Our Little Parasite

This morning's ultrasound was sooooo cool. This is the first time we've gotten far enough along to see a heart beat. We both got teary-eyed looking at it. It was so AMAZING! I can't wait till we can start to hear the heart beat at doctor's appointments.

I still don't have a due date but I hope to soon. The traditional way of calculating due dates puts me at 8 weeks but this weeks ultrasound puts me at 6 weeks 3 days. We'll see what the doctor says.

So, great big world, please meet Little Baby Watts, or as my husband so fondly nicknamed him/her, Our Little Parasite.

He/she is 6mm long and has a heart beat of 122 beats per minute. Yeah! For those of you without a degree in imaging, let me explain: The round ball at the top is actually not the baby's head. It is the yolk sac (yes, just like in chicken eggs). This will feed the baby for a little longer. The baby is actually just the part between the cross hairs. 6mm of miracle and growing bigger every day.