Heartbeat!

Today we heard our sweet baby's heartbeat for the very first time.  It was definitely the highlight of my three hour appointment today at the health department.

Jordan and mom teared up a little bit, and they recorded it, so hopefully we will have that forever and ever. I'm trying to keep up with everything so that our child can look back at all of this stuff later.

I was so excited today when the nurse was able to find our baby's heartbeat.  They had told me at the beginning of my appointment that sometimes they can't detect the heartbeat before 12 weeks.  I am 10 weeks and 5 days today, but our little one's heart was loud and clear.

The rest of the appointment went pretty well.  It was a long one, but it was the first big one, so the time was understandable.  They went ahead and tested me for gestational diabetes and that came back negative, which I am happy about, and all of my results from last week's labs were good too.

Everything seems to be going really well so far.  I'm not having many symptoms, just feeling tired a lot and having some heartburn.  Oh, and I'm pretty moody I must admit, but no nausea! (Knock on wood!!!)

We are all so excited about this baby and this new chapter in life.  It's going to be a long pregnancy waiting to see his or her sweet face.  For now we are happy to have a heartbeat.  It's the sweetest sound I've ever heard.