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I push his shoulder “Ew, stop”

He chuckles as the door swings open

“Hi, how are you?” The ultrasound technician asks It’s a different one than I had last time She has pretty red hair, freckles, and kind eyes

“I’ood, how are you?”

“Just fine” She s sickness—it’s noted on your chart from last time that it’s been really bad”

I wave my hand back in forth “It’s better, but I still havebecomes too much I’ve had a couple days where I’ve felt nauseous all day, but thankfully that seems to have passed”

“All right, well lie back and we’ll get a look at your baby, and if you have any questions after then we’ll go over them”

At my last appointment, I was ten weeks, and the baby still looked like a blob with vague ar-like features

She squirts the goo onit to be cold like last week but it’s surprisingly warm

She laughs “I’m nice and warm it up for you”

She turns the co it to my stomach

She moves it around and then the baby comes onto the screen

“Oh,my eyes “That’s really a baby”

This week there’s noinside me This is the first tiht

She presses a button and the sound of the heartbeat fills the air around us It sounds strong, and fast, and entirely precious