182 Beats Per Minute

We had our 13 week check up today. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat, and it was 182 BPM, it was truly an amazing feeling to hear our baby's beating heart! I can't even explain the emotions i felt. Happy, excited, relieved, and just in love! I never imagined how in love I would be with a person I havent seen or met yet! I'm measuring perfectly at 13 weeks, I did lose some weight (Dr. Hamilton said it was fine), and I'm feeling great so everything is going the way it should! We go back in 4 weeks, then we will do the sequential screening for downs syndrome and trisomy 18. I have a history of Neural Tube Defects, so just to be on the safe side we decided to go through with it. We will love our baby no matter the sex, or if there are any problems. Medically, I want to be prepared and know what we need to do if the baby would have an issue. If someone is going to operate on my infant, I would prefer to have met with them before! We can only pray and hope for the best, but I'm a very prepared person! I still have a feeling this little baby is a girl! I asked the doctor if there was any truth behind the old wives tales of telling what the baby is by a heart rate, and he said nope! He asked me what I thought it was, I said girl and he agreed! Poor Tyler just sat there and laughed. He wants a boy so badly! I just want a healthy, sweet baby! I am loving being pregnant, and have a little belly now! It's all feeling so real! I LOVE IT!