Heartbeats

Heartbeats...
Just like the song... The same one I was sharing with petit pois this morning (one earphone for me, the other one over the bump)...
16 weeks today... I Can not believe that 4 months are already gone!!! And I still don't have the huge massive belly I was expecting to have by now (although I think is pretty big!, but I'll let you be the judges).
Today was also the appointment with the midwife, so I got up early, took the dogs for half a walk and then to the Vets (Haku has a spot on his leg and keeps chewing at it). Then, I left the doggies home and went for my appointment.
As expected, a blood sample was taken to run the triple screening test (the one to assess the risk for Down's and/or Spina Bifida). But unexpectedly I was also checked up! The Midwife this time happened to be a lovely lady... Very nice and caring. She felt my tummy and said that there is still a lot to fill in (talking about the upper mid of my belly) but that everything seem to be quite normal for the moment!
The most exciting part of the consultation was when she took a device unknown to me and placed it in my abdomen... It was the doppler, and for the first time, just as petit pois heard José González's Heartbeats, I was able to hear my precious one's heart! I couldn't make my mind whether the sound reminded me that of a running horse or the noise the washing machine makes ... But in any case, it was a beautiful song!!!
As for me: I'm feeling great. My breast are not sore anymore and I think I may have been feeling baby movement for a while... I suspect that is precisely what it is because is something not known to me :) It feels like a little electric shock sometimes, or like a tiny knock, like a glass bubble exploring my inner universe. I feel blessed...!

14 Weeks!

And the bump is getting bigger and is starting to protrude a bit more!

I have been having really strange dreams recently... I dreamt I was being chased by a maniac (that happen to be my dream boyfriend) with a gun and I have to escape (by bus) and then fly to New York (where I was originally from) and ended up in Paris (I know: a little bit of sense would have been great!) In other of my dreams I was a black lesbian :S hahahahahaha!!!

Just to update a little: I've already told the close family and friends... Very exciting, BUT I DIDN'T CRY!!! Not a tear, NOTHING!!! The first person to know was Granny... I wanted to give her a nice birthday present after what she has been through recently (her brother and cousin died the same day)... So I phoned her told her I had a present for her, but it was not going to be ready until October! I think I cried a wee bit! I made her promise she wouldn't say a word! (and she didn't!)

About a week after breaking the news, my mum came across for my sis's new baby arrival... I had the idea of having mu inlaws and my mum for dinner one night, but because the baby was due any time, mum couldn't leave my nephew's side. So I stuffed 2 copies of the 12 weeks scan in 2 frames, wrote 2 letters (spanish and english) and sent them by post (hoping I wouldn't mix match the languages!)... The next day I had to travel to Aberdeen for a course and I stayed overnight. By 10:00 pm I received my mum's phone call... I have no idea what was she on about... I couldn't make a single word out of the conversation!!! She was in tears (which instead of setting me off, made me laugh out loud!!!)

Then, little by little, everybody was summoned. My niece was born on the 3rd of April 2009 and on that night, my dad and the rest of the family also heard my news..! (one have to think on the cost of a phone call these days!!!)

So everyone is happy as Larry!

I still keep on exercising, walking the dogs and doing a normal life... The only thing that has changed are my sleeping patterns... I seem to find very easy falling asleep, but then I will wake up in te middle of the night with an awful lot of thoughts and is hard to go back to Morpheus! I suppose is normal.

Here is a pic... Please note that there is something sticking out for sure!!!

Love!

V, F & Petit Pois