I couldn't wait for this appointment! I was practically counting down the minutes! I knew immediately that I wanted to find out the sex. And fortunately, Kelly agreed! I felt that regardless of when I found out (at 18 weeks or upon birth) it would still be one of the biggest surprises of my life. With that said, those of you who know me, also know that I prefer to be in control, organized, ready and prepared, at all times (if possible)! Ha! Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I would be finding out as quickly as possible! I mean, I had a nursery to plan and pink baby clothes were already calling my name!
I was 18 weeks pregnant when we went to Troy Beaumont Hospital for our fetal imaging appointment (they did a spectacular job, the photos we received were so vivid). I wasn't the only one looking forward to this appointment; my mom, dad, grandma and Kelly all joined me!
We sat in the dark room staring at a huge flat screen monitor mounted on the wall! It was quite the experience! The first image we saw showed the baby faced down (facing the floor). We could only see the back of her head, the spinal cord, her tush and legs! This was fine for the first 15 minutes because the nurse had to measure all of those areas, but once she was finished and it was time for mini mcdonald to roll over, she wouldn't!
What I went through next, in an effort to get this little baby to role over and face the other way, is quite funny.
The nurse asked me to run up and down the hallway and steps (of the hospital) for three to four minutes. When this didn't work (baby still facing the opposite way), the nurse had me eat a sucker and lay on my stomach!! After this too had failed, She had me running up and down the halls again! It was quite the work out I must say! And still, there was no change in the baby's movement.
By this point, my appointment time was up. The nurse knew how badly I wanted to know the sex and she hadn't even started measuring the front side of the baby, so rather than send me home, she got another nurse to finish up my appointment. My family and I were left alone in the room, feeling a bit bummed considering we may have to wait another few weeks for the news. Then we had another idea, maybe we could convince the baby to role over by talking to her!?!? My Mom and Grandma immediately started talking to my belly, asking her all sorts of questions!! It was funny! Within moments of them finishing, the new nurse walked in - and what do you know - the baby had rolled over!! She was so cute! Sucking her thumb, moving all around! And best of all, she was healthy! I got tears in my eyes hearing and seeing this!
It finally came time to learn the sex! The nurse verified with me one more time, "you do want to know the sex of your baby, correct?"YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
As she slowly moved the doppler lower, we came across one last obstacle we'd have to wait out;
the baby had her right hand between her legs!
We all got quite a kick out of this as we sat there and waited for her to move, and within moments she did!
And that's when it was confirmed! We were having a GIRL!!
I was so thrilled! I knew it was a girl! I had the strongest gut feeling from the beginning.
I couldn't wait to start planning! ... And Shopping!!
OMG Jill!!! I was just cracking up reading this and hearing your voice in my head as you explained it all. The part about introducing Kelly is absolutely hysterical, especially because I've met him and know exactly what you mean on most of that. I'm so excited for you sweetie!! Keep the blogs and the pics coming. After this wedding is over, I focus on other important things like sending you links of baby stuff that I think is adorable, etc. I miss you lady! Wish I was closer so I could hear about all this first hand!
ReplyDeleteLove you!! Love always - Kim