seeing is believing.
I want to tell a story with eloquence and beauty, but I can't quite find the words to describe what it is that I felt as I watched our baby dance on the screen. My bladder was so terribly full, and the technician was pushing down so terribly hard, but then I saw the baby. It waved and danced, and the tears fell from my eyes in a constant stream. I couldn't take my eyes off of the image of the real, living thing moving around inside of me. Occasionally I would break my gaze long enough to look at M as he stared in disbelief, the tears welling up in his eyes. That's our baby, I repeated internally.
I can't feel the baby yet, because it's too small. It's a little bigger than a lime, which is amazing when you think about it. When it waved at me, I saw its fingers. Our baby has fingers.
From the outside I probably don't look much different. My uterus has moved up and out, and has pushed everything (including my fat roll) out of the way. My fat sits a little higher than it did a few months ago, which was all I needed to trade my "normal" pants for those of the maternity variety. Let me tell you, maternity clothes are the way to go. No buttons or zippers- it's a lazy girls dream!
I'm in a transitional week, from 1st trimester to 2nd. I'm excited to be able to eat food in a quantity measured in more than just bites, and although the nausea is fading, I'm ready for it to be gone.
December will be here before I know it.
I can't feel the baby yet, because it's too small. It's a little bigger than a lime, which is amazing when you think about it. When it waved at me, I saw its fingers. Our baby has fingers.
From the outside I probably don't look much different. My uterus has moved up and out, and has pushed everything (including my fat roll) out of the way. My fat sits a little higher than it did a few months ago, which was all I needed to trade my "normal" pants for those of the maternity variety. Let me tell you, maternity clothes are the way to go. No buttons or zippers- it's a lazy girls dream!
I'm in a transitional week, from 1st trimester to 2nd. I'm excited to be able to eat food in a quantity measured in more than just bites, and although the nausea is fading, I'm ready for it to be gone.
December will be here before I know it.