A single heartbeat

This morning we got to see the baby's heart beating (yes, there was only one heartbeat, but it was beating like crazy!). 122 beats per minute. The technician told us anything over 100 bpm is good right now.

The baby measures 4 millimeters or about the size of a grain of rice. That measurement confirms that I am in the 6th week and that our due date is May 9th.



















We got 2 ultrasound pictures from the technician, but you can't really see anything so I'm only sharing "the better one". The dark black spot in the middle is the palcenta. The heartbeat appeared to the left of the black spot. There acutally is a white arrow pointing to it, but it's impossible to see due to the exposure.

The next ultrasound will be at 20 weeks and that's when we'll be able to really see something. We'll need to decide by then if we want to know the sex of the baby. At this point, Will does and I would rather be surprised.

Now I will start visiting the doctor once a month for regular checkups. Other than starting to have pregnancy symptoms (which I haven't yet) there shouldn't be anything too exciting to report on for a while.