The Sarcastic Journalist is a freelance writer and mother of two living near Houston, Texas. She has a degree in journalism and an addiction to magazines. She is hoping never to experience the "joy" of pregnancy again. You can find much more of her home-grown snark at: shenuts.com
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Week 17 : Ultrasound, ultrasound on the wall…
For a month before the “gender ultrasound,” I could tell you exactly the amount of time before we’d find out about the thing growing in my belly.
“Two weeks, three days, one hour and 10 minutes until I know for sure,” I’d say. “I can’t wait.”
Really, I couldn’t. I had dreams about the baby being a boy and then the next night, a girl. The gender ultrasound was all I could think about. I’d call friends up just to guess what “type of baby I was having.”
The way I discussed it, you’d think I was going to The Gap to buy a sweater. “Hmm, is it a boy type or girl type? Do you think these come in size medium?”
The day of the ultrasound was like every Christmas, birthday and wedding day piled into one. It was ultrasound day! The baby! What “type” of baby was I having?
I ran into the ultrasound room, plopped onto the table and said “All I care about is knowing if it is a boy or girl. Let’s get this party started.”
The ultrasound tech, at this point, got a little testy with me. “Don’t you even care if the baby is healthy?”
“Of course I care. Right after I find out the gender.”
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uuuuugh.!! i am dying also and i feel the same way because i am 4 months and 1 week and i think i will find out in about 2 or 3 weeks.. please let me kow when the rest of you found out..
Buuuut, I'm super anxious to make sure the baby is healthy and ok too. :)
I don't want to know what I'm having. I think it will be exciting when the baby comes out and the doctor says what the baby is. Plus it will be fun for the family waiting outside when my hubby goes out and tells. But no one in either family feels the way I do. I don't know what I'm going to do and I'm tired of getting nuetral colors. I say buy both blues and pinks. We plan to have more kids, they won't go to waste. But I keep getting nuetrals.
I live in a European country where it is uncommon to reveal the sex of the baby - apparently there was an issue with women from other countries coming to have gender ultrasounds and then choosing termination in some cases if the baby was the 'wrong' sex. So, most health professionals will not tell patients whether they're expecting a boy or a girl. I never minded that (expecting my second baby next year) and actually thought it was pretty exciting waiting for that moment of surprise after the birth! We just decided to buy 'gender neutral' baby clothes beforehand - beige, lilac, mint green, lemon, cream-coloured - so that was never a problem :) Any others who have not been able to or have decided not to find out the baby's sex in advance?
omg i feel the same way.. i have until july 9th, but i want the first one to be a surprise,,, but i don't think i can wait that long, i'm not due until nov. 19th, but i just cannot wait!!! !(:
yeah that was me... but my husband was with me so he kept me sane most of the time.... until he found out it was a girl.. he wanted a jr..
HAHAHA, I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY 1 THAT ANXIOUS, I STILL HAVE 2 WAIT 2 MONTHS 2 FIND OUT IF ITS A BOY OR GIRL
i find out this coming friday :)
i can't wait!
I can't stand the wait either. I'm 17 weeks today, so I have to wait too. The doctor did my first trimester ultrasound at 13 weeks and said we were having a boy, but I don't believe him. I'm waiting for the next one at 20 weeks to confirm.
OMG i'm totally like you! i have an ultrasound tomorrow (1/7) and i cant wait to see if i can find out what my baby is! i'm driving my boyfriend crazy with the fact that we might find out tomorrow! I'm 17 weeks and a few days so i hope we will be able to see something.
i find out in about a week and a half. i have a three year old son and when i was pregnant with him i wanted him to be a girl, disappointment....i got over it quick. i am sure you guys know what i mean. now i am 18 weeks tomorrow and i have my ultrasound nov 19 and i cant wait to find out if its a girl or boy. i really dont even have a guess!! i wnt a girl really bad though!!!
i find out in 3 days!! this is my fourth pregnancy and the excitement doesn't change! i have 3 boys and am really hoping for a girl. i'll be happy with either. I already have the boy thing down 15, 13, and 7. i girl would be fun! and my boys really want a sister! but whatever as long as its healthy :)
I just want to know that my baby is still healthy
I'm going thru the same situation, I'm dying to know what it is, "I have been waiting for so long already".
Everyone says that I'm having a girl bc how my belly shows, and because I never got any morning sickness. At the beginning I wanted a boy but after everyone started saying I was having a girl I got used to the idea of having a girl... I can't wait for my ultrasound this tuesday to find out, and of course know that the baby is healthy.. I want to go shopping.. I'm refusing to the idea of buying unisex cloth I want to know PINK or BLUE.
I know it sounds bad, but it is absolutely accurate on what mothers are feeling at the gender us.
