Look at that! Did you know a foetus is almost fully formed by the time it’s just 12 weeks old? (I didn’t.) It’s got fingers and toes, eyelids, fingernails… everything. Not that you can see it on the ultrasound but it’s just amazing if you think about it.
This is our baby at around 12 weeks. The doctor was quick to assure us a foetus’ head usually grows faster than the rest of the body at this stage; not that we were worried. I was still trying to get over the fact that this complicated, mindblowing, living thing you see is only about the size of my thumb.
Y has really taken to coming to the doc’s with me for my monthly checkups. When we did this one, he even whipped out his iPhone to record the ultrasound process because he wanted to capture our little one moving. I never thought my husband would be one of those camera-wielding fathers but it looks as if I just might have one on my hands. He’s even threatening suggesting he bring a video camera into the delivery room!
[Originally written: 15 September 2009]
it was said that a man who witness a childbirth will be impotent… record at his own risk…
Really? That’s a new one I’ve never heard.
got such thing meh?
PLEASE BRING A VIDEO CAM IN …i support that idea :) pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee. can it be my birthday present????
Tell Y he’s supposed to be giving you moral and emotional support……not taking videos! Sigh, but Jeff was busy snapping pics too, when I was in pain! Guys should experience childbirth themselves.
I totally agree.