Babys first picture!
So today was the big day. Eight weeks! (and one day if you want to get technical). Jess and I arrived at the doctors office and after a long wait, the doctor told me after a routine pap, we were going to do an ultrasound to try to see the heartbeat.
This is by far the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my life. There was little peanut/Lima bean/alium (alien) shaped thing inside of me and a very little part of it was flashing. THAT was the heart. Tears rolled down my face as I realized that THAT was my baby, our baby. This was no longer just some thing that made my boobs sore and my back hurt, this was a living creature inside of me. Emphasis on the creature. Looks like a dragon to me, but for now it will be referred to as Peanut, (because of it’s shape) or Alium (because Aliens live in outer space, and Aliums, live in your belly)
So Alium made me cry for the first time today, (not the last I am sure). Jess held my hand as the doctor pushed the wand over my belly and this creature danced and bounced before our eyes. We could actually see it moving. Amazing.
Jess’ grip got tighter and I knew he felt the same way I did. This is it, this is for real, this is our baby.
I could go on all day telling you how wonderful it feels to know that there is life being created inside me, but words could never explain, or do justice to the way I feel.
It's just me...
You are so right. Just wait until you can feel Alium move. The whole world shifts.