I totally agree!!! cause friday the 18th of july i get to find out what i'm having, and i'm so nervous but i haven't had any dreams of the baby's sex yet but, i think i'm having a boy. i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so tired of people asking me "you don't want it to be a suprise?". This question baffles me. It will be a suprise. It doesn't matter when I find out it will still be a suprise. Being pregnant isn't as glamorous as it seems to some and finding out the gender of the baby has been something for me to look forward to. Not to mention I would actually like to have appropriate clothing for the baby when it comes home. So please tell your friends not to stomp on a pregnant women's excitement by asking this question with disapproval. Its my uterus and I have a right to know what's growing in it. The next person to react to me in a negative way just may be the victim of a pregnant women meltdown.
Its soooooo true all I want to know if its a boy or girl! Obviously we want to hear its healthy...gees, what a tech!! I can't wait, I have 2 weeks to go and I'm going crazy!! i just need to know what to shop for:)
I am 17 weeks and going for my anatomy scan on the 23rd. I am super excited and nervous for this ultrasound. As exciting as it is to find out the gender of your baby is,please remember that's not why you are there. There are so many people that forget about how dangerous pregnancy can be and how sensitive a subject it can be. So next time you say "all I want to know if it is a boy or girl", just remember that many people would have just liked to hear that their baby was going to survive the next few months. It must be very hard to be a sonographer and hear that when you see what they see.
I dream for a whole month that it was a girl and I was convinced it was but then the next month it was a boy, I felt so confused and someone told me that mothers could feel whether it was a boy or girl. What kind of mother was I?
Anyways, 4 more days for my ultrasound!!!
I find out in 7 days and the gender is the first thing i want to know! they always wait till the end so your left laying there wondering the whole time. We should all just hope for a healthy baby, but knowing healthy girl or healthy boy is the answers we want! :-)
I'm just so happy it's my baby, whether he's a he or she's a she... I just want to be a mother to a wonderful child. It's crazy because everyone seems to look at me like I'm insane for NOT knowing, or wanting to.
This is me hahaha, I have 2 weeks and 6 days left until I find out :) I am soo excited its like all I think about and dream about! I cant wait to finally know!
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I have my first appointment on Feb. 5th and my doctor usually does an ultrasound then. But we'll see. I can hardly wait to see if we're having a boy or girl. Ultrasounds are my second favorite thing during pregnancy. My first is feeling the baby kick. Good luck everyone and God bless!
We go for our Targeted ultrasound on January 16th...We're not finding out and I'm super excited about that!
I will be finding out the gender of my lil one on Jan 8th. This will be my third child and may I add my last. I have my pair at home already, my friends and family say "It doesn't matter right? You already have your pair." But I'm just as excited to find out the gender for this baby as I was with my first two. I can't waite!!!
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I feel the same way too! This is my 2nd pregnancy and Im hoping that the baby's a boy this time. My ultrasound will be 3 weeks from now and OMG, I just cant wait! Course, I care if the baby's healthy but Im more curious to find the gender, honestly speaking. =)
We find out on Saturday if our second baby is a boy or a girl. We are getting a 4D u/s, so it should be a for sure thing. We want a girl. I was/am the same way with my son/daughter. I cared if the baby was healthy or not, obviously, but it was exciting, the brighter side of pregnancy.
Me too. But I have to wait for a week and 2 days before we can find out. Have had dreams about a boy twice and hubby as well. But then again. doesnt matter just aslong as baby is healthy and normal, then Im happy :-)
OMG, this is how I feel...only 10 more days!!! :) HOLY COW has time flown by, I cant believe it is right around the corner.
That is EXACTLY what I am feeling!!! I have 20 days left!!!
man oh man do i know that feling. when i was pregnate with my son thats all i wanted to know. now again im awaiting the day to hear if its a boy or girl. im so excited i think that this ultrasound is the best day of pregnancy besides of course actually haveing your bundle of joy. i wish everyone luck and happy healthy pregnancies. ill post it up when i find out the sex of the baby.
i totallyy agree . i cant wait 2 find out what im having . me and the hubby are excited . we both agree it doesnt matter what we have as long as the little one is healthyy . i reallyy want a boyy but i guess the gender is not the most important thing . the most important thing 2 me is knowing that were gonna have a healthy babyy . have 21 more days 2 find out but it feels like forever . GL everyone .
Wow, I felt the same way. From the moment I found out I was pregnant I was counting down the time til I could find out what it was. I finally found out a couple of weeks ago (its a boy!) The weird thing was after I found out is was almost anticlimatic. Like, yay its a boy what now? It made me realize how much further I have to go. I am alot better now and it was probably my hormones going crazy as usual.
OMG! I can totally relate! I finally had my 17 week ultrasound yesterday, it was AWESOME. We're having a boy, no question.
