Cash

For those of your who aren't familiar with Cash, let me explain.. A couple of months ago Ben and I were looking through the baby books the hospital gave us. The book has week by week pictures of what the fetus/baby looks like and compared the sizes of it to fruits and veggies. I think it was the same week the book said it was about Lima-bean size, Ben decided it looked more like a cashew. (I'll have you know, the book only compared the size to veggies and fruits, not the actual appearance. However that week it did resemble a cashew, but today it does not look like a plum, it's just about the same size.) Cashew stuck and was quickly nick named Cash. Ben now insists on calling our child Cash through out it's life. I asked him one day what would happen if this baby was a girl, Cash isn't a very girl like name. He simply said "looks like she's stuck with a pretty bad nickname."

I had my first real doctors appointment Friday, April 23rd. Ben graduated Raven school early, so he had Friday off and could join me for the appointment. Most of my books had informed me that we would get to hear the heart beat, so having him there for that meant a lot.

The nurse took out the Doppler to find the heartbeat. The Doppler reminded me of a toy I had when I was a kid. It looked like a radio with a toy microphone. Sounded like one too. A lot of scratchiness and high pitched screams. She spent a few minutes trying to find the heartbeat, but wasn't able to. The nurse stayed very calm and confident so being nervous about it never crossed my mind...until telling this story to others and them gasping when I told them she couldn't find the heartbeat at first. We never did get a chance to hear the heartbeat that day, but instead we saw it. The nurse pulled out the ultrasound machine. We figured out why she wasn't able to pick up a heartbeat with the Doppler. The baby wouldn't stop moving. It was moving from one side of the uterus to the other, very fast. In the words of Benjamin "he was dartin' around like a little trout" I love my Mainer!

We even got a picture of the baby. We weren't expecting this for at least another month or so. So it was very exciting. Having Ben by my side was the best. I hope we can continue to do these visits together.

The little white spots are the baby's hands. (Ben says by the size of the hands it's definitely a boy and he's going to be the future MVP for the Red Sox.) To the right of the hands, is baby's head. It's not a very clear pic as it is really soon to have an ultrasound done. The nurse also said that the one done in radiology will be much clearer.


However My Mom and Dad saw past the blur and say it looks like me. Thanks for the laughs Mom and Dad. I wish I could be home to share this all with you. I miss you guys every day.