Hello Baby!

Matt and I went for my second prenatal appointment last Thursday.  Dr. Bale said that my uterus is definitely enlarging and everything looks great!  He used the doppler to try to hear the baby's heart beat, but unfortunately we were unable to hear it :(.  He said it was normal and not to be alarmed by that since I was only 9.5 weeks along.

After the exam we went to his office for follow up and questions.  I was feeling particularly emotional this day since I was hoping for SOME sort of reassurance that the baby was okay and that the heart was beating.  I asked Dr. Bale so some sort of reassurance and he (sensing my constant worry brought on my motherhood) told me I could go ahead and schedule an ultrasound for the next week.

So yesterday Matt and I went in to see the baby!  It was AMAZING!!!!  The baby is about 1 inch in length and we saw the little heart beating away!  The ultrasound technician told us the heart was beating about 180 beats per minute!!!  Everything looked great and we were both just glad to see it!