First Ultrasound
We had our first ultrasound today for our baby. We were a bit off on the length of the pregnancy. We thought Kiara was 10 weeks along, when she is really only 8 weeks along. The baby is 20mm is length. That just seems so tiny for something that is going to grow up to be a full-grown adult. The changes are coming (for Kiara, my life, our family, and things in general.) They became more real today when we saw the baby in Kiara. The neatest thing was that you could see the heart beating even though it’s so tiny. That’s just amazing!!! We also heard the heart beat of the baby, and it was just amazing. 
The heart was beating at 162 beats per minute. Kiara thought that was awful fast, but I know from working with small animals that the smaller something is, the faster its heart beats. I don’t know why that happens, but I know that is the general rule (there are exceptions, like most reptiles [which our baby is not one of!])
We’re having another ultrasound in about a month to check for health issues, and then another at the 18-ish week mark to check development. We’re also going to try to find out the sex of the baby at the 18th week, so that we can start negotiating the name. That should prove interesting.
PS: The image is clickable for a larger version.
