After all the convincing everyone has been doing to make me think we were having a girl, I'm totally overwhelmed by finding out that we're having another little boy!
The scan this morning took forever. For some reason husbands/partners are not allowed in while they do all the measuring stuff, which I don't like, and I wasn't allowed to look either , and boy did it take a long time! Apparently the baby was wiggling all over the place and not sitting still to be measured :) I was bursting for the loo and fortunately after about 30 mins she allowed me to go. The tech was really nice and chatty which made alot of difference (often they're very arsey).
Anyway, by 10.50 I got concerned as G had to leave by 11 to pick up D from the bus, so I had her bring him in and we did the 'aww look it's a baby' bit..... took a look for the gender and she said she thought she saw boy bits! G was in a right state at this point as sitting out there in the waiting room for 50 mins he'd convinced himself that something was terribly wrong so he was so relieved to find out that all was OK!
G then had to go, and she finished off. So thorough - measuring & checking absolutely everything - I don't recall them doing anything like that level of detail with D. She then tried to record the video that I get to keep but had problems so we ended up trying 4 times (got to see HIM lots!!) and confirmed the gender a couple of times too which was cool. All in all the whole process took an hour and a half!
It was great to see HIM (can't get used to that!), so cute, wiggling all around, we saw him look right at us and move his mouth, wave, and do all the really cute stuff in great detail.
Anyway - I came out and called G who was still a bit shellshocked from his panic attack thinking they were keeping me away from him for ages because there was a problem! We talked as I drove home and we're both really thrilled to be having another little boy. G wanted a girl, but not to the exclusion of being thrilled about having another boy, and overwhelmingly is totally relieved that the baby is fine!!. I hadn't wanted a girl but everyone had convinced me I was having one so for the last few weeks had been trying to adjust myself to the fact that I would be having one. I was sort of coming to terms with it, but I now think maybe only to the point where I was excited about girl clothes and pink stuff, not about the actual daughter bit! Recalling D as this lovely, gorgeous little snuffly boy I am absolutely delighted to think of experiencing that again. A little surprised, but delighted!
Posted by katie at March 10, 2004 01:51 PM