Last week I went for my scan - it's called anomaly scan or something. I was really excited as I wanted to see the first real image of whatever was in there. After an initial confusion of the names Hepzi and Gibsy, the doc finally called me in. I asked if Dan could come along and the nurse politely told that he will be allowed in the last five minutes to see the scan picture.
I went in and was made to lie on a bed and the doc was looking at my report and asked me lots of questions like if anyone in my family had abnormalities, if I married my cousin, if I had fever in the last few months, etc etc. After replying all in the negative, she applied this really cold gel over my tummy and told me to relax and I was like okay, this is gonna be fine.
The doc was amazing. Her name was Anjana Mala and she was so reassuring and good. She kept the tiny movable thing on my tummy and then she turned the monitor to me and asked, "There.. doesn't the baby look like the dad?" and I turned and I saw the picture. I saw the head - the outline of a tiny nose and skull. Tears welled up in my eyes. I was barely able to speak with emotions overwhelming me and I just smiled and looked on thinking, two lives created this one life and there it is - alive and moving! How can people not believe in God and his love I wondered.
The doc then proceeded to take vital measurements and the li'l one was moving a lot and making things hard for her I guess. I even looked at it stretching its head backwards and I laughed. She told me everything was normal and looking good. Thank God for that. Finally the dad came in and he was sitting beside me. She showed him the picture again. He was like "it's not very clear, is it?" and everyone started laughing. Well, we can't get a Kodak shot for that now, can we?
Then he watched open-eyed, in amazement and blissful joy as she showed him our kid's arms, legs, spine, feet and eyes. We even heard the heartbeat and it's something that I will always cherish in my memories. They even handed us a beautiful picture of our li'l baby to treasure. The scan was finally over and the doc finally said, "Very active baby.. It'll be a challenge growing it up!"
P.S - The image shown is not our kid's... I don't want to put it up right now but it looked more or less like this.
I went in and was made to lie on a bed and the doc was looking at my report and asked me lots of questions like if anyone in my family had abnormalities, if I married my cousin, if I had fever in the last few months, etc etc. After replying all in the negative, she applied this really cold gel over my tummy and told me to relax and I was like okay, this is gonna be fine.
The doc was amazing. Her name was Anjana Mala and she was so reassuring and good. She kept the tiny movable thing on my tummy and then she turned the monitor to me and asked, "There.. doesn't the baby look like the dad?" and I turned and I saw the picture. I saw the head - the outline of a tiny nose and skull. Tears welled up in my eyes. I was barely able to speak with emotions overwhelming me and I just smiled and looked on thinking, two lives created this one life and there it is - alive and moving! How can people not believe in God and his love I wondered.
The doc then proceeded to take vital measurements and the li'l one was moving a lot and making things hard for her I guess. I even looked at it stretching its head backwards and I laughed. She told me everything was normal and looking good. Thank God for that. Finally the dad came in and he was sitting beside me. She showed him the picture again. He was like "it's not very clear, is it?" and everyone started laughing. Well, we can't get a Kodak shot for that now, can we?
Then he watched open-eyed, in amazement and blissful joy as she showed him our kid's arms, legs, spine, feet and eyes. We even heard the heartbeat and it's something that I will always cherish in my memories. They even handed us a beautiful picture of our li'l baby to treasure. The scan was finally over and the doc finally said, "Very active baby.. It'll be a challenge growing it up!"
P.S - The image shown is not our kid's... I don't want to put it up right now but it looked more or less like this.
awww...thats sooo sweeeeet! :-)
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