The 20 week sonogram is the important one. If there is anything wrong with the critter, it'll show up now. I did, well actually they did it a few weeks ago.
The lights were dimmed, soft music in the background. I was expecting dinner before the movie.
You expose your belly, they rub a little jelly. The wand presses against you and Critter is on the screen striking a pose.
The' technician' was looking at their screen and there was a monitor for me to see everything. She'd freeze frame an image and measure, measure again and type something. She moved to another part of the baby and another, always measuring and always typing. When she lingered on an image too long, I thought she had found something. Something odd.
I focused on the screen, trying to see if something didn't look right. But truthfully, everything looked strange to me. I've never had a baby before. I've never seen my insides before AND with a fetus in there.
OMG, what if she found something. A disease. A genetic imbalance. Something wrong with its organs. What is she typing?!?!?!?
I tried to ask questions, but I got the obligatory "Your doctor will share the results with you."
Come on, can't you just give me a "Lookin' good in there."
These things can be so stressful. What did our grandparents do? There were no sonograms and tests.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry to much about things like that.
Do you know the sex of the baby?
ReplyDeleteIt's been a week, did she go into labor?
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