What is up with people daring to ask me already (15 weeks today, 14 then)? After confessing to her that I really am growing a child inside, I shared my tire chub frustration with her. She asked if I was sure I wasn't having twins. Excuse me? I'd better not be!
She had twins, and the doctor didn't discover that until Meg was 18 1/2 weeks pregnant. Gulp.
So when I was at my prenatal checkup on Thursday and my doctor asked if I had any concerns, I told him I had just one. I shared Meg's story and said, "You checked, right? Really well? We'd know if I had twins, right?" He said he did, in fact, look very thoroughly, but asked if I would feel better if he checked again right now. Of course I said yes.
He got out the ultrasound machine and right away we saw my little munchkin, sucking its thumb just like Hazel loves to do. The doctor scanned all the way to the right, all the way to the left... Only one baby in my uterus. Phew!
Then we looked more closely at my baby, and the doctor said it looked like everything was healthy, but the 20 week ultrasound would be more informative, as organs and such are still developing right now.
And then, he scanned in between the baby's legs and asked me to play doctor. Could I tell if it was a boy or a girl?
Note: I was NOT expecting this at all, even when he brought in the ultrasound machine. I thought it would be too early to tell. I was all set to find out in August.
I blinked, swallowed my surprise, and said, "That looks very boy to me." The doctor concurred, although he said there would be a more definite diagnosis at my 20 week ultrasound. He printed out some pictures, and every time I look at the "It's a boy" picture, I am more and more sure it's a little man. It's pretty undeniable, actually.
We're having a BOY!!!
In keeping with tradition, we had man-food for our celebration dinner. We went to Black Angus and had steak! (When we found out Hazel was a girl, we had chicken salad sandwiches and fruit salad.)
7 comments:
haha...AWESOME! i have thought boy, but you were so sure it was a girl. we are SO excited for you guys. one of each is the best...and todd is going to be in wrestling heaven! congrats on the fun news (and congrats that you are only having one!) :-)
Woo Hoo! Speaking from experience, boys are pretty darn awesome.
And what a relief to find out there's just one in there! I used to think twins would be awesome...until I found how much work one baby at a time is.
YAY, YAY, YAY!!!!!!!!!!
Doug and I are SOOO excited for you guys! We can't wait to meet this cute boy!
We love you!
Congrats! Little boys are fun! By the way, you look beautiful in that picture! Gorgeous, actually! :-)
Yeah!!! A girl and now a boy, life is good, I am so excited for you, I love your tradtion of eating man food, I am so happy for you Angie!
Congrats Angie! And on the bright side, even though people were "daring to ask" if you were pregnant, it resulted in you finding out the gender a month earlier than you would have! Score! (and hey, they would have found out in 5 more months anyway)
Oh my heck! I am so darn excited for you guys!!!!!!!!!!!
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