Friday, April 13, 2007

Wow!


I thought this day would never arrive. My original dr. apt was scheduled for Tuesday the 10th but last week Dan found out he had to go to Korea, arriving back Thursday. I’m not superstitious but there was something odd about scheduling my first doctor’s appointment for Friday the 13th. (Please don’t be a devil child.) I was awestruck upon seeing you for the first time. It is unbelievable that our bodies could create and nurture you. I have spent my whole life knowing women have babies; learning about babies in school, babysitting as a teenager, watching as my step-mom - and friends around me - had babies, experiencing my friend’s little girls and boys growing up before my eyes, and watching as Max went from 6 years old to 13 in no time. Yet, somehow now that I am experiencing this first hand, it is surreal. I am suspended in a state of disbelief, left contemplating how we are able to create something so magnificent. And that very life which we create, with luck, love and nurturing, grows up to be a strong self-sufficient adult. Simply amazing.
You were very still when we peaked in on you, all except your heart - which was beating at 170 beats a minute. We saw your little fingers. You measured 3.76cm.

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