Well if you know me, you would know that I would find a way to find out the sex before my scheduled appointment on July 6th. As some of you may know, 3d/4d ultrasounds are becoming very popular. These are not done at doctor's offices, but are done at private locations, by licensed technicians. Not only do they offer state-of-art 4d ultrasounds, but gender checks as early as 16 weeks. For only $39, how could I not do it? (they also guarantee that you can come back for free if the baby won't cooperate) LOL Well, Monday was 16 weeks. I called and scheduled an appointment for Tuesday evening. Darren & I figured it would be exciting and a neat experience for the girls, so we brought them with.
Tuesday seemed to never end, but 8pm, finally came! The technician was very nice, I questioned her on her experience, to find out how accurate she would be. She explained that she has been doing ultrasounds since 2003, works full-time at a doctor's office and has done thousands of ultrasounds, so needless to say, I'm assuming she probably knows what she is doing.
She zoomed in on the baby immediately, pointed out the 2 little arms, 2 little legs, the head, stomach, etc. As in the past, the baby was extremely squirmy, so in my head, I am thinking, "great, now I'm going to have to wait another week to find out." As those thoughts were going through my head, she says, "Congratulations, you are the proud parents of a little baby GIRL." Don't ask me what everyone's reactions were, because I don't even remember, I was in MAJOR shock.
I don't know if the past 3 months have been wishful thinking, or if the fact that ALL of the old wives tales said boy, but I was convinced Darren was going to get his boy. In my googling, I have read, when mistakes are made with gender determination, it's typically with girls, so there is still a chance, we shall see what they say on July 6th. As long as the baby is healthy, that truely is all that matters!
Moral of the story - don't believe in old wives tales! You can not get sick, not get achne, not get ugly and the baby have a lower heartbeat and it CAN be a girl!!!
