148 BPM

Today my wife and I got to hear the heartbeat of our future little one and his/her HR is 148. It's amazing how a rapid little thump, thump can make you feel. For the first time it all feels so real. The sex is still unknown for another couple of weeks, but I'm hoping for a boy for many obvious reasons. I've heard the higher the HR the better chances you have for having a girl, but then I'm told by others if the HR is between 140-150 then it's most certainly a boy. Boy or girl they're pretty much tracking at my target IM HR, which is immediately what came to mind when the doctor gave us the number. My wife shot me the look to stop relating everything to triathlon. Either way the little dude is setting a good pace and he/she is set to arrive Aug 1.