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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultrasound technician, digging madly at my midsection: Darn baby! Won’t turn around for me. Come…on…TURN! (pokes hard) Come on!
\nMe: It’s sleeping…
\nUT: Well, I got a really good profile shot. But I need a head on shot too. I need it to turn. (cajoling) Come on baby….come on baby…
\nMe: Funny – with my son’s ultrasound we couldn’t get good shots of him because he was moving around so much. This one’s just lying there. Chillin’.
\nUT: (grits teeth) FINE. I’m moving down to measure its legs. OH COME ON.
\nMe: Hmm?
\nUT: It’s legs are crossed. Look! Perfectly cross-legged. So comfortable.
\nMe: (laughing) Little yoga baby.
\nUT: Harumph.<\/p>\n
– time passes –<\/p>\n
UT: All right. (pokes hard) TURN.
\nMe: Hey – it’s turning –
\nUT: YES! There…there…there’s its eye and there’s
\nMe: Good lord!
\nUT: There, there’s the lens of the eye
\nMe: Ack!
\nSA: It’s an alien!
\nUT: There’s a great shot for you (clicks keyboard). OK – we’re done!<\/p>\n
It’s a good thing I know how these things turn out because this is the most terrifying portrait I have ever seen and it doesn’t help to think that its subject is inhabiting my body.<\/p>\n
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Ultrasound technician, digging madly at my midsection: Darn baby! Won’t turn around for me. Come…on…TURN! (pokes hard) Come on! Me: It’s sleeping… UT: Well, I got a really good profile shot. But I need a head on shot too. I … Continue reading