The Ultrasound

When we went to the Dr. on Thursday, we of course had our ultrasound! Normally we chose not to find out the gender of our babies, but this time we wanted to know.

Dr. F said, "Do you want a boy or a girl or does it matter?"

I said, "Well, I'd like a boy, but if it's not a boy, we'll be fine!"

Dr. F said, "If I tell you that it's not a boy, are you going to get upset and cry and stuff?"

I looked at Buffalo Wings and we both made questioning faces and said, "No. We'll be fine!"

Dr. F said, "Because a lot of people who come in here want one thing and I tell them it's another thing and they get very upset and cry."

BW and I looked at each other again and shook our heads.

I said, "We're just so happy to be able to have babies, we really don't care. I'd like to have a little brother for our little boy, but if it is not a boy, it's still going to be OK! Besides, I'm sure it's a girl. I've been feeling so puky, I'm just sure it's a girl. If you tell me it's a boy, I'll be so surprised I won't know what to do."

By this time, Dr. F had the goo on my belly and we were looking at the baby.

"Well," she said, "You got a boy!"

I was freaking out, more from shock than anything else. I could not believe that a boy in my belly had made me feel so puky all this time! With Banana, I never felt that bad. With the girls, I threw up daily for many weeks. So I was in total shock that I could carry a boy baby and be as ill as I'd been. I kept asking her to check again and again and make sure that it wasn't the umbilical cord that was in the way, but it wasn't. The umbilical cord was way out of the way of that area, because we saw it a couple of times too.

I am still in shock that there is a boy in there! Though I'm feeling much better so far this week, I'm not getting my hopes up that the worst is over. I had a not-so-good moment at the end of the day yesterday, but it was only a small moment. But still . . . so when this kid comes out and I see all of the kid's parts, then I'll be a true believer! But Dr. F was sure and I saw what I saw . . . but still!

Anyway, the rest of the ultrasound was great. We saw the two parts of the bran, the four chambers of the heart, the lungs and kidneys. Dr. F said that looks like a beautiful baby in there! Imagine how beautiful he's gonna look when he's out here! I can't wait.