A Sweet Surprise

Tuesday, June 16, 2009


Today, I had my first of two required appointments with my midwife's supervising practice. Pete and Piper and I drove out, hoping that we'd get to hear Button's heartbeat. I needed something to remind me that I haven't just been sick and dealing with one more health issue I can't escape right now. After the examination, the midwife grabbed the Doppler and we listened to the heartbeat, a strong, healthy 150-160 beat that the midwife said is usually quite fast at this stage.

As we were getting ready to go, she suddenly turned and asked if we'd like to see the baby. I was stunned; we'd just gotten a prescription for the 20-week ultrasound, so her suggestion was completely out of the blue. She smiled and said quietly that she wouldn't charge us for doing it, just if we wanted to see. I had a feeling she was maybe not supposed to do that, but the next thing I knew, the lights were out, and there was our baby up on the screen, little legs crossed and moving new hands and fingers up to its face.

I'm still kinda weepy at this wonderful sweet surprise; I didn't know how much I needed to see my baby, how vulnerable I'd been feeling about the whole thing. I've been staring at the two pictures we got and smiling all the way to my toes about the fact that God actually let me see our new little Button when I totally didn't expect it!

And let me just say, after seeing the pictures, I'm feeling girl...

10 comments:

Heidi said...

Awh, that's cool.

And yeah, I'm going with girl too - cuz of the heartbeat. In my experience that's been pretty accurate, it's only been off once of all the babies I've known heartbeats of. :-P

~Me said...

That is absolutely wonderful. I still remember how much I stared at all the pics we had of Jack when I was pregnant with him. Ben had them plastered all over our bulletin board in the kitchen. I remember how I loved looking at them. So glad you get to do that already!!!

Caleb and Kirsten said...

Awwwwwww!!! LOVE the ultrasound pic! :-)

Kelly Sauer said...

Heidi, I'm willing to wait and see if the beat will go down at all, since the midwife said most babies are in that range at this stage...

melissa said...

so exciting to see your baby for the first time!!! even if it is on the screen...it's still that little bundle being knit together. what a precious gift.

dancebythelight said...

Congratulations on catching the first glimpse of your little one!

Christy said...

Awh...that is precious.

togetherforgood said...

What a wonderful surprise! :)

emily said...

I love this post. I'm kinda weepy about it too and its not even my Button. I've been reading you in a reader lately so I haven't seen the new header. Love it as well.

Dawn said...

a perfect unexpected gift- how beautiful!

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