Heartbeat

My book says there are different moments when a woman's pregnancy becomes real, mine was yesterday hearing the baby's heartbeat.

My tiny plum sized baby's heart has such a strong healthy beat it brought me to tears. Inside of me is something real and alive. This was the most thrilling experience I've ever had in my entire life. The technician first used a heated gel (nice touch) and a magic wand to find my baby. The baby image was on a TV screen across the room so we could see. She showed us different views of the head. She pointed out where the feet are, so we saw a tiny foot. She gave us the measurements and pointed out where the fluids were to detect down syndrome. Then...she turned on the microphone, andddd I lost it. haha. I cried so hard I had to try to stop because it was difficult to breathe. It was a true moment when you are just overcome with an emotion. James told me he couldn't cry because I was already crying LOL. He said "I knew you were going to cry"

I felt relived, I have been stressing out because in my week by week pregnancy book it talks more about abnormalities then what's changing in me and the baby. I bought James a "Daddy's pregnant too" book and 2 weeks worth of descriptions are described on ONE page without the scary stuff. I find that to be UNfair

The blood test and the ultrasound were matched up and the doctor gave us a quick analyze of the results. The baby is fine and healthy

After we had pizza for lunch! PIZZA MY HEART!