first encounter

so, mom & dad g and rick & lisa heard the news over easter weekend in mobile. upon returning home, adam and i had our first appointment on 3/27. we were promised the opportunity to hear the heartbeat by the nurse, but the doctor scoffed at our early expectations. we talked her into an internal ultrasound then. . .

it had to be the neatest thing to see the little hear beating, like a little clam. in the pic, the embryo is between the plus signs, top right in the dark kidney-shaped shadow (amniotic sac). sure, you think you know you've got something going on, but this really made it feel official and real. and it was great to both be there to experience it together. if adam has his way, he'll invent a way to capture the sound of the heartbeat and make an mp3 of it, so all the sound-geek-dads in the world can have something to take with them, beyond the nondescript, grainy b-w pic of some blobs. knowing him, he'll come up with something, i know it.

there was something about seeing the little one that made us both want to tell the world. we're branching out a bit, but still keeping our cards close to the vest. adam's more sharing than i, especially at work. but it'll be different for me at work. . . very different. but that's something to worry about much later from now.

we go back for another appointment in 4 weeks, ultrasound and blood test in between. this ultrasound will be more detailed and we may get more info on the second blob apparently inhabiting the amniotic sac. . . doc says it might have been a twin, or a fold of membrane, or who knows what. but she said it's nothing to worry about, so i'm not worrying. but really curious!