thump, thump

My wife is about 10 weeks along in the pregnancy so far, and we went this morning for her second pre-natal doctor's visit. What was especially exciting about that was that we were first able to hear the baby's heartbeat! It was amazing to stand there and listen to the thumping sound of our baby's heartbeat. It was very rapid (they say that the baby's heart usually beats at around 160 bpm at this stage), but very strong. The doctor said that it sounded very good, and reassured us by telling us that when you can hear the heartbeat, the chances of miscarriage are drastically reduced.

Now, I can't wait for the next two months to pass. In two months will be probably the next big milestone when we get to have an ultrasound done. By then, we should also be able to determine the baby's gender, which both my wife and I are eagerly anticipating. We definitely want to know the gender so that we can begin to plan by getting the nursery ready. We also need to know so that we can return half of the clothes my wife and mother-in-law have already bought! They got a bit excited a few weeks ago and bought lots of clothes, half boy's and half girl's, and said they would return the half we didn't need after finding out if the baby was a boy or girl.

[Listening to: Suteki Da Ne - Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy In Concert]