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“Did I offend you?” I blurted out. “With what I said last time?”
Atlas looked down at me.
The door opened.
Lynne - the same ultrasound person as before - walked into the room.
She pointed at Atlas. “You’re here on time.”
“Got a much earlier text,” Atlas said.
“Wasn’t sure what you wanted,” I said.
“Okay, let’s get right to the fun stuff,” Lynne said.
I could tell she was nervous.
The tension in the room began to build.
“Now this is my favorite one,” she said. “You’ll get to see hands and feet. Maybe some little toes and fingers. And…” Lynne grabbed the jelly as I lifted my shirt up. “… I can tell if it’s a boy or girl.”
For the next little bit, Lynne did all the talking.
First off, seeing the baby made me smile.
Hearing the heartbeat made me feel relieved.
A normal heartbeat. A strong heartbeat.
Then came the images of the baby.
Of our baby.
The big head. The arms and legs. We could even see the bones.
Hands and fingers.
Feet and toes.
I held myself together pretty good until I saw the feet and toes.
That’s what did me in and made me tear up.
Without pointing it out at all, Atlas reached for a tissue and handed it to me.
I looked at him and even though he wasn’t crying, the smile on his face told me exactly how he felt.
“Now comes the million-dollar question,” Lynne said. “Do you want to know the sex of the baby?”
She looked at me with a big smile.
Without hesitation, Atlas said, “Yes.”
A split second later, I said, “No.”
Then Atlas and I looked at each other.
“Seriously?” he asked.
