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Ultrasoon
Apparently we’re having the baby “ultra-sooner than we thought” since the ultrasound at our birthing center in Madrid today said we were 16 weeks along instead of 14 weeks. I’m all for getting this baby here as soon as possible. Patience is not my virtue. Watch our 16 Week Ultrasound on Vimeo. For more, read [...]
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Optical Illusion
The midwife shook the bottle, turned it upside down, and drew a circle of blue gel on April’s belly. She rolled over the ultrasound machine, which was nothing more than a laptop on a cart with a holster on the side for the probe, which she untangled and rolled over April’s stomach like a miniature [...]
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Face to Face
TAGS: ultrasound, image, photo, baby, face, pregnancy, clinic, checkup
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¿Niño o Niña?
“Actually, I can’t tell,” the doctor said. She took both her hands and pressed gently on April’s stomach. The baby on the screen wiggled, even yawned, and settled back into a comfortable position. The doctor scratched her face and looked at the screen. The baby was resting comfortably. Wombs are a good place for a [...]
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Seeing is Believing (Part 2)
We had our second doctor’s visit today and are happy to say we have a healthy, growing baby.
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First Doctor’s Visit
Monday night April asked if I had any questions I wanted to ask the doctor on Tuesday at our first doctor’s visit of the pregnancy. I thought for a moment. “No,” I said. “Do you?” I asked. “No,” April said. Tuesday morning I had a few minutes, so I did a search online to find [...]
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Seeing is Believing
We had our first doctor’s visit today, and we are happy to report, we have a healthy baby! We got to see and hear the baby’s heart beating, and s/he even moved around a few times while we were watching the ultrasound. God is good.
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