First Heartbeat..

Matt and I were scheduled to hear the baby's heartbeat today at 10am. Due to inclement (if you can call it that) weather in our area, our doctor's office was on a two hour delay which postponed our appointment to 12:15pm. The nurse explained that the baby is very small and it's usually difficult to find a heartbeat, so not to be discouraged at first. After approximately 45 seconds of searching, which felt like an eternity, we heard a heartbeat. We were thrilled, then the nurse explained that she had detected MY heartbeat. The search resumed. After another "eternity" we FINALLY heard the baby's heartbeat. It was so surreal, we now have concrete confirmation that there's a baby on the way, it's so hard to put all that trust in a stick that shows two blue lines. We have another regular appointment scheduled for four weeks and then we get to find out the sex of the baby three weeks after that, which is week 18.