Hearing the Heartbeat!
Friday, July 29, 2011 - Posted by Danielle at 10:03 AM
We met our midwife and she is incredible - we enjoyed her so much and are very excited to be working with her. Then she said we could do the heartbeat first (we weren't even positive that we would get to!) She had me lay back, started running the doppler over me and within a few seconds we heard a heartbeat! Mark and I looked at each other with excitement and she goes, "Nope...that ones yours!!!" Ha! So she kept trying to find it and finally she got a look on her face like she felt it. She asked if we did - not a bit! It couldn't have been for more than a couple seconds and she was already able to tell us how many beats/minute!! She said, "Well, I know I heard it, but I want the two of you to hear it!!!" She said we have a sneaky baby in there because it was a struggle but after a few minutes, we heard a consistent heartbeat that we were both able to recognize. INCREDIBLE. It just made everything real - there REALLY is a little life inside!!
Mark was watching a show today where in one episode, this guy was excited because he was going to be a dad. A few episodes later, he shared that they weren't able to find a heartbeat and ended up finding out she had miscarried. We are so incredibly thankful that we were able to hear that heartbeat!! What a blessing.
We have our next two appointments booked now - next one not real exciting, but on September 22nd we will be finding out gender!!! Can't wait!!!!!!
As for date night tonight, the crib is in!! We're going to pick that up and set it up tomorrow...pictures to come!
