Heartbeat

Today I had my monthly OB appointment. I look forward to these appointments because a.) they weigh me and I don't have to feel guilty for gaining 7 pounds in 4 months and b.) I get to hear the most beautiful sound in the world...our baby's heartbeat. I was especially anxious this time around because last time it took the doctor what seemed like an eternity (but was probably more like 45 seconds) to find the heartbeat, and it was not as loud as the time before that. The doctor told me that this was simply because of the baby's position, but my inner OBGYN (the one's whose office is conveniently located inside my head) was not so sure; she wanted to run a battery of tests and keep me overnight for observation, just to be on the safe side. But today that baby must have just finished it's morning jog, because the heartbeat was loud and fast. Such a wonderful sound. I'm thinking of of downloading that sound onto my ipod and hitting "party shuffle" so that in between the The Dirty Dancing Soundtrack and Hall and Oates Greatest Hits, I can hear that heart pumping away.