We Got The Beat
We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time on Friday. Just the one heartbeat, thank you very much, all the family that has been teasing me about twins. Twins do run on both sides of our family and we've all kind of been wondering when they might turn up again. Not that I wouldn't consider that a huge blessing, because I'm sure I would, once the initial shock wore off three years later.
It took more than a few minutes for my midwife to find it, but once she did it was loud, fast and unmistakable. Though I never for a second doubted there was a baby in there, there is something very grounding about hearing that sound. It really brings you into the reality and the hugeness of that life you are carrying, but still don't yet know. I'm looking forward to getting to finally meet the little dickens. But in the meantime I'm enjoying eating well and napping, whenever I can.
And we're still working out names. Usually by now Ernesto and I have come to some agreement, but we're still a bit up in the air right now. The kids' favorites so far are Biff for a boy and Shu-Shu for a girl. Unfortunately for them their vote doesn't count.
It took more than a few minutes for my midwife to find it, but once she did it was loud, fast and unmistakable. Though I never for a second doubted there was a baby in there, there is something very grounding about hearing that sound. It really brings you into the reality and the hugeness of that life you are carrying, but still don't yet know. I'm looking forward to getting to finally meet the little dickens. But in the meantime I'm enjoying eating well and napping, whenever I can.
And we're still working out names. Usually by now Ernesto and I have come to some agreement, but we're still a bit up in the air right now. The kids' favorites so far are Biff for a boy and Shu-Shu for a girl. Unfortunately for them their vote doesn't count.
posted by Kristen @ 3:56 PM
5 Comments:
At 9:09 PM,
Flea said…
Oh I agree, isn't it just the nicest sound. To me it sounded like horses running LOL.
You should visit Hliza's blog, she's one of my readers, she's also pregnant with her 3rd now, about 12 weeks and 200+ days to go.
At 9:52 PM,
Anonymous said…
No twins! Bummer! *grin*
I watched the video. Ernesto is having way too much fun with video editting if he can make an heartbeat look that good.
At 9:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
Don't feel bad. My son wanted to name his sister Buzz Lightyear.
I was so close to going with that.
At 9:58 PM,
Anonymous said…
um, hello, where is my other comment? Is Blogger eating them again? ;)
At 8:35 AM,
Kristen said…
Hannelie- I agree...it's a very cool sound...you hear horses running and my husband hears percussion instruments! I will definitely check out Hliza's blog, thanks!
Scott- you know, each time I became pregnant, I thought, 'maybe it's twins!' and even though it seemed a little overwhelming, it was also so cool to imagine. Of course we would definitely have to buy that minivan...we probably still will...And yes, Ernesto really enjoys his video stuff. He is especially fond of the new comic book creator software. You'll be seeing a lot of that in the next few weeks, I'm sure.
Melissa- And everyone would have called her 'Buzzy'. That's way better than Biff. And somehow, now matter what we call the baby, his/her nickname will most likely be 'Shu-Shu'. I don't think there's any escaping it.
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