July 25, 2005
Christmas in July
Just two more days before another landmark in our pregnancy. The first ultrasound. I feel like a kid. I'm constantly thinking about it. As a guy we don't share the same intimacy as the woman during pregnancy. Like it or not women experience the pregnancy first hand the whole time. Sure Kim has been sick everyday throughout this first trimester. Sure she is tired. Sure she can't eat. But with all of those negatives come all the positives, like feeling the baby inside.
Wait that is all I can think of right now. I know there are more positives. Ladies help me out here. I'll leave the positives up to the women out there who have already had kids.
But anyway...
All those things, good or bad, bring a feeling reality to the pregnancy. Something tangible that hits you across the head and says, "YO, YOU ARE PREGNANT!". Guys don't get that. We have to wait for those moments where the doctor, with the help of technology, makes it real for us. I can't wait. I'm sure there will be a rush of sheer panic and total excitement that will wash over me. Not to mention the cool pictures and sound files you get. Should I bring my own recorder or do they give you a tape? I'll have to find that out.
I am a little nervous though. We know Kim is pregnant. We got that test down; with the numerous pregnancy tests we took. The doctor even confirmed that. Even though it still bothers me that I can't remember the words "Yes you are pregnant" come out of his mouth. But I guess he assumes we know since he keeps scheduling us for office visits. And since some statistics equate nausea with more successful pregnancies, we assume everything is great. But this will be the first of many times the doctors will evaluate that for us, and that scares me.
I'm sure everything is fine; in fact I know it is. But I will breathe easier when they tell me that.
Posted by him at July 25, 2005 08:32 PMPromise me you won't make some Flash doodad of the first ultrasound with "Butterfly Kisses" playing in the background.
Posted by: LadyGypsy at July 26, 2005 12:28 AMI'd bring recording equipment - maybe the video camera, and a blank VHS tape.
When we went in for our ultrasound, I thought about bringing a VHS tape but didn't.
When I asked the technician about it, she said, "If you had called ahead and asked if we could record it to a VHS tape, we would have told you no. But if you had brought a tape with you, I'd probably have recorded it for you."
Life is full of mixed messages like that.
Posted by: Clark at July 26, 2005 09:13 PMAlso, I'd like a Flash doodad, please.
Posted by: Clark at July 26, 2005 09:13 PMThere are sooo many positives, you can't keep track!
Wait until Kim feels the first time the baby has the hiccups and the first time you KNOW the baby is moving. And once the sickness is done, she will be able to eat all she wants. She will also be pampered by you with foot rubs and back rubs, etc.
I also know Kim will be the hippest dressed pregnant lady in all of Collingswood!
Posted by: STEPHANIE at July 27, 2005 10:29 AMcongrats to you both on having a little girl!! i thought our street only produced boys, so this is a good sign. you both will be interesting parents to say the least. it will be pure joy watching you both go through the process.
and, next time you go to bahama breeze, let us know. i have been dying for some ribs. yum!
Posted by: Amy, Dante, and Dante Pasquale at July 27, 2005 04:08 PM
