New Dad

This started out as a Dad's perspective on my wife Katrina's pregnancy and a way to keep the family updated. Alina arrived in February 2006 and now it's more about our parenting adventures. Now we've added Evelyn in July 2008.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

The Raisin Has A Heartbeat

The peanut shaped object on the left is the baby. The round thingy on the right is the yolk sack, which the baby uses for nourishment until the umbilical cord and placenta are more mature.

138 beats per minute, which we're told is "perfect." See that? I'm already being competitive with other would-be parents. 'What's yer fetus kid's heartrate, pal? Oh yeah? Sounds kinda lowww to me.' But, it was pretty easy to find during the sonogram. Katrina started laughing and crying simultaneously, making the sonogram tech tell her that she was messing up the image with her stomach movements. After that it was mostly taking measurements of Katrina's internal bits and pieces, checking for cysts or other problems. But everything is attached and in the right place. So we can scratch ectopic pregnancy off the worries list, where the baby starts to grow in the ovary or fallopian tube instead of where it should be. So, with that and the heartbeat that's 2 worries down 480,624 to go!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That little raisin is so cute. Better get her an agent right away. She'll be a knock out with the both of you as parents.

8:16 AM, July 08, 2005  

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