Sweet Victory!

Praise The Lord! All is well with our little one. We had such a great experience this morning. The tech immediately showed us our "big" baby. I think even she was surprised to see how big it had grown. It measured 9 weeks and 1 day today. This is pretty remarkable. When we went in exactly 2 weeks ago, it measured 6 weeks and 5 days. . .a few days shy of where I thought it would be. Everyone assured me that some variation was normal, but I was still a little disappointed. One of the things I prayed as I prayed for strong life this week was that the growth would be strong. . .I said to the Lord, "that it would even measure more than 9 weeks today." I don't even know why I prayed that. But the Lord blessed us with strong growth. And a strong heartbeat at 179! We even got to see its little hands wave a little. I think it was saying hi to mom and dad.

My dear friend Gwen called during the ultrasound and so I said, "Oh, someone is calling to make sure everything is ok." The tech must have assumed it was my mom. She said, "Call your mom back and let's let her hear the heartbeat." So I called my mom and put the phone up to the speaker and she got to hear a baby's heartbeat. . .her grandchild's heartbeat for the first time! She cried and the tech cried. I even saw some tears in Dave's eyes. It was so sweet!

Dave and I are so very relieved and excited. God is so faithful. Another huge milemarker behind us! The best part is, I get to go back to my doctor Heather now. I've missed being under her care. We have a few more weeks to go before the end of the first trimester, but I am so encouraged and my faith is so renewed. I just know we're going to make it!