[MM] March 2.3.6: Flutter

It's so fast.

It didn't seem right, that such a tiny heart could beat that fast. The room was silent, save for the sound the Doppler makes, whooshwhooshwhooshwhoosh. Rising and falling so rapidly, with her own heartbeat pounding softly behind it. Save for her fingers tightening around Julian's, his clenching around hers in turn, neither of them moved. It seemed that he was as spellbound as she. Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, dripped down her temple to soak into her hairline, but she couldn't name the emotion that kept producing them. It was as though what she was feeling was too big to be contained, but it stole her voice and her mind, froze her thoughts and her limbs, yet still had to escape from her somehow.

It's...so fast.

"One hundred and sixty beats per minute," the doctor murmured, carefully moved the transducer away before wiping the warm gel off of her skin. She wanted to cry, no, wait, not yet, just one more minute, please, but she couldn't yet find her voice. She inhaled deeply, suddenly in desperate need of the oxygen, unaware until then that she'd scarcely been breathing. The doctor's voice broke the spell, telling her things that she should expect in the coming weeks, asking her questions she mumbled the answers to, only half listening to him at all. Her mind was still on that sound...the rapid flutter, the rise and fall of the brand new life that they created together.

Just like that, it's real. It's all so very real.

(no subject)

I heard my baby's heartbeat today.

[the10spot] 175. TEN songs you can't stop listening to

1) Coldplay, "Swallowed In the Sea"
2) DHT, "Listen To Your Heart"
3) Nickel Creek, "Seven Wonders"
4) Lady GaGa, "Love Game"
5) The Lonely Island, "I'm On a Boat"
6) Neko Case, "Prison Girls"
7) Sarah McLachlan, "Fallen"
8) The Creatures, "The Prettiest Thing"
9) Kings of Leon, "Sex On Fire"
10) Lily Allen, "I Could Say"

From Claire

You Are Body

You're the type of person who doesn't feel good mentally unless you feel good physically. Whenever you're feeling frustrated or depressed, you get moving. It does wonders for you. You believe that taking care of your body is the best way to improve your quality of life. A healthy body equals a happy mind. Feeling strong makes you confident!

Are You Mind, Body, or Spirit?