The Best Christmas Gift Ever

Sorry I did not have time to post yesterday. Y's family and mine are together for the holidays and it has been hard to find a spare moment. I only have time for quick update now.

Despite freezing rain yesterday morning that made for treacherous road conditions, I did make it into the clinic for the heartbeart check. We were on our way our of town, so I went to the appointment with the whole gang in tow, including T.

My doctor did the scan and almost right away she said, "I see a heartbeat." I could see it too -- it just looked like a little flutter. She said it was great that we could see the heartbeat because this is a day earlier when they would normally check for the heartbeat. She turned the sound up on the ultrasound and tried to let us hear the heartbeat, but it was too early. Next week, if everything continues developing as expected, we should be able to hear the heartbeat and measure how fast it is beating.

We are very excited that we got to see the heartbeat. I took a gamble on going in early and I'm glad it paid off. Now, we can enjoy the holiday feeling more confident that the pregnancy is going to make it. Thanks Santa for the best Christmas gift ever.