Dear cousin Meg (and everybody else),
Our last visit to the doctor downstairs went well. As usual, the baby was hiccupping and we got our sonogram. But this time, I’ve got to say that Dr. Eng desperately need a new sonogram machine!
In our previous visits, I was willing to accept the fact that I’m not a trained medical professional (or trained in any profession, I guess), and that’s why I was only able to see “something” moving until the doctors pointed out the fetus every time.
Besides, at week 8 or 12 or even 16, the fetus is still relatively small, so it’s understandable for an unexperienced father-to-be like myself to have a little difficulties recognizing his own offspring, wouldn’t you agree?
But this was week 20 (or was it 21?)! So, when I went like “Huh? This thing is the baby?” and Dr. Eng reacted to my incompentance with “Well yeah, actually this thing is just the head. …That’s the body. And the legs are together.”, I was like “You’ve got to be kidding!” in my head.
I mean when the fetus is SO LARGE, large enough to take up the whole sonogram, you would think that the least creative graphic designer in the world would still be able to imagine a fetus out of all that dots, right? But NO! The little-bit-of-something that I saw look like an evil cookie monster hand puppet (on the left) and a roasted whole chicken from Costco (on the left) instead!
That’s how bad they need a new sonogram machine. I mean if the one that took this sonogram is for sale, they should take it!
Now I know as soon as you look at the sonogram below, some of you’re gonna be like “I can see it. What’s wrong with you?”, but you know what? You weren’t there. And I know what I saw… I’m not exactly sure, but at least I saw my offspring (whether it be cookie monster or roasted chicken) moving… hiccupping.
Anyway, that’s why we don’t know it’s a boy or girl yet. Not even a clue.
But not all is lost.
This Friday, Oct 6, at 2 p.m., we’ll be at Lutheran and get the ultimate Level-II Ultrasound! You will then know whether to buy/make stuff for our boy or girl! Isn’t that exciting?!
So, until then, please keep guessing!
You see the hand puppet on the left & roasted chicken on the bottom right?
See! Told ya!