wow wow wow wow...

...that is what my baby's heartbeat sounds like on the monitor. Yesterday we had an appointment with our midwife. She drew my blood, took my weight, measured my belly and put the little sound contraption on me that let us hear wow wow wow wow wow. It is very cool. 

The blood drawing was to screen for something I can't pronounce or spell, but it is important and is one of the last things having to do with checking genetic defects. Usually our appointments last a good hour with mostly talking but she didn't have too much time for us because she had a patient in labor. This prompted me to ask her when can we start talking about the birth experiance and what to expect and all. She said not until after all my screenings are done and the anatomy scan at the end of the month. (This is an ultrasound where we will see all the baby's organs to make sure everything is developing properly.) She doesn't want to jump ahead into conversations about birth plans right now in case something is wrong and we have to deal with it. Deal with it??? Deal with what? I'm 17 weeks now and so far every screen has been normal, I feel the baby moving and I can hear the heart beating. I think I'm pretty invested at this point. For me this is going forward and what I have to deal with right now is what to register for and where is the crib going. I understand she is being practical but practical was maybe 7 weeks ago. This is of course maybe hormonal me talking and not practical Capricorn me but that is how I feel. So of course I was in a sour mood after that and I didn't feel better until the end when I heard Dash's heart singing wow wow wow wow. WOW indeed my little one.