Thursday, 14 August 2008

Scan day. (Definitely pregnant now!)

Okay, so we're definitely pregnant! We only got to the hospital one hour early (I was being very restrained) and the cafe in the antenatal clinic didn't sell decaffinated tea, milk, or anything I fancied so spent the time getting more and more nervous about having to tell everyone it was a false alarm. In the scanning room the woman was lovely - but had a good look around 'to check everything' before my husband could see the baby & even then the computer screen was turned away from me so I had to ask "is there anything there?!"
Well, there was, so I started crying with relief. The woman turned the screen towards me but I was feeling slightly hysterical by then so the picture kept jumping as I laughed. I managed to calm down and there he was. (Too early to know the sex & we don't want to find out anyway - but can't bear to talk about an 'it') Then Dom took my hand and started shaking which set me off again. (I knew I shouldn't have bothered with mascara.)
Then Dom pipes up "is that the bladder behind the head?" at which the woman panics - not having noticed any major deformities herself - until she realises he meant mine! so then she has hysterics - a great big laugh - for several minutes, after which she helpfully moves the wand to show him my bladder. (Nice.) Then she does a little tour and says "and there you can see the vagina" to which I said "lovely, let's all look at that" which sets her off again and then me too so it's shaking all over the place again!
Anyway, we all calmed down after a while & she managed to print off some unshaky pictures which I'll see if I can post here. (Or get Dom to later.)
We've emailed them around to family & on facebook & everyone agrees he looks very comfy and laid back. There are also opinions that he's either waiting for someone to give him a beer or is playing an imaginary french horn. (Trust me - he's not getting his hands on either for the next few decades...)(... at least.)

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