Is it a Boy or a Girl? We still don't know!

BOY OR GIRL????

We had our long awaited 20 week appointment on Tuesday, January 5th with Dr. Grumbach. Now I always knew that while most people had their BIG ultrasounds scheduled at this point mine wasn't going to take place until February (at 24 weeks). I have no idea why I but my doctor wanted to wait until then and since he has been with me through everything else I opted to accept his judgement.





Now the BIG ultrasound is really for checking the baby's organs and making sure everything is physically in check. The added bonus for most parents is that this gives us the opportunity to find out if we are having a beautiful baby girl or a handsome baby boy. At my 16 week appointment the Dr. explained what would happen at my next appointment - it didn't include an ultrasound! After a little bit to complaint he said, "ok, at your next appointment if I have time I might take a quick peek at the gender with the portable ultrasound machine." I held on to this for the next four weeks.





I arrived at the Dr.'s office on January 5th at 11:00 a.m. - had the usual lab work done, and headed back to the exam room. Dr. Grumbach came in asked questions, checked everything out and provided a good report. He finally asked how I was doing - my reply, "that depends on whether or not you will take a peek at the baby and tell me boy or girl." He smiled and said I will take a 2 minutes look but can't promise anything.





The jelly went on my belly and there in black and white was my little angel. There is no better feeling of relief than to see your baby and know they are doing just fine. Dr. G described everything he saw - providing me with a basic play by play then came Nurse Linda's comment, "is that baby's legs crossed?" Dr. G, "Yep, I'll try a few angles but it looks like your baby doesn't want to cooperate today.





After many attempts on his part we had to give up. Now we are forced to wait another 4 weeks until Monday, February 1st! Koto was not able to make it to my 20 week appt. so it was no surprise that when I went to check out he had sent several text messages asking if I knew anything yet. The next couple hours were spent spreading the news about my baby's preference to sit Indian style. I have opted to believe that Baby Y preferred to hold out for a much bigger audience in order to reveal his/her secret.





At my next appointment I will have both my husband and my Mom there to support me and share in the wonder of seeing this baby on the ultrasound screen and finding out the answer to the question everyone is waiting to hear!