.
Congratulations and this is so wonderful.
May God continue to bless your family.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Enjoy the peace and quiet now ... soon it will be....
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Congratulations and Happy Thanksgiving. :)
AK is better than BK, but AGK is best.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing your joy.
Congratulations to you as well.
Can’t wait - grandkids will give me one last excuse to act the fool.
... and play with trains and go to the zoo and the beach and ...
... AND RIDE THE GIANT DIPPER AGAIN.
On behalf of the Mod Squad, CONGRATS!
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