I have been wanting to post to the Blog ever since Casey created it, but until today I didn't really know what to say that hadn't been already said by Casey. I've been sort of growing into the idea of being a parent ever since Casey and I first started thinking about trying to have kids. For the first several weeks, however, I felt like a little like the waterboy on the sidelines while Casey was in the game every day. I suppose the process of taking care of a pregnant woman is good training for fatherhood because I slowly started feeling more a part of the pregnancy as I continued to help Casey adjust to the new experience. It was still hard to feel like I was directly involved. Then, something happened today that really made me feel connected to our baby; I heard a heartbeat.
We had our third visit with Kim, our midwife, today, and we were able to hear Baby Hutch's heartbeat with a stethoscope. Kim listened first and told us that although she heard the heartbeat we might not be able to hear it because we weren't used to listening for it like she is. Casey and I both had no trouble hearing Baby Hutch's booming beat. I was at once amazed and joyous.
Now that I've had time to reflect on the experience, I do not think my feelings had much to do with actually being able to hear the heartbeat. As I said weeks ago when Casey and I were offered the opportunity to hear the heartbeat through the Doppler unit, I had no doubt that our baby had a heartbeat. I think that hearing the heartbeat was just the catalyst that I needed to help me convert the abstract idea of a baby into a personal connection with existence and a living being.
Casey has started feeling Baby Hutch move, too! She wasn't sure whether she was feeling baby movement or indigestion, but now she's starting to tell the difference between the two.
TheBump.com says that Baby Hutch is the size of an onion and that fingerprints are forming. That's all I have to report now, but I plan to post more soon.
Daddy Hutch
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