The most miraculous sound...

I just had to write a quick new post about what happened today. Andy and I still hadn't heard the baby's heartbeat, and deep down, it was really kind of getting to me and creating doubts that were creeping in. I made an extra appointment for today (considering how the last one went) to see if they could find the heartbeat.

I got to the appointment about 3:00 today and I was going to be seeing the nurse practitioner (who we saw at our first appointment). I explained to her that this was an extra appointment because it took them a really long time to pick up the heartbeat two weeks ago - she said our baby was already playing games with the docs! I told her I never heard it at the last one, and when the heartbeat was on the ultrasound screen, the doctor took it off my belly before I could see it.

She looked at me with the most empathetic eyes, like she knew I just needed to hear it. Well, she put the doppler on my stomach and it immediately picked up my heartbeat. She moved it a tad to the right, and sure enough, "boom, boom, boom...." - the most amazing, miraculous sound I've ever heard. The heart rate was 160, loud and strong. The baby moved (although it's still too early to feel) and the sound went away for a second. The nurse practitioner said, "Don't move baby, your mommy needs to hear you just a little more".

She found it real quickly again and held it there for what seemed like a good minute. I closed my eyes, thanked the Lord, and continued listening to the most miraculous sound....and then cried my whole way home. :-)