Went in for anatomy scan a few weeks back when I hit the 20 week mark, and in excitement forgot to write about the crazy, technologically warped and deeply moving experience of seeing your baby moving INSIDE your womb on a giant screen!
Hubby and I both knew we wanted to know the gender - there will after all be millions of surprises and transformative moments throughout our lives and raising our daughter, this is one we can prep for. But leaving the house we were both wearing purple - without planning it - and ready for whatever was coming, as long as all the parts needed were there.
Upon having the baby show up on the monitor, we were stunned, I mean stunned like 80 year old people being told suddenly, "You can talk to people in Africa and see them on a computer screen as you talk to them." We were all, "Gosh-darn this new-fangled technology! You can see the full baby's face on the screen! Not only that, it looks like she's waving at us!!
Tearing up we marveled over the magic of seeing so much of her in the 3D images - she's a superstar at somersaults inside my belly so you can see everything, but the sonogram specialist had the darndest time getting her to stay still to take the still shots - and watching her kick the wall of my belly as I felt her doing it.
There are many things about the modern moment that, excuse my French, Freak Me The Fuck Out about having a child right now. There won't be any fish in about 50years, the oil is all gone and the planet is finally giving us the business for polluting for so long. However, when I see the magic of her little face on the screen, and experience the downright magical feeling of her moving around inside, I find little patches of peace among the stresses of daily life.
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