My wife and I (both 31) are expecting our first baby. Very exciting. Very emotional.
We went in for the 12-week scan. Everyone’s in a good mood, the tech is sweet, and everything looks great. Then she says, “Let’s check for a heartbeat.” She puts the wand over my wife’s belly, and the room goes quiet. Then: Lub dub. Lub dub.
Without thinking, I blurt out,
“Sounds like a tiny rave in there.”
No one laughs. Not the tech. Not my wife. The tech just says flatly, “It’s a heart, not a party.”
My wife, God bless her, gives me that “please stop breathing for a second” look.
For the rest of the appointment, I stayed silent. Then later that night, my wife texts me from the other room:
“Tiny rave. Really?”
We’re naming the baby Oliver, but I know the real nickname will be DJ Heartbeat.
TL;DR: Tried to be funny during my wife’s ultrasound by comparing our baby’s heartbeat to rave music. Crashed the vibe. Permanently banned from speaking during future appointments.
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😂I would have laughed, OP.
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That’s insane; i can appreciate how your wife may have nervous and thus not liked you joking but that tech sounds horrible
Ehhh they just dont have a sense of humor, thats pretty funny. Dad joking it up before you are offically a dad 🤣
I chuckled, I thought it was funny 🤷🏻♀️
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That tech hates men. You DID NOT fuck up
Lub dub step?
I laughed, it was a cute joke !
Well if it makes you feel better I made the same comment about my son’s heartbeat during my caesarian section birth 😅
I thought it was funny.
That is a very innocuous and appropriate joke. Tech needs to get the stick out of her ass
Why do people make jokes about situations they are uncomfortable in?
Silence is golden.
wtf. Hilarious. I would have burst out.
Damn, they all need to lighten up
Uhm that’s fucking hilarious. They sound boring
Lol. My husband jokingly asked how the tech could tell when she said we were having a boy (since it was super hard to see what she was looking at). The tech was apparently not amused, said she looks at these all the time…. No sense of humor and it was quiet for the rest of the scan.
Ah yes, the pregnant pause
My husband and I both said it was a tiny rave when we went for my first us too. My child just graduated from high school. Enjoy every moment. It goes by in a heartbeat.
I would have laughed, they’re weird, you’re not. It’s not a big deal even if they didn’t think it was funny, certainly not a reason to act like either of them did.
Yeah, that would drive me insane. “Its a heart, not a party”? It’s a get stuffed, go work in a mortuary with the rest of the cold inhuman creatures. Christ what a joy she must be to know.
Can’t stand people who think everything has to be so dammed serious.
I thought it was funny! That said, ultrasound techs sometimes see things that aren’t funny at all, so that might account for the tech’s remark.
oh come on, that’s hilarious. tell your wife to get a sense of humor
Here’s hoping the child inherits your sense of living large.
Well on your way to becomming a dad
I know that look.
I made a joke about my baby as I was getting an ultrasound “You don’t see any horns, do you?”
The doctor looks at me deadpan and says “Horns, funny.” She clearly does not think it’s funny. In fact, she clearly feels no emotion, unless it’s mild disdain.
I prayed I would get a different doctor from the practice for my delivery, and I did. Phew!
Life is too serious! You gotta laugh.