OUR STUBBORN LITTLE BABY.....

I have been SO patient the last month, waiting for the ultra sound appointment and the day FINALLY came. I was really nervous during work on Friday though and the longer we waited at the doctor's office, the more antsy I got. Paul had to tell me a few times, to just relax. We took Kaiden, Akoy and Kove with us and after waiting in the waiting room for almost an hour, we were able to go into the ultra sound room. Oh, before I get to that, one funny thing happened while we were waiting....

Akoy got bored just sitting there so he decided to look through a magazine. He picked one up and said, "Kristen, you should read this one." It was The Stages of Babies Development. I told him that maybe I would in a while. After a few minutes, Paul said, "Kristen look at this," and handed the magazine to me. I opened it up and it was pictures of a real birth (Ooh yuck!! I don't even like looking at that) Akoy had asked Paul where babies came from and Paul had told him from the mom's belly. Akoy handed him the magazine and said, "This doesn't look like a belly."

Paul ended up telling Akoy that sometimes they have to cut the mom's belly and there are other ways that babies are born too. I'm just not really sure if he is old enough to know all the details yet.

So back to the ultrasound...Doctor B asked the boys if they wanted a sister or a brother and all of them said "a sister!!" and we told him we had 4 boys. He said we might be in luck because 6 of his patients that day were having girls. He was great to take his time checking the babies head, heart, feet, lips and other important organs. He said that everything looked really great and the baby was even measuring pretty big (well, 14 oz) The boys kept saying, "oh is it a girl?" or "Can we see if it is a girl yet?" The doctor told them that he had to check a few things and then would get to that important part. When he was looking at the arms and hands he said, "oh, I'm not sure yet but most baby girls like to keep their hands close to their face and that's what the baby is doing. That could be a good sign." The boys were really excited about that.

When the doctor FINALLY got to checking the sex, he COULD NOT SEE MUCH AT ALL!! Our baby had its little legs so squished up that there was hardly any way to see anything. The doctor tried really hard to see different angles. He did say that he could kind of make out what he thought was girl parts and was 80% sure that she was a girl. He pushed on my stomach to see if it (or she) would move but it wouldn't budge. He tried some more to see other angles and was able to see a little under the baby. He thought it looked more like a girl, so he changed his prediction to 90% girl but still said he couldn't be sure because there were so many body parts in the way.

I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!!! I had been SO patient and we weren't really even sure. Doctor B said that he was going to put female in his notes but he wanted me to grab him at my next appointment (IN A MONTH!!) and he would do another ultrasound so he could confirm it for sure. OH MY GOSH, I HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER MONTH!! On a good note, the doctor didn't officially change my due date but he put in his notes as August 26th being the due date.

I really wasn't disappointed leaving the doctor's office, just a little more in disbelief. It was kind of funny that we really didn't know for sure. After waiting a whole month, waiting ALL day, waiting so long in the waiting room and then waiting to make sure the rest of the baby was ok, the doctor really wasn't sure. I knew that there were a bunch of friends and family that were waiting for our calls or texts but I wasn't really even sure what to say. I called my mom first and just told her the doctor wasn't sure. He said he thought it might be a girl but wasn't positive. She couldn't believe it either. I sent my text out saying that the DR. wasn't really convincing but he was 90%sure it was a girl. I know 90% sounds REALLY good but I think it was how the doctor was wording things that made us feel like it wasn't even that close. (He probably just knew all of us wanted a little girl :)

I knew I couldn't wait another month to really know what I was having so I called one of my neighbors that does ultrasounds and asked her if she could do another one for me. She was more than happy to and so today (Tuesday) I am going to go in around 5 and she will do another one for us. I hope Dr. B was right, I will let you know then....