Sunday, June 7, 2009
Hearing fetal heartbeat with a stethoscope
I had heard that after 20 weeks we should be able to hear Blueberry's heartbeat with the small side of a regular stethoscope. Luckily, I have one from my days on the ambulance crew, so every once in a while we check to see if we can hear anything, but we spent a lot of time just moving the chestpiece around and listening to the sounds of digestion. (Lovely, I know.) This morning I grabbed the stethoscope off the nightstand before I got out of bed and on the first try, I heard that unmistakable sound. I was surprised that we could hear it so clearly! What a fun way to start the day!
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What an awesome story. It's the little things that matter to us.
ReplyDeleteYippppeee! Such an intimate, memorable moment for you and Blueberry!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys! It was really cool to hit that milestone! Of course, I also learned that it's not always a guarantee that we'll find it--I tried a couple more times yesterday to find it and couldn't hear it. Oh well...it's kicking me enough to let me know that it's still alive in there!
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