Last Friday Josh and I got an unexpected peek at our next child. I had some random sharp pains that concerned me. After a call to my doctor I was asked to come in for a sonogram to check everything out. I spent the day a nervous wreck. I tried telling myself it was nothing but the truth is it could have been a major something.
Josh and I got back into the sonogram room and the tech started right away. She quickly checked the baby and said, “everything looks great there” and then went right over to check out my ovaries. I was so surprised and relieved that I had to ask her again if the baby was okay. She went back to the baby and sure enough, there it was. It was such a shock to see a baby that I could hardly breathe.
At this stage of the game it’s hard to remember I’m pregnant. Some days I don’t feel great but I can easily attribute that to other things. I’m not showing, I can’t feel the baby move… It’s hard to fathom an olive size baby growing in my belly. And yet, there it was on the screen. In fact just as the tech went back to the baby, the little one started moving it’s tiny little legs and arms! I couldn’t stop the tears at that point.
So suddenly it has kind of sunk in that there is a new life growing inside me. How lucky are we that we get to experience this all again. How blessed we are that in 7 months Jasper will have a little brother or sister. Even after going through this all before I have to say that it’s still totally mind-blowing.