Oh, man! I hardly know where to start. My head is still spinning from experience. In a good way!
So my
doctor's appointment was actually a few hours ago. Still, I am not kidding you when
I say the experience with so vivid and so realistic that my head was spinning
all over the place, so I could literally not sit down and make a blog post right
away.
I was going
about my business in second life when I got a message from my doctor asking if I
could come in edit earlier due to her real-life job as a midwife.
And of
course, I said yes as soon as I saw it because I have been waiting for this day
for what feels like forever!
So my
appointment was at 10 AM slt Instead of 12:00 PM slt. I scrambled to put on an
outfit trying to look cute but comfy. I got there about 15 minutes early, so many end my doctor talked a little bit just in general before we started my
appointment.
She
explained that I would have to leave
the urine sample at the start of every appointment, so she led me to the toilet, where the vivid
realism started.
I literally
had to go inside a bathroom, get a urine sample cup, go through the steps, and then detach the sample cup and give it to her.
We made our
way into the exam room. I had to step on a scale to give her my weight. Then she
told me to sit down on the exam table while examining the urine sample.
So I had to
wait like 10-15 minutes. I thought that she would come over and explain
how everything was fine and everything like that boy. Was I wrong! The urine test
results started coming up in local chat. My mind was blown. I presume it had all the
correct numbers, everything that you would look for as a doctor. Everything!
So we sat
down, talked a little bit, and she explained that everything looked
fantastic, but she was a little bit concerned about my weight. That always
becomes a thing with me being plus-sized, But she did it in a very positive
matter. She explained to me further that I may need a bit more exercise not to
lose weight but to get my body ready for being able to push a baby out.
After
talking briefly about that, she handed me a little monitoring patch that I had
to stick on my belly after stripping down to my underwear, basically, so that is
what you see on my stomach in the photo. She explained the monitoring patch
is so that she can take my vitals, such as blood pressure temperature, and check the baby's health.
So I put it
on, and she pushed a button. The heartbeat. I can't remember if it was on my monitor or on the
ultrasound machine, but I wasn't prepared for what I heard. Next, it was the
most beautiful thing I'd ever heard before.
Yes, I have a home doppler, so I have heard it before,
but to actually be there in the exam room with all the equipment took the experience to a different level,
and to be honest with you, I was in tears in my real life
I could hardly type when she talked to me; I kept saying, “sorry, I'm so emotional.” She had me lay down on the exam table, and she put a little bit of ultrasound gel on my stomach. My head was glued to the monitor. She turns it on and guides the ultrasonic wand Over it. It didn't take me long to recognize the little one inside me. He was taking the measurements and checking out the baby overall. Everything looked fine. We don't have to worry about spina bifida, a form of parallelization.
The baby is born with a part of the spinal cord outside of the body on the back. If I remember correctly, the spinal cord is contained within a sack, but it's still outside of the body, which it shouldn't be.
Unfortunately, when I made this little video clip, it did not pick up any sound, so I'm sorry
for that, but if you want to see the ultrasound, please click the video play
button.
We talked a
little bit. I mainly stayed quiet with a big smile, not wanting to
disturb her too much when looking at the baby. I was trying to hide the
fact that cheers for streaming down my face slowly, but I think she noticed it
actually.
So after
printing a few pictures for me to take home, she said everything looks OK, let us switch over to high definition now, end all my God, Oh my God, it's all I can say.
This tiny thing inside me was moving a little bit and even stretching. It was so amazing to see.
My second
life partner was a bit bummed that he couldn't be there with me due to
real life, but yet again, he was there with me because we were talking a
little bit via text as I was making the doctor's appointment. When I got home
after I sent him the pictures and videos. He told me to remind him a day before
the next appointment so that he could MAKE TIME for it.
Do you understand why I love this man the way I do?
Not many men would take time out of their day to go to a doctor's
appointment in a virtual world because their second life partner it's pregnant!
And trust me, he is swamped in his real life, so saying that means everything to me.
we don't know the gender yet. We will find that out when we go to my 20-week appointment in July.
I want to
thank doctor Morrigan for the absolutely fantastic job and the passion she shows.
With both hands on my heart, I can say that the family center should be the only
maternity clinic in second life. Trust me when I say that.
♥Tessa♥
ps. All of this is happening in a virtual world environment, but you have to understand something. Even though I know this is not real, it is as real as possible for me.
My feelings
and my emotions or real there is nothing fake about them.
You might think it's a little bit weird to be in the world on your world platform and live in that virtual world as realistic as possible, But think about it for a second…. in real life, I don't have use in my legs I can choose to have use of my legs in second life.
Second life is a place where people come to experience stuff that they might not be able to do in real life for whatever reason…
So I don't have use in my legs in real life, and being pregnant might not be something I will ever be able to experience in real life.
This is why this pregnancy being so realistic is very important to me.
So please respect that.
♥Tessa♥
Congrats Tessa!
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