Ultrasound

Yes, Lesbo Mama, or go on, just call me Hippie Mama, went against all the research she'd read and had a very quick ultrasound on Little Rose Bud.

All to protect my home birth.
If you can't be certain it isn't twins you're not eligible. And apparently ultrasound is the only way to know this for certain, according to the medical community.
That I was certain it's only one child is of no importance.
That ultrasound actually can miss both twins and triplets (the little miracles can be hiding behind eachother)didn't matter either.

So. We did it. We had a very fast and very uncomfortable ultrasound.
The baby is there (of course she is, I feel her move all the time).
She is alive, (of course she is, see above).
And the placenta is in an excellent position (no surprise there either. And even IF it would have been low, 98% of the time it moves as the uterus grows and presents no problem).

I don't think we had the exam for more than 3-5 min. Compared to the 20 mins that is usual.

Other than, as always, having to explain ourselves and being viewed as freaks, I think it went as well as it could have.

"Oh but this is what ALL parents look forward to!!!" the midwife said.

Yes, I am sure they do. And I am also sure they have not read the books nor the research I have or they would not be so excited.

"It is a chance to see your baby!".

Yes, lady, but, to be honest, have anyone ever seen the difference between babies in those blurry pictures the scan produces?

I was joking w wifey later that perhaps they just run a DVD of a random child on that screen and print a stereotype pic of a fetus for you to take home. Who can tell the difference anyway?

And, besides. I FEEL my child all the time. I bond w her through my body and my heart. I don't need a machine telling me she is there och to make me bond w her.

"Oh, look, the baby is waving at you!" the midwife said.

Yes, or perhaps raising her hands to protect her ears, which is very common, since ultrasound produces atlest 80 decibel for the baby in the womb.

Don't get me wrong. I think it is great the technology exists; IF needed.

If I had a severe bleeding, suspected a misscarriage, if I had had several misscarriges, a known genetic defect in the family etc, etc, etc I would absolutley have an ultrasound. Because I would gain information relevant to the situation.

The only "information" we got was that according to statistic messurements, the babys due date got moved + 1 week.

We are lesbians. We inseminate. The frozen sperm is not as hardy as fresh sperm and doesn't live as long. That it swam around in my body for more than 1,5 week before conception is just not possible.
To add to the odds, I had very short cycles. So my guess is our estimated due date was a bit generous to begin w.

Perhaps baby just decided to grow her head another milimeter a week later than her peers.

It seems very ridiculous. But. Common sense has no place in the era of machines and statistics.

So, our due date has changed and I will most likely give birth in week 38-39, instead of week 39-40.

Oh well. At least they can't force an induction on me for going past my due date as easily. :)