The sound of tiny horses

 Well folks.....went to the doctor last Friday, husband in tow.  The nurse showed us around the room, pointing out this and that.  She pointed in the direction of the ultrasound machine, and made sure I was aware that I would be having a "trans-vaginal" scan today.  I had assumed as much, given the fact that I am not very far along, and have some "cushion action" in my belly region.  She left, I dropped my pants, and my husband stated how this would be the second time in a weeks time that he would watch another person (this time a woman) get all up in my business, while he was to remain clothed and seated.  I chuckled as I draped the paper "blanket" over my lap (which left my ass completely out, another thing my husband pointed out), and waited for the knock.  

In comes nursey, to sheathe the magic wand of ultrasonic wisdom and dowse with goo, and in she goes.  It feels weird.  REALLY weird, actually.  Not only because my husband is in the room, and not only because the wand feels like something that I, on any other occasion, might enjoy on a different level.  But weird, because, up until that point, I had entertained that something may be wrong, but hadn't fully prepared myself for it.  But really, how does one prepare for something like that?  

So, shes pointing out this ovary, and that bladder, and I'm all "GET TO THE FREAKIN' UTERUS, BITCH!  I NEED ANSWERS, AND I NEED THEM NOW!!!!!" when she says something about a light ring and do i see that faint flickering of grey? Wait....you mean THAT flicker.......yeah, I see it.  It was then that she told me that the flickering was my baby's heart.  And I nearly passed out.

She took measurements of the size of this and that using her computer, and then she asked us if we'd like to hear the heartbeat?  Um, let me think about that for a second.  YES!  So, at first I was (apparently) moving around and breathing too much, so I had to -get this-hold my breath for a few seconds.  Which ordinarily wouldn't be a big deal, but at this moment, I was feeling a bit like I had finished a marathon.  But, I sucked it up and in, and there it was.....like music to my ears.......the sound of my little egg mcmuffin's heart beating away like a tiny marching band.  And I nearly passed out again.