Hearty News

Today I had the day off school to go back to Clinica de la Mujer and have my full scope of blood and other bodily liquid tests. Having been giving strict orders from Mamma Hare when I once again fainted in the streets of Bogotá, two days after our arrival upon having some cedula blood taken, Steve lovingly accompanied me. Surprise, surprise, by 8:45am, I was passed out again, though this time into my hubby’s lap. After the apparent squeeking/grunting noise I made and the convulsions the nurse reported, I was wheelchaired off to Urgencias where they kept me under “Observación” for the next couple of hours. They brought me soup, tea and rolls and I was able to make Steve eat all of the pieces of stringy beef that I couldn’t stomach. Steve said I should tell the nurse what I really wanted was a long bubble bath, as I’ve been craving one so much, but they were bending over backwards already for me, it seemed a little rude to ask for more. After all the cold sweat and white-outs of the morning, we were granted a wonderful surprise. Taken to a different building, I was allowed my first high-tech, internal ultrasound. Within seconds, we could see our little baby’s heart pumping, and just moments later, hear it echoing throughout the room. It was the most incredible sound and with Steve’s hand in my hand, my eyes welled with tears and the biggest smile came over our faces. “I can’t believe our baby has a heart,” I exclaimed! Steve looked at me with that adoring but “you’re pretty crazy, but I love you” gaze and again, we realized that being parents was going to make our hearts grow bigger and bigger everyday. We came away with some new dimesions. At 7.3 weeks, our ‘junior’ measures 7.3mm Such a clever little baby. He/She knows that my family is really bad with numbers! Mamma Hare, when trying to impress the boys with her sports knowledge, always reports extraordinary info like Dice-K signed a 103 BILLION dollar deal with the Red Sox or Wayne Rooney is younger than SQUIRREL! The “Saco Gestacional” has grown to 40mm from 26mm in just 5 days which is great and all looks wonderful. The heart is strong and sounds way better than Westlife ever did. This is amazing!