Seeing Baby's Heartbeat

So today marked the first day we fell in love with our baby's heartbeat. We officially saw the heart beat and it was anywhere between 120-140 bpm. This was such an amazing moment, it reminds me of my heart transplant patients and the first time they hear their new heart beating in their chest. It is a moment that brings tears to my eyes because it symbolizes the new chapter of their lives, the new beginning they have been dreaming of. Well I got to experience this first hand when I saw our baby's heartbeat for the first time; it actually looked like a light flickering on and off really fast.

Although I have been feeling calm for awhile now this was just another confirmation that our baby is doing well. It was a sweet moment shared by Chris and I oh and the ultrasound tech too.

We even got a picture of that little peanut, who is now looking more and more like a baby. Little eyes and ears are beginning to form, not to mention hands and feet.

7 weeks and 4 days
It's a little difficult to see but the baby's head is at the bottom
of the dark circle and the body is off to the right.

So far I haven't experience the horrible pregnancy side effects that everyone describes. A little queasiness in the early AM and then it's gone, it usually just takes me longer to get through breakfast. The only nuisance is getting up in the middle of the night to pee and I am sure that is only going to get worse once baby gets bigger, but I can handle that. Oh and finally my clothes are getting a little tighter. Now that is a bummer because all I feel right now is big and not pregnant. So until this belly gets a little bigger I am going to continue to squeeze into my seven jeans with a new belly band. Who ever invented that is a genius.