heartbeat
had my 16 week appointment with the midwife yesterday. have another wound and bruise from the latest blood test. i am getting better with them really i think. not so much panic and worry. although i do wonder how much better i can get with them, since it’s the thought of it all that really does it for me and that doesn’t change.
hearing the heartbeat was so magical. as carl said, it’s the first thing we have heard from baby. she put cold jelly on my belly (jellybelly, hehe) and found it almost straight away with the microphony thing. it was really loud, strong and clear and much quicker than a normal heartbeat. the coolest thing was when baby moved and the midwife had to chase him/her to get the heartbeat back. such a relief to know that everything is still all good.
so weird as well to know that i have 2 heartbeats in me now. but then, everything about this whole experience is fairly weird.
