The ultrasound tech was less than thrilled to have to do an un-necessary ultrasound at 4:45 in the afternoon...which I feel her pain because nothing makes my blood boil more than a work-in hearing test that results in normal hearing...but anyway, I realized pretty quick that she and I were not going to leave this room as friends.
We got a couple of profile shots, which are always my favorite and I actually think this baby has a different profile than Ruth Ann...it may just be the wishful thinking of a woman who desires at least one of her children to resemble her just a little bit. She also said Baby looked healthy...I've been concerned about the strangest things this time around...like my umbilical cord and the position of my placenta...thankfully everything, including the baby looked healthy...which is music to a pregnant momma's ears! Then we got down to business...gender identification. And after much anticipation I'm proud to say were having....
a very modest baby...Baby wouldn't open those legs to let us take a peak! However, after looking at the picture she sent us home with once or a hundred times I left convinced it must be a girl because surely at least some boy parts should be visible.
All day on Tuesday and Wednesday I discussed this with my co-workers and one of them mentioned a gender identification test her sister purchased and it correctly identified her baby's gender. So off to Walgreen's I went to buy my own test. The directions said to use your first morning tee-tee, so at 4pm this morning I felt like Mr. Wizard conducting a science experiment in my bathroom with my gender test, my tee-tee and a syringe. Then I had to wait 10 minutes to read the results....
it said BOY! This kept me up for about an hour thinking about all the room re-locating and house renovations we're going to have to get done in the next few months if Baby is actually a boy. It made me realize I need to start preparing Arch for the potential tail spin a baby boy is going to send me into until this house is equipt to sleep all the members of our family adequately. Many have suggested Ruth Ann and her possible baby brother temporally share a room...but if you've never visited my house you don't know that Ruth Ann' room is girlly with a capital "G"...pink walls, chandelier, floral curtains...the works. I just couldn't do that to a baby boy.
So here's the score for the gender identification game...
Chinese Gender Calender: Girl
16 week ultrasound: Inconclusive
Tee-tee Gender Test: Boy
What does this mean...I've got 3 more confusing weeks to go before my next ultrasound!
3 comments:
So have you tried the old fashioned wedding ring hanging from a thread, holding it over your wrist test? It will tell you the number of children, and their genders....not very scientific, sometimes accurate, but fun none the less. I'm sure baby will be more cooperative in the future. I know that my daughter in law was told her third child was a boy at an early ultrasound....she was a girl, I had conducted that little wedding ring test on her when she was pregnant with the first one. That test said she'd have 2 boys first and then a girl....hmmm, seems I was right!
Becky, I had someone do the ring test on me several years ago...before I was pregnant with Ruth Ann...it said Girl, then Boy...so I guess that's one more for Team Boy!
Oh Tara, don't tell me you fell for the tee-tee gender prediction scam. There is absolutely no way to tell gender from tee-tee. The only way to know 100% is through amniotic fluid and the next accurate is US. Those are the only two things.
The people that make the tests however make a lot of money b/c it has a 50/50 chance of being right. Just enough to keep people coming back. If you can't tell it really irritates me that those things are allowed to be sold. Such a scam.
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