Wow...

Yesterday, July 15th, was a day I will never forget. D & I went to our first appointment to see our little guy/girl.

Thankfully, we got back to the room and hooked up the machine pretty quickly. We were so anxious just to see and know that everything is OK. After only about a minute of looking around, our doctor showed us a little, black circle on the screen and explained that this was the yolk sac. He moved a little, to a small white blur right underneath that sac, and said "And right here, is your baby. And see that little flickering on the screen? That is its heartbeat".

Wow.

What an indescribably, amazing feeling.

I had always wondered what this moment might feel like, and now I know. It is nothing like I could have ever imagined. It is so, so much better.

Baby Hayes was measuring 7 weeks 1 day, which is right on track. He/she also had a heartbeat of 115 bpm, which Dr. Lindel said was great for being so early in the pregnancy. He checked around everything else and said "Well everything looks great. The only disappointing thing is that there is only one". HA! Not disappointing in the least- one baby at a time will do :)

We told Dustin's parents last night. So now, his parents and my parents know, as well as about 3 close friends. We are going to tell his sister and my brother this week, and my grandparents when we visit NY in about 2 weeks. Everyone else will have to wait until about 12 weeks along.

This is the most amazing thing, and seeing that little raspberry-sized baby on that screen makes all of this sickness and struggle worth every moment...

Get comfortable in there little raspberry. Your mommy and daddy love you very much already!!