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- A husband decided to accompany his wife to her ultrasound appointment
- The pair were excited to hear their child’s heartbeat for the first time
- However, the wife and doctor were not amused by the husband’s joke after hearing the sound
Expecting a child is one of life’s most emotional and transformative experiences.
For one Reddit user and his wife, both 31, the journey to parenthood took an unexpectedly awkward — yet humorous — turn during a routine ultrasound appointment.
What began as a joyful, exciting day quickly became a moment of comic misfire that will likely be remembered for years to come.
“We went in for the 12-week scan. Everyone’s in a good mood, the tech is sweet, and everything looks great,” the soon-to-be dad writes in the post, setting the stage for what was supposed to be a tender milestone in their pregnancy journey.
But then came the moment that often brings tears to parents’ eyes: the first sound of the baby’s heartbeat. “She puts the wand over my wife’s belly, and the room goes quiet. Then: Lub dub. Lub dub,” he recalls.
It was then, caught up in the emotion and the surreal quality of the moment, that the expectant father said what he thought would be a lighthearted comment to break the silence.
“Without thinking, I blurt out, ‘Sounds like a tiny rave in there,’” he recalls.
Unfortunately, his attempt at humor didn’t land. “No one laughs. Not the tech. Not my wife,” he recounts. “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.”
The silence that followed was deafening. What was meant to be a bonding moment through shared laughter turned into a lesson in timing — and the unwritten rules of ultrasound etiquette.
Recognizing the situation, the dad decided to stay quiet for the rest of the appointment. Although no one found his comment funny at the moment, Reddit users flooded the comments in support of the poster.
“Ehhh they just don’t have a sense of humor, that’s pretty funny,” one person commented. “Dad joking it up before you are officially a dad.”
The fallout, however, didn’t end at the clinic. Later that night, his wife sent him a text from another room.
“Tiny rave. Really?” she asked.
The poster noted that he has since been “permanently banned from speaking during future appointments.”
While the joke didn’t garner any laughs, it did lead to an unofficial nickname for their future son. “We’re naming the baby Oliver,” he writes, “but I know the real nickname will be DJ Heartbeat.”
In the end, this expectant father learned a valuable — and slightly embarrassing — lesson: sometimes, the best thing to say during a poignant moment is nothing at all.
Still, it’s clear that his heart was in the right place, even if his timing was not.
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