Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Singing Fool?

Had another appointment today, as the Dr's office was closed yesterday due to observance for the 4th of July. We are now at 39 weeks and 5 days, with 2 days left until the official due date. Sarah had noticed that over the past couple of days that Squirt was much quieter, so even though the heartbeat was fine (~140), the Dr asked for an ultrasound to make sure that there was lots of fluid and as a double check that everything was ok.

After doing some basic checks, the ultrasound technician says that Squirt needs to make some movements. Up to this point in the exam Squirt has shown no movement at all, like he/she is fast asleep. So the technician starts poking at Sarah's belly with the ultrasound probe. And poking, and poking, and poking. After a good 5 minutes, Squirt still hasn't moved a wink. At this point, we are all a little concerned, and the tech tells us that if Squirt does not move, then Sarah will have to be hooked up to the monitoring system for another 30 minutes. I recalled that Squirt seems to like music, as he/she tends to move during family devotions and during singing in church. Unfortunately, I am really bad at remembering lyrics to songs. However, I was able to remember and sing the first line of Psalm 1A and Psalm 18K (given how often I have sung both, I should have been able to sing the whole, along with many others). And, Squirt woke up and started moving for the technician.

So, Sarah's opinion of my singing aside, Squirt seems to like it. However, I've also been told that at this point babies cannot discern pitch, tone or key, so that is probably a good thing as my range is rather limited.

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