9 weeks and a Heart beat!

My baby is the size of a grape this week, but boy is it making me nauseous. I've been feeling horrible for about 4 weeks now and the only thing that helps is acupuncture and eating! Lord help me not to be one of those women that gains 80 pounds...

I don't have morning sickness, I have night sickness, but I know ITS ALL WORTH IT! My mom and I wet to my first official appointment with the nurse last Friday and it couldn't have gone better. At first, she was just asking basic questions, until my mom started to make her laugh and got her to open up a little and made it fun.  We had a fun time with her. Anyway, this was just supposed to be an 8 week basic check-up with blood tests and thins like that.When we got into the exam room, I asked if we could try and listen for the heatbeat. The nurse told us that you can almost NEVER hear it until at least 12 weeks, but I think because she really liked us, she told us she would try too. Only because I was ''skinny enough'' she said there wasn't a lot of stuff to go thru, and under one condition that I wouldn't get upset if she couln't find it. We shook on it and the next thing I knew, my lower stomach was smothered in goo and she was rubbing a stick like thing with a microphone over my belly. After about 2 minutes of listening, we heard the most beautiful sound in the world: my babies heart beat! I started crying and my mom had this huge smile on her face. It was so loud and fast, beating about 160 beats per minute. The nurse confirmed it was perfect and very healthy sounding. I left that appointment with the biggest smirk on my face and in my best mood. I'm so grateful for my baby! I know now that this is for real!