Mommy had an appointment over at her consultant’s office today and we saw a pretty remarkable thing on the monitor screen. It’s amazing to think that something 2.5 cm in length will be Nicholas’ younger brother or sister round about 12 February 2005. We don’t know what gender is in there (hmmm, that rather rhymes!) and if this one is like his or her older brother, we may not find out at the 14-16 week mark that is customary. Whilst we’d like all of our friends and loved ones to think pink, we’ll be thrilled with whatever we get as long as the kid is healthy.
Since the last ultrasound, they’ve changed their setup so that there is a monitor screen visible to the mother-to-be and her entourage. Our theory was that the sonar technician was tired of a bunch of freaks hovering over her and her equipment, but we’re willing to allow for them wanting to give Mommy a good view (isn’t it amazing how long it takes to account for SEEMINGLY OBVIOUS innovations like letting a mother watch her own ultrasound and that no one had thought of it before?!?).
Anyway, the sonar technician answered the most important question (well, for Daddy at least!) and I’m pleased to report there is only one kid in there. (Ed. note: SWEEEET! 🙂 She also indicated that she’s never missed one yet! (Ed. note: TOTALLY SWEEEET!) Everything looks just fine and we got a very strong return on the heartbeat at 165 beats-per-minute.
We’ve actually known since the seventh of June that Mommy was working on kid #2 but have been rather tight-lipped about it until we could get official confirmation (not that official confirmation was actually necessary…we were more than convinced by the positive pregnancy test and the symptoms that started soon after!). Daddy’s boss (Barbara) actually figured it out straightaway but as she went on holiday for two weeks, there wasn’t any point in trying to fool her…they just have this way of knowing things.
Here’s hoping this pregnancy doesn’t have quite the excitement of Nicholas’ and goes the term that it is meant to go. Not only will we be satisfying Cosby’s First Law of Parenting (you have to have more than one child to be a real parent because there is a whole class of problems parents of single children don’t even experience… i.e. will you stop touching me!) but I think that Nicholas is going to be an excellent big brother.
Whether he wants the job or not! 🙂
