My journey as a guest mommy-to-be blogger continues this week on Calm, Cool & Connected, as I found a way through technology to hear my baby-to-be as opposed to just feel him wiggle and kick around.
At my prenatal check-up this week, my doctor measured my belly and listened to the baby’s heartbeat as per procedure. However, this time I thought it would be fun to keep the sound of my baby’s hearbeat with me instead of waiting another two weeks to hear it again. So I whipped out my Smartphone to use the Voice Memos app to record seven seconds of my little man’s heart beating away.
After my appointment, I sent the recording via text to my husband so he too could share in the reassuring sound of our little miracle. Take a listen yourself!
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Nicole Anderson
Hello, everyone! I’m Nicole, an AT&T employee and soon-to-be-mom of a baby boy. My husband, Justin, and I are expecting our first child at the end of April. It’s been a year of big changes for us, as I relocated with the company last April from the San Francisco Bay Area to Dallas. Thankfully, my husband was able to maintain his career, working remotely from Dallas. I’m jealous he gets to go back to California every month or so, especially during the summer to beat the heat! Just as we started getting settled in Dallas – learning the neighborhood, what road led where, and I was getting up to speed on my new job – we found out we were pregnant! It has been an exciting, if overwhelming, journey for us. Critical during our relocation was the use of our smartphones. If we got lost, or if we needed to find a restaurant, e-mail our realtor or send a quick text, our smartphones didn’t let us down. Now with the text4baby program, I can get quick and informative baby advice sent directly to my phone. With all the hecticness in our work and lives, these texts create a quick moment to reflect on the big change coming in our lives and learn something about the new life we are forming. I look forward to sharing this experience with you through my blog posts, and learning more about how to use technology as a new mom. Is there an app that helps your baby sleep through the night?!
