that 80% thing....

So Paul and I were so excited to find out whether we'd be having a little lady or little man as our addition to our little family. Paul took friday off with some overtime and we slept in, prepped for the cottage and got ready for our big ultrasound.

Now if you've been following our blog (raisingarennick.blogspot.com) you would know that I fell last weekend on the glorious ice (and if you do follow our blog click on the bottom right hand commenty thing and let me know someone is reading it!) and had to have an ultrasound at the hospital to make sure everything was okay. And it was.

Once that was established I asked the technician of she had a guess of the gender, she said a BOY, but to wait another week until our gender ultrasound to be 100%, then I saw something on the screen and asked if it was a penis, she said it could be. So I told my kristy (who accompanied me to the hospital), paul and my mom. And no one else. and I suck at secrets. So i was excited for Friday, REALLY REALLY EXCITED.

So there we were, Friday, decker is ready to go, the car is packedfor the cottage and then we go in for our ultrasound, of which paul has only seen the baby at 8 weeks as a blob with a little heartbeat, so this was a big thing for paul too.

So during the ultrasound the baby looks huge to me HUGE, I ask how big it is measuring now (almost 13 cm from head to bum, plus legs, it was 6 cm the last time I saw it at 12 weeks, during the ultrasound we were measuring around 19 weeks). The baby is moving just slightly and we can see so much more than last time, which includes but not limited to :

a heart with 4 healthy valves
kidneys
stomach
ribcage
spine
brain hemispheres
femur
5 toes
5 fingers
and swallowing (paul was most excited by this as the baby seemed very content to just chill out for the time being)

After the required measurements are taken, she asks if we would like to know the gender, YES, TELL ME NOW. please. She says she doesn't know yet, but will look now for us. Paul and I hold our breaths, ready and she says "There is what could be a penis or a large part of the vagina." (pardon my use of the v and p word if it offends). WHAT?

Then the baby crosses its legs, sitting and crosslegged up in there for the next 15 minutes while she wholeheartedly tries to see for us BOY or GIRL? She can see that the baby is not moving, and is quite content, she tries some different angles, but eventually she has to say "The sac (pardon) has not yet dropped, so i can only say that I am 80% sure it is a BOY".

So that is it folks, we're 80% sure it is a boy, and 100% sure that everything is amazingly healthy and for that we could not be more thankful. And we'll be stocking up on some white sleepers (it will be august anyways when we know for sure for sure) And buying up boy clothes, but leaving tags and receipts with them, just in case.

Sorry if this not bored you, I am a first-time super excited mommy to be over here and that is that.

Boy or girl we will love you with everything we have to give.

Oh and Paul said to the ultrasound picture when she turned on the heartbeat for us to hear "Can you just come out now?" he is so excited.