Week # 7: We are shown the Heart-beat!

Here's the Peanut!

Our appointment, Thursday June 15th @ 7:15. It was a mere, faint blinking white speckle but the Doctor was able to see a heart-beat this early in the pregnancy and show it to us. The thing was that I had to look over the Doctor's shoulder and his pointing hand to actually see it. The Doctor has seen far to many to be as excited as we were, but it was a once in a lifetime event; the picture does not do it justice. The baby from 'crown' to 'rump' measures 7mm, normal sizes indicated in the baby book around this time are 5mm to 8mm; about the size of (1) line on a lined piece of paper.

In the next week, the baby is supposed to almost double in size...what a process!