Muara Kasih Single Mother
The Baby's Heartbeat
Waiting at the Obstetrician's practice, several times Ervita seemed to observe several couples who came and waited for the queue there. So moved to see a husband who came to take his wife to check the pregnancy. There was even a husband who came with his son. It looks like love that looks perfect for a husband and wife.
However, there was a scar on Ervita's heart because only she came alone. No husband accompanied. Ervita smiled bitterly in her heart, how could life give her such a steep and winding path. How could he have to endure all this alone? Let alone the husband, for the reproach he bears, as if a plague was really inflicted on Ervita himself.
Ervita sat there pensively, until finally a nurse mentioned her name, "Mr Ervita, please," she called.
Start the nurse asked Ervita to weigh, and also measure her blood pressure first. "90/100 yes Ms. Ervita .. Now please come in," said the nurse.
Ervita went into the examination room, met with Doctor Wulan there.
"Please sit ... with whose Mom is this?" ask Doctor Wulan.
"Hello Doctor ... I'm Ervita," he said.
Doctor Wulan smiled and saw the history of Ervita examination in the Mother and Child Health Book. Because, there is a note given by Midwife Sri previously there.
"If you look at the history of the previous examination this time it may have been 17 or 18 weeks, Ms. Ervita. Okay, we'll just do a check. Please go up to the gurney well, we'll check with the USG" said Dr. Wulan.
Ervita immediately climbed into the gurney, and then a nurse there began to lift a little shirt worn by Ervita and apply USG Gell on the surface of Ervita's skin. The cold sensation of the USG Gell could be felt by Ervita. Then, Doctor Wulan began to prepare with a transducer (components of the ultrasound affixed to the part of the body to be examined, such as the abdominal wall or the shaft wall of the colon on prostate examination. Inside the transducer is a crystal used to capture the reflection of the waves channeled by the transducer) in his hand.
"Well, Miss Ervi checked in on Midwife, right? So, I give you a little explanation. Please Ms. Ervita look at the monitor. So this is the mother's womb, the place where the fetus lives and grows from the first week to the 40th week later. Then, this is the fetus, the baby mother. Now, Ms. Ervi's gestation age is 17 weeks and 18 weeks."
Then, the transducer was again moved and looked little baby there. Ervita who saw the baby also felt happy and moved at the same time. Wanted to cry, but Ervita tried to hold everything back.
"Pregnancy age 17/18 weeks the size of the fetus is as big as a radish with a body length from head to toe of about 12 centimeters and a weight of about 150 grams. Now, the baby's cranium composed of cartilage is starting to harden. Is there nausea or vomiting?" ask Doctor Wulan.
"It's been a few weeks of not nausea, Doctor. Previously severe nausea," replied Ervita.
"Indeed at this age because it has stepped on Trimester two, better. Mothers can be more comfortable on the move, if you want to have a husband and wife relationship is also safe because the fetus already has a placenta here. Well, this is the placenta that is connected to the umbilical cord. It is from this placenta that the baby gets his nutrition during the womb."
Ervita felt so clear the difference in checking in midwives and in Obstetricians. A lot of things that she does not know about pregnancy, now Ervita can know. It felt really clear and satisfied to get an explanation this time.
"Now, we hear the baby's heartbeat well," replied Dr. Wulan again.
Start the transducer in its direction to the stomach where the heart beat wave can be captured by the transducer and sound a thumping sound there.
Deg ... Deg ... Deg ....
"It's the sound of the baby's heartbeat Mom .. Does it sound?" ask Doctor Wulan.
Ervita could only nod her head and wipe her tears with her hands. The first time listening to the beating of the baby's heart made Ervita feel goosebumps and tears came out just like that.
"Want to see the gender or not Mom?" plead Doctor Wulan to Ervita.
If other people are so eager to know the sex of the baby, but not for Ervita. He doesn't want to know now. Knowing the sex of the baby when giving birth later would be an infinite surprise for her.
"No need to Doctor .. All of you later if you give birth. Let's beat it up," he replied.
"okay good. Examination with USG is done yes Mom, the nurse will clean the rest of the USG Gell and then Ms Ervi can sit there," said Dr. Wulan.
After the rest of Gell's USG in her stomach was cleaned, then Ervita again sat in front of the Doctor's desk. The woman waited for what Doctor Wulan had written there.
"So, the mother's pregnancy is good well .. the baby is also in good health. Usually, if the mother is not nauseous or vomiting, the father is the turn to feel nausea and vomiting. So, take care of each other more. Then, I'll prescribe folic acid yes ma'am and calcium. Because, the baby will grow and the formation of cartilage is increasing, so pregnant women should also consume calcium. Is anyone asked?" ask Dr. Wulan again.
Ervita shook her head, "No. .. it's very clear Doctor," she replied.
"So, here's the KIA book, and here's a photo of the USG. Ms. Ervita can check again next month. Thank you well, always healthy."
Out of the examination room, Ervita now pays for the administration and pays for the medication she must take during pregnancy.
"Bu Ervita. 275,000 yeah," said the officer at this place.
Ervita took money out of her pants pocket. The money given by Miss Dance. Ervita sighed there, it felt so painful to just check her baby into the Obstetrician alone she had to wait for a helping hand from Bu Tari.
"Next month we check again yes Son .. if it is only that big, I can pay for it" Ervita murmured in her heart.
Waiting again, then the officer gave a note and a drug in the form of Folic Acid which is good for the development of the baby's brain and also calcium for the bones. "Everything is drunk once a day, ma'am" the officer said.
"Yes" said Ervita, nodding her head.
After that, Ervita chose to hurry home immediately, it was already evening out there. There's one thing that makes Ervita happy about it is hearing her baby's heartbeat. For a life that continues to grow in her womb, Ervita must not give up. The burdens and hardships in life will be borne by him. Just like his promise when he was driven from home, he might fail to be a child, fail to also be a child. Ervita will not fail to be a mother. Whatever Ervita will face for the baby.