# Happy News

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 5, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330 "2006-10-05T00:48:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330/1 "2006-10-05T00:48:20Z")

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Today, I saw the heart beat of my next child. Every thing is normal. He or she is expected May 15.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330/2 "2006-10-05T00:50:40Z")

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How exciting for you! I take it you don’t want to know the gender?

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**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330/3 "2006-10-05T00:54:29Z")

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At 8 weeks along, we can’t know the gender yet. That will be at the next ultrasound, I think.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330/4 "2006-10-05T01:00:51Z")

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Aaah!

To see the heartbeat must be so awesome, quite surreal, I’d imagine?

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**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330/5 "2006-10-05T01:06:55Z")

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Yes, a bit. the way it apears on the ultrasound is a small area that seems to blink or flash very fast. It certainly makes it more real to me, even though I had all the symptoms and a positive test.

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**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-news/375330/6 "2006-10-05T05:17:50Z")

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Congratulations!