Though we have been back to the doctor several times since Christmas Eve (for blood tests), today was the first exciting appointment because we got to see our baby for the first time!! The tests we have had to take have turned out really high, along with a crazy amount of sickness on my part, led the doctor to suspect we could be having twins. We were a bit nervous as that determination was being made. I am happy (though I would have been thrilled with whatever God chose to bless us with) to announce that Baby B (singular!!) is right on schedule and has a mighty strong heartbeat! Typical for weeks 6-7 is between 90-110 bpm and our baby (the over-achiever it continues to be) is at 117 bpm! The doctor expected to see it today but said it was unclear whether 
we would be able to hear it - let me tell you, that baby's heart was beating away (perhaps those few swigs of Coke I stole from Brian helped out!). A friend mentioned recording it with our phones but when the doctor said he was giving us a DVD, we figured we were covered. Unfortunately, we got home to find the DVD is without sound - sad! I wanted to spend the rest of the evening listening to my little one (and many more evenings to come!). Oh, well. I thought I would upload some pics and video anyway.Oh and did I mention that I NEVER HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER SHOT?? I 
know, it's hard to tell that I'm excited about that, but after 70 of them, I am ready to never see another shot for as long as I live!! Oh...okay, I'll happily accept the epidural!! With any luck, the change in my meds will also help me reclaim a place in the land of the living - my students have already started making comments that I'm lazy and sick all the time (lovely how observant 13-year-olds are!). I have seen more of my bedroom and the backs of my eyelids than my house, my husband, anything really. And this little one is a picky eater already. Did I mention that I am obsessed with chocolate - I admit I have a really unhealthy obsession forit - but during in-vitro, I couldn't eat sugar or 
caffeine, so I was thrilled when I could introduce chocolate back into my life. But no - Baby B HATES it! I'm not kidding, the smallest
chocolate chip gives me heartburn and indigestion for hours. So Wrong!! Not that I've been fortunate to eat much of anything these days. Oh well, as long as Baby B is doing well, I will happily take whatever. I can't tell you how exciting today was for us. It just made everything real, you know?
