An Amazing Sound

The following Monday morning on June 1, we had our first visit with our high risk doctor. She was no-nonsense, which Tony liked very much. She said that the placenta sometimes tests differently and that she thought further testing would not yield negative results. The results could also remain inconclusive, at which point we would have to decide if we wanted to do amniocentesis. She seemed confident though that the baby would be just fine. With her confidence, we decided to listen to the heart beat for the first time. She warned us that early on couples sometimes can't hear the heart beat, especially with the small handheld piece of equipment she had. It didn't take her longer than 30-40 seconds though to find a very strong heart beat - 170 beats/minute! It was a very exciting moment for us.