Very Good and a Little Bit Bad
Yesterday was supposed to be the day I wrote a post saying, “It’s a ……” Our ultrasound was scheduled for Friday.
Let me cut to the chase of the story. The very good news: Our baby appears to be healthy and have all the necessary limbs and organs. The semi-bad news: We still have to call it an “it” because that baby would not uncross its ankles and the doctor exerted about 0.000001% effort to get it to move or even get a better view.
The tech, who was a delightful and very pleasant woman, tried pretty hard to tell and she said based on the one shot the doctor got of the baby, she was 75% certain it was a girl, but there was no telling. We ran into the doctor in the hallway when we were leaving and I asked her if she thought it was a girl too, based on the image she took. Her delightful, heart-warming response? “Oh, I didn’t even really look at that image.”
The day of, I was really bothered not to know, but now I’m kind of resigned to possibly not knowing until the baby is born. Plus, I think it’s a girl.
In other news, I’m in Las Vegas for the week, celebrating the fact that Massachusetts gives both a week long winter break in February and a week long spring break in April. Let us all rejoice.
People, I have never loved Las Vegas like I’m loving it now. I wore a t-shirt yesterday. We walked four miles outside. My mom and I ate lunch on the patio. This WARM and sunny weather thing is nearly killing me with its fabulousness. Bart will be lucky if I get on that plane this weekend to go back to the snow and the cold.
I have done both ways…that is- find out before hand and do the surprise thing. I must say, the surprise is much better! With Kenedie, I thought, I have to find out because…blah, blah, blah….funny thing, I still bought unisex clothes (knowing my first wouldn't be my last), I still decorated for boy or girl (knowing I would use nursery for more than one child)- AND – I bought a white crib, so again….boy or girl! Once you have that precious little baby, you will still have plenty of opportunity to buy either girly girl stuff or all the boy stuff! None of this probably made you feel better (especially if you wanted to find out)- BUT..try to enjoy the surprise!
Ohmygoodness!! I've CLEARLY been out of BlogLand for to long! How did I miss the inital "Hi, I'm pregnant!" post?! How did I miss this?!
Congrats! Hooray! And I can't wait to find out what kind of munchkin you'll have!
xox
I'm also on the band wagon of get a more interested doctor. No heartbeat until the 16th week? Not even remotely attuned to the fact that you might want to know the gender? What are the odds that she'll be at all interested in what you want for your labor and delivery? I'd walk if I were you. Or I would present my birth plan at my next appointment and mean business.
Happy the baby is doing well!
it IS wonderful, isn't it?? i love the weather here too. so excited you're visiting… just emailed you my cell #!!! call us!
Bummer! It's a good thing you're a much better person than I am because I would have been so mad and grouchy.
I adore Vegas especially because it's warm.
I bet you're right that it's a girl.
Also, go to either the patisserie in Bellagio or there are several in the new City Center. Incredible desserts I think both you and baby will love. 🙂
i can't begin to tell you how envious i am that you are in las vegas. i heard it was around feb/march that this winter stuff gets hard. have fun and eat some good mexican food for me!
oh and i have a friend who didn't know the gender (this was her 3rd and she knew with the first 2) and she said not knowing made the delivery experience very spiritual and there was like a scared reverence in the room with her and her husband. because they weren't thinking about "my little girl will be a dancer" or "my little boy will be a baseball player". they were just focused on where this baby just came from and how special that was.