Halfway there! Wow, now I am starting to really get nervous; before I know it, I’m going to be a mother!
We had our ultrasound and it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. It is absolutely amazing the detail in which you can see the baby. When the technician first put the ultrasound device on my belly and we saw the baby, it was yawning. (My comment was, “I’m right there with you, baby,” as the ultrasound was early in the morning.)
It was amazing to see its little mouth yawn. I’ll attach a photo, but it’s not nearly as cool as watching it actually happen. My heart just melted when I saw our baby; I can’t even describe in words what I felt. We had so much fun looking at all the various baby parts. Good news: two arms, two legs, healthy heart, and this baby’s growing right as it should be. My scheduled due date, Christmas, is right-on with the baby’s development, so all looks good so far. What a wonderful Christmas this is going to be.
It was fun to watch my husband’s reaction: he was absolutely fascinated with seeing the baby and watching it move. We could even see it sucking; it wasn’t sucking its hand or anything, just making the sucking movements with its mouth. My husband’s comment was how amazing it is that from two microscopic particles—an egg and sperm—this miracle can develop. Life truly is amazing!
We still don’t want to know the gender, so the tech had us look away when she came to that area. She said the baby’s gender is just between her and the baby. Man, talk about power. She didn’t even put it on the paperwork for my doctor, so he doesn’t know either. Some people can’t understand why we don’t want to find out ahead of time; certainly it does make planning a little more difficult. I look at it this way: it’s really the last great surprise, and I figure I’ve had enough bad surprises that I am due for a good surprise. Either way, boy or girl, it will be a good surprise.
August 18, 2008 Whitney said:
Yay! I'm the Comment Queen!! I could PM you the name of the hospital I delivered at and they had extremely accessible rooms. They were designed specifically with wheelchairs in mind, so they were larger than average delivery and recovery rooms, and the bathrooms had roll in showers with a fold down bench if you'd rather sit on a bench than in your chair. And of course the standard bars around the toilet for ease in transferring. Of of this was necessary for me after I had my c-sections.
My advice to you is look around. If you didn't feel like they had accessible enough rooms, there are other options. The new IHC hospital should be one such place but I've never been there myself. Also bring the head nurse of both delivery and recovery on board. I have a horror story of a recovery with my daughter that I want no one else to experience and it came down to this - the hospital staff didn't know how to handle a disabled woman who just gave birth and there was no attempt to accommodate because of fear and ignorance. Well, I gave them something to fear and my experience with my son was so much better. It may sound extreme but think about it from this perspective - probably in their whole career the nurses and staff at any given hospital have dealt with a pregnant disabled woman enough times to count on only one hand. The regular staff aren't going to know what to do and so it probably won't even be noted on your chart that you might need extra help or extra attention. Then for sure in a busy recovery department, you can be guaranteed not to get the extra help and attention you WILL need - especially if you end up with a c-section.
August 18, 2008 Kara said:
Thanks for the updates Muffy-What an adorable little baby he or she already is! I totally admire your strength to hold out on the gender...there's no way I could do that! The curiosity would kill me!
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