Heartbeats

Well I took my daughter to the OBGYN yesterday.. It was great!!  (31 more days till the due date!)
I know your thinking, "Why would an OBGYN visit be great for you when your not the one preggers!!"
Well Angie gained 6 pounds..(YEAH finally she's gaining some weight!, that's a whole other story) and...
I got to hear my grandson's heartbeat!! Oh what a beautiful sound that is..
Every time I hear that fast lil' beat I get tears in my eyes.. ..   

I will never forget the first visit she had......

We go to the doctors and mind you it's almost all the doctors that I know and have worked with over the years..
She gets in a room and of course she wants me in there with her.. (Woo Hoo, I'm so excited she wants to share her experience with me)
The doctor walks into the room with a big smile on his face and a happy attitude and I realize it's this "HOT" OBGYN that I used to work with.. He looks at me and recognizes me.. I'm thinking this is great! She has one of the best doctors to deliver her baby!!! Not to mention a good looking one (I'm jumping up and down inside)
So she's laying there on the table and he's talking to her and he puts the Lil' machine to her belly to find the heartbeat.. (It took a few minutes but he found it) and we hear it!!! Oh my gosh.. It was the most precious sound, it was so fast!!
OK it's now confirmed that Yes she's pregnant and there really is a lil' one in there!
I start crying (I'm thinking to myself OMG I'm really gonna be a NANA!)and she's laying there with a blank face!! What??
I'm thinking OMG is she in shock or something? Should I shake her? Smack her across the face?? Wake Up!! Show some emotion already!!!!
She has no expression on her face!!! The doctor is looking at me then he looks at her and says, "What do you think?" She shrugs her shoulders, he again looks at me and all I can say think is..  That's all you have to say??? No tears? No excitement?? WOW what an uncomfortable feeling, I'm more excited than she is.. I'm standing there blubbering and she's laying there with a blank face!! I wanted to smack her!! How dare her?? How horrible is that?? You have no feelings for the child growing in your belly??
The doctor was so gracious, he somehow handled the situation to perfection! ( Thank you, Doctor X)

We leave the office and I ask her, "What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like this? Aren't you excited? She replies with the crackle in her voice as if she's about to cry, "I just wanted Phillip to be here!" and the doctor reminded me of Uncle David and it grossed me out!!

OMG that's what all that was about?? Because the father of your baby couldn't be here? I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time,
I wanted to laugh because of the doctor/ Uncle David comment and cry because Phillip couldn't be there and I know how important that day was for her, I know we all want our significant other to be there to hear the heartbeat for the first time..  all I could think was blame it on the HORMONES!!

As a mother we all want to fix and make everything right for our children no matter what age they are but I can't fix that Phillip couldn't there but I'll be damn sure she doesn't go see the "Hot" OBGYN again!!