{"id":820,"date":"2017-01-20T18:30:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/?p=820"},"modified":"2021-10-23T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T10:06:24","slug":"dad-diary-sonogram-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordlifeindia.com\/blog\/dad-diary-sonogram-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad Diary: The Sonogram Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>html { scroll-behavior: smooth; scroll-padding-top: 5em; .table_of_contents {margin: 25px 0; padding: 10px; background: #F2F5F7;} .table_of_contents a { text-decoration: none; }}<\/style><div class='table_of_contents'><h3>Table of Contents<\/h3><ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>As an expectant dad, I sometimes feel left out of the pregnancy experience. My wife, on the other hand, as the mum to be, is getting all the focus and attention. So, I was looking for a way to reconnect with the entire pregnancy journey. I was thrilled when our gynecologist prescribed the first sonogram in the pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve heard that fathers who are part of the first sonogram are able to bond with the unborn baby easily. Up until now, I had created an image of my baby in my mind. This would mean that I actually get to see my child for the very first time. Hear the heartbeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the appointed day, I drove my wife to the local diagnostic clinic. We waited for our turn for about 20 odd minutes or so. My wife was made to lie down. I made double sure that she was comfortable. The technician arrived and exchanged a few pleasantries with the both of us. I don\u2019t even know what my replies were. All I could think about was my baby and what he or she was going to look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very first ultrasound image of my unborn child is a powerful moment for expectant fathers and I totally bear witness to that. I was staring at the monitor and there my baby was. Possibly not any bigger than the size of a pea. I cried like a baby when I first heard the heartbeat. I couldn\u2019t believe this was real. I couldn\u2019t believe my wife was carrying around another human life inside of her. I couldn\u2019t believe I was going to be a dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was one of the key moments for me as an expectant father that established the reality of the coming child. It also reassured me that everything in the pregnancy was going well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my friends who\u2019d recently had a baby, had once told me about how he had felt seeing that first ultrasound of his baby. \u201cMy heart started beating faster just to hear a life \u2014 boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. It just felt like \u2014 the feeling\u2019s indescribable, I was just blown away, like my eyes filled up but it\u2019s like I won\u2019t cry, I just was so happy to hear it\u2026. 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