The first glimpse..

Day before, we had gone for Surabhi's first sonography. Naturally, we were excited at the prospect at getting the first glimpse of our child. Through the day we kept wondering how it was going to be like.
Anyways, the appointment was at 7 in the evening, and as always we reached bang on time. However, as always the doctor was running late and we had to wait a good 30 mins or so. On other days as well a delay in schedule is something which gets to both of us, but this time since it was that much more time between us and the glimpse, it was even more painful.
Since there was nothing else we could do, we waited and tried to kill time by exchanging random notes about the day, what we did, who said what and all the works.
Many people had told us various things about the first view and most of it seemed rather exciting. We had done extensive reading as well, having bought some 2-3 books on pregnancy and its various stages (actually Surabhi had done more of the reading). However, nothing was sufficient to prepare us for the reality.
The baby, or the foetus, as it is called at this stage, was a mere 23 mm long (2.3 cm seems even shorter!!). I had read that the baby develops hands and legs, etc even at some 7-8 weeks or something. However, when I saw the size of the baby, the last thing I was expecting were hands and legs. So when the doctor pointed out to the hands and legs, I nearly fell off my chair (even though I was standing). True to his word, he then pointed out the hands and legs to us. It was a sight. I don’t think I will forget that image for a long long time, if at all.
And if you think that was amazing, hold on. The baby already had a heart and it was beating at a furious rate.. 150 beats per minute they say!! And with every heart beat, the poor thing was jumping up and down and all about. Jaws open, I just continued to stare at the screen for a few minutes at which point the doctor broke my trance - "The baby's just fine. Nothing to worry!!"I am just so looking forward to my "uchhalu" baby!!!