baby-building
Friday, March 27, 2009 at 09:52AM I've always known I have a very hospitable uterus.
Case in point: baby #1 refused to leave its cozy spot...eventually had to be forced out two weeks overdue and after two days of pitocin.
And: baby #2 had the luxury of nearly twice the usual amount of amniotic fluid...he was swimming in style..a less patient mother forced this one out one week after the due date.
But yesterday I had an ultrasound and the technician used a different, less attractive term for my baby-building paradise. Reason for the ultrasound: to determine more precise due date after the doctor "felt" a uterus that seemed further than 11 weeks along.
After the tech has taken a number of measurements...
Me: So, does the due date look right?
She: Yes.
Me: Do I just have a lot of fluid?
She: Not really. You just have a bulky uterus.
In my head: did she honestly (and oh so casually) just call my uterus "bulky"?
Me: I can't think of an uglier word to describe any part of a person's anatomy.
She: It's just big. But it's healthy. It happens.
In my head: It happens? (to who? and why? and how?)
So, of course I came home and googled pictures of what a more normal-sized uterus home looks like at 11 weeks.
Random googled image: 
Now brace yourself because there's a definite difference in these images, my friends. Welcome to my bulky uterus..a place for tiny humans who want to grow in style (and with space to spare!):
(this particular tiny human refused to put on a show, but the heartbeat was strong & solid..the best thing I'd heard all day. obviously.)
Reader Comments (21)
This was a great conversation -- glad you shared it. And I'm glad to see your little one -- how lucky to have such a roomy home!
I love your cute baby picture. But...I agree...a strange word. For a minute I thought you were going to tell us that you were so hospitable you had more than one baby swimming around!
i have been anti-blogging for waaaaay to long, my friend!!
so, obviously, congratulations and big hugs are in order.
and i can share that the first ultrasound i had of jack showed an abnormally large fibroid tumor (never even knew it was there, has never caused any symptoms/problems...) but, from that day on, we lovingly referred to the fibroid as "the baby's pillow."
uterus humor. just what i needed to make me smile this afternoon ;)
That is what I would have told you had I been doing your ultra sound
Or maybe something like You have the Cadillac model of a uterus where most have a Chevy malibu
or your body wants to make sure baby has all the room needed to grow appropriately
but bulky?
never!
Congrats on only one fetus
Your ultrasound tech needs a thesaurus. Your generous, roomy, luxurious, spacious, comfortable uterus is creating life, not hauling oversized packages for UPS. Sheesh.
How'd I do? Would I make a good tech?
Way to make that technician think about her words. You may have saved another from such a comment.
I am going in for my 8-week exam next week, but haven't quite figured out if I get an ultrasound or not...(I'm new at this!) I can't wait for one! But I am amazed at the number of people (some experienced mothers and fathers) who have asked me, the 7-week-pregnant lady, if we have found out if it's a boy or girl yet.
I have also been craving, and consuming, oranges like nobody's business.
(And a quick note on your wallet/memory post...my Gram also used her brazier as a purse. She kept her nitroglicerine pills in there. I recall one frightening moment when my extended family was out for dinner. Baby Brynlee was fussy, so good old Gram pulled out the nitro pills from her bossom--almost as good as a rattle, right? Eek!)
Love it. I simply HAD to read the rest of something that started out so well. And I"m so happy I did. Great ultrasound picture. I love ultrasounds. They seem so completely magical to me.
And I loved April's thesaurus comment. Ha!