What sound above all others can cause you to hold your breath, suspend all thoughts, and invade your heart, washing over you with a flood of love and realization unlike anything you've felt before? The 140 beats per second that you hear when your baby's heartbeat is made audible to you for the first time. Ultrasounds are powerful, but this little powerful strong sound just seemed so much more concrete than even that first image. When you consider that the "idea" of the image is what is so powerful when you see your baby at 12 weeks, because the baby is still so small and a little anatomically strange just yet. The doctor is pointing things out to you that would be hard to figure out on your own, because the image is so fleeting. Now, at 18 weeks, I have actually heard the heartbeat, loud and strong. There's no second-guessing....no questioning "am I hearing what I think I am hearing?" Ill be able to see a full ultrasound in a few weeks so I look forward to that as well. It's one more beautiful experience among so many.
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Such a wonderful experence. I know you were excited. I know I was when I heard my daughters for the first time. john
I am glad you are "living" this "living" sound...it has to be a beautiful experience for you...I know it was for me...many times...many many times :)....and it only gets more exciting...all of which you truly DO deserve....
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