Heartbeat!

Yestdarday the most amazing thing happened...your dad and I heard your heartbeat! It made me so happy because it really reassured me that you are alive and growing and everything is going fine. He said your heart beat was beating at 175 beats per minute, which is a little on the fast side, but that is ok. He also said it was really strong for me only being 10 weeks pregnant. I am so happy that you are growing so well!!

As of now, you have fingers and toes, elbows and knees that bend, color in your eyes, many of your internal organs and you are really starting to take the shape of a baby. Your brain is developing and you are about an inch and a half long. From now on you will grow at an incredible rate and will get much bigger very quickly.

I told my students about you this week when I went back to work for the school year. They seem to be really excited for you also, but I promise...I won't let them touch you! I can just imagine all those snot/dirt/food covered fingers touching you and I won't let it happen! But they will be able to see me grow as you grow inside me. It will be fun to share that with them. They are most excited, as am I, to find out if you are a boy or a girl. I will find out in 8 more weeks. Your father really wants you to be a boy and I really want you to be a girl, but we will both love you and be happy regardless of what gender you are! (But if you will work on being a girl, you will help me win some money...haha).

Stay safe and keep growing!

Love you,

Mom