One!

We got another set of ultrasound pictures. Baby is much bigger now and actually looks more human. We saw a head, the body, the hands and the feet. Heartbeat is also good and strong at 190 bpm (this is much faster than the 120 bmp that was detected the last time). I'm thinking that baby might have been excited when the ultrasound was being done.

All of a sudden, I remembered a snippet of conversation that I had with my doctor during my last ultrasound visit:

"Doc, how many babies do you see ? There's one, right ? Just one ?"

"Yes, there's just the one," he confirmed.

And I breathed a sigh of relief. You see, weeks before, I had dreamt that I was pregnant with triplets and it felt so real! The moment I woke up, I rushed off to our 2nd bedroom - the one which will become the nursery - and looked around.

I muttered a four letter word and thought, how am I supposed to fit 3 of everything in here ? 3 sets of clothes, 3 cribs, 3 baby strollers, ... It took a few minutes before I realized that it was only a dream and that I was not even pregnant yet.

Two days ago, MIL called and talked to hubby. They normally converse in Cantonese and unless I concentrate hard, everything they say just flies over my head. I found it very endearing when I suddenly realized that hubby was talking our ultrasound pictures - how he saw our baby's head and extremeties. He was so happy and excited and really just being a good expectant father. Kinilig naman ako.