The week before Christmas found Mike and I in a small clinic. The woman standing over me slathers cold gel over my belly and then firmly presses what looks like a child's microphone into my abdomen. Through the crackling speaker we hear the slow, strong drum of my own heart as the microphone moves over and across, then, suddenly, the very small and very fast swooshes of a heart beating like hummingbird wings. A heart so small I can hardly imagine chambers and valves. In a body so small I can hardly imagine the fragility of the translucent bones.
For 15 weeks now I have been growing a human--bones blossoming--under the thin veil of my skin. A super-human power. Superman can fly, but I, I build pea-sized kidneys in my sleep.
For the record, Mike thinks it's a boy. The Chinese calendar said so. So he has been practicing his name in careful, curving script.
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16 comments:
Beautifully written. And congratulations!
congrats! this is very exciting news!
oh yay! yay! yay! Yippy skippy! and Hurrah, with a cherry on top! congrats you two! Can't wait to see that beautiful baby in your belly!
Congrats! So are you due in July? What a creative way to express your feelings.
Beauty, Em. And M, too.
I'm thrilled for you both.
Congrats!
I just reading your blogs. Congrats to the both of you! I left you an award on my blog.
You should check it out.
There's a tear crawling down my cheek. You're amazing!
no way! you're growing a hummingbird!? crazy! haha. seriosuly, beautiful and congrats. i had no idea that at this moments kidneys were forming in your belly. rad!
Congrats. I love the way you write. I'm excited to find out what you're having.
Kidney? The fingernails and eyebrows are the real work! Very heroic stuff =)
Congrats on being super-woman! ;) The heartbeat experience sounds amazing.
congratulations! hooray!
here's to arms and legs!
congratulations!
Finally! I've been waiting for this post for ages. I'm so excited for you both. There's nothing to compare is there?! And beautifully said. We love you both (oops, I mean all three of you) buckets!
Oh, coolies! I'm so excited and happy for you two. So so so lovely.
Marvelous! My brother once thought my mom was going to have a puppy so...it's tough to say really, what's incubating in there. Man, I'm excited. There's going to be another you in this world. Feel free to name her after me.
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