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"In this tempestuous, havoc-ridden world of ours, all real communication comes from the heart."

- Etty Hillesum

May 03, 2006

HI MOM AND DAD!

We had another ultrasound on Monday � still one little happy beating heart in my uterus. So my fertility doctor cut us loose. Kicked us out of the nest. Told us to fly off to my OB.

So there I was, pantless, at the edge of the exam table, having just been probed. �Hey,� my doctor said. �Give me a hug!�

Ok, a little strange. A little strange to be pantless and hugging a man while your husband looks on from two feet away.

Strange, but sweet.

Hug? I�d give him a big wet sloppy kiss if he asked for it. He took a piece of Blue and a piece of me and made a soon-to-be baby out of us. Very cool, indeed.

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So I saw my OB today. She gave me a big hug (there I was, not just pantless but completely naked with a little gown to cover me up) � a theme is beginning to emerge.

She told me she was glad to see me under such happy circumstances � I agreed!

We had another ultrasound (I�m getting spoiled) and saw our fantastic heartbeat. I�m almost jaded with all of the heartbeat-ultrasounds. Eeh, been there, done that. (KIDDING.)

After she was finished with the ultrasound she popped a videotape out of the machine and said, �Here you go!� � apparently she taped the whole ultrasound/measurement. So anytime I want to look at that little heartbeat, I can.

Which is a good thing, since I won�t see my OB for another six weeks (holy cow, that seems like a long time �). Anytime I have little pregnancies anxieties I can pop that tape in and watch Junior pulsate.

Even though I won�t see my OB for another six weeks, I will see a perinatologist who is a specialist in high-risk pregnancies in three weeks for our next ultrasound. They�ll do more measurements and the nuchal translucency scan.

Blue and I are not on the same page with all of the genetic testing. Frankly, I would choose NOT to do any of it, because I don�t really care what the outcomes are. There are almost no circumstances under which I would have an elective abortion � and the circumstances under which I would consider it are so rare that they�re moot.

Blue has more, um, conservative ideas on what �quality of life� means for a baby.

Let�s hope we don�t have to ever come to a consensus and make a decision based on genetic testing. That will be a sucky time in the Catnip household, to say the least.

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My OB gave me a few snapshots of the ultrasound, as well � the caption on these two lovely pictures said, �HI MOM AND DAD!�

Too funny. I�m delighted that my doctors all seem to have excellent senses of humor.

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