baby heartbeat

at our last doctor's appt. we had the opportunity to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. i must admit at first we were a little disappointed - having foolishly believed that we would have a sonogram every time. (we wanted to see the baby again) however, hearing the heartbeat was amazing. it took the doctor what seemed to us like a very long time to find the baby. at first i was worried that the baby wasn't there or had died or something, but after about 5 minutes, he found our little athlete. i say athlete because the doctors explanation for his long search was that the baby was so active, he had to wait till he/she settled down to get a clear heartbeat. (we have a future gymnast i think)