This past week I've been working long hours prepraring for the first day of school. Our teachers returned on Monday for professional development and I was responsible for a lot of the training, meetings, and presentations. Needless to say, my stress level has been higher than it really should be.
On Thursday and Friday, I was experiencing some weird feelings in my belly. Nothing painful just different. I honestly don't even know how to describe it...maybe a stretching feeling? Just uncomfortable. I was concerned that I had gotten overstressed and was really mad at myself for letting the stress get to me and feared that I had hurt the baby :(
I walked into my co-workers office on Friday and told her how I was feeling. She tried to reassure me and tell me that the baby is growing and I would be feeling all sorts of different and strange things throughout the pregnancy. Although she was trying to comfort me, I still felt bad and could hardly believe that I had to wait another 8 days until we have our next ultrasound. I was literally considering just going to the doctor and asking for an ultrasound to just have peace of mind.
On my way home from work, I called David and shared how I was feeling. He too tried to reassure me, told me to hurry and get home so I could just lay down and relax. AND he got onto me a little and told me that there are "plenty of people at work that need to share the work load" and I needed to stop pushing myself too hard.
I came home, EXHAUSTED, and got ready to lay down on the couch. David shared that he had two surprises for me and told me to follow him into the nursery. This is what my surprises were...
Belly Buds are little headphones that you can place on your belly and play music for the baby. So my plan today is to download diffrerent types of songs for Baby Knight. His/her ears have formed and our doctor says that he/she can hear my voice and other sounds.
But my eyes immediately filled with HAPPY tears when I saw this gift...
This is a heartbeat doppler!!! Our doctor uses an instrument similar to this one to listen to Baby Knight's heartbeat. You just apply the gel and place the wand on your belly until you can find the baby's heartbeat. The monitor also shows the heart rate. I was SOOOO thankful for this gift because I was so worried about the baby and just wanted reassurance that he/she was doing okay.
So I got on the couch, applied the gel, and let David find the heartbeat...what an AMAZING peace of mind. Baby Knight's heartbeat sounded fabulous and was between 140-150.
I guess I might ought to admit that I listened to the heartbeat again later that evening...who am I kidding, I listened to the heartbeat about FOUR more times. AND as soon as I hit "publish" for this post, I'm listening again. I might need to stock up on more gel :)
3 comments:
What neat 'gadgets'. Why do we mama's think they have to do it all? You know, I never remember any pains when I was pregnant. I was too busy puking. And puking. Up to the end with child number one.....
Peace of mind is priceless!I can think of plenty of times that I wish I had that Doppler!
Your husband is AMAZING!!! There were so many times that I wanted that reassurance and I came so close to buying a doppler so that I could check on the heartbeat. I will definitely get one if we're blessed with a second pregnancy! It really won't be too long before you'll start feeling the baby move, so that will be really exciting and reassuring too. The beginning of a new school year is stressful, but you really do need to share the workload as your husband put it and don't feel guilty about it!
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