I will tell you that the chinese calendar did work in this case. However, I would say that the carrying low thing isn't true for me, I have been craving sweet food, when the heartbeat was taken a few weeks earlier it was over 140, so all those things turned out to be inaccurate in my case.
And best of all, the baby (I mean, HE)does seem very healthy from what the doc saw, yay!
I hate to sound rude but it really doesnt matter what u have. God has made his choice in that matter already. I was pregnant about 4 years ago and new i was going to have a son. But a few months after finding out it was a boy i also had to find out he had died. So in truth it doesnt matter boy or girl. Love it no matter what it is and dont dislike your child cause you didnt get what u wanted. Cause u could end up like me and have it pass away. If u dont like what i have said sorry but until u have walked in my shoes u have nothing to say.
I am having my u/s today. I have a history of spina bifida in my family so the health thing is the first thing I am concerned with, but with 2 boys under the age of 5 and expecting twins, I would really like to know if I'm going to EVER get a little girl NOW please.
I feel the same exact way, we have all waited sooo long it seems like, and now that most of us are showing, have heard the heartbeat, it is now time to know what the little peanut living inside of you is!! Of course we care if it is ok!! Those sono. techs need to lighten up!! :0)
well i am dying to know what i am having. I lost my brother 3 years ago and my parents and my boyfriend want a boy so bad, but on the other hand i have mixed feelings. I cant wait till i find out
I can totally relate. 8 days left until our big u/s! I am bracing myself for the possibility that we won't be able to see for one reason or another. Two of my friends who are expecting couldn't see at their 20 week u/s
As an ultrasound tech and an expectant mom, I can see being super excited to know gender, but I know that it is not even remotely THE reason for the ultrasound. It is certainly the most exciting part, but not the main focus of the ultrasound.
Just please remember this when you go in for your scans. You will most likely have a better ultrasound experience if you let the tech know you want to know gender, but don't hound them.
They will tell you when they can see it. Some of the things parents say make me cringe when I am scanning knowing that if there is something wrong, these people are going to think back on this moment, the things they are saying, and I feel even worse for them.
Besides, I look at baby's gender at least 3 times during a scan, unless it is an obvious boy.
I am about to climb the walls waiting to find out (next week), BUT I am completely concerned about the health. I lost a baby not even 6 months ago, so to me I know how delicate this all can be and am beyond grateful for a healthy baby thus far and pray it continues to be so.
For those against the idea of finding out, I have to say that as thrilled as I was just being pregnant with my now 2-year old son, it was once we found out that he was a boy that I was able to think of him as my son, pray for him by the name we'd chosen, plan for him, etc. Sometimes pregnancy can feel a little "vague" at first--you're getting a big gut and you know you're pregnant, but until you feel a kick or hear a heartbeat, sometimes it all feels a bit surreal. Knowing the gender made it all that much more real for me.
In celebration of my 2-year old son and our baby due in February, and in honor of our son in Heaven.
ok look the childs health is important but some would like to know because you get a few people who send u one color outfit and u have to return it i rather just have everything ready for the baby i have 3 older from 16 to 11 the was remarried and we have a girl i want a boy this time but what ever were graced by god with is fine we know is healthy as im high risk so now i am curious and jan is a long time to find out if i am going to give my husband a boy.
wow...i have been waiting for months n weeks to find out if what i was having... i even had dreams n when i finally go to get the ultrasound... wow surprise i can find out because of the position of the baby... now i have to wait 3 weeks more...this is so not fair...but oh well what can i do...just wait i guess....
Me1, loosen up a little. I am sure she was concerned about her baby's health. If she wasn't worried, it was probably because she had no reason to be. I am sure that if she already had an ill child or relative with a genetic disorder, she would have been concerned. Knowing he family history, it is understandable why she wasn't tha concerned. Congrats on your babies everyone :)
im having a boy and i am naming him Carter Jacob Ramos
genders are over rated...but of course i didn't feel like that with #1 and 2. but now with #3, the gender is the last thing i even want to worry about. im fact..im not worried about anything though.
and plus, i have been telling everyone, that after having had 2 boys, if i found out this early that i was having a girl, i would spend waaaaaaaay too much money too soon! LOL
On Monday, I go for an ultrasound to see if my baby has an neurological or physical defects because of the seizure medication that I have to take. We're anxious about the baby's health. Right now, it is our first priority. As soon as I know the status of the baby's health, then I will ask if they can tell me if it's a boy or girl.
But that aside. I don't care about the gender, but my boyfriend wants a boy really, really badly.
OOPS! See that's how much we want a girl...we want a girl......but I think it's a boy...LOLOLOL! (I had put I think it's a girl.) I THINK IT'S A BOY BUT WOULD LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE A GIRL! LOL
Oh my God, I totally felt that article. I CANNOT WAIT to find out the sex. This is our first and we had been trying for a very long time. We've been married for 4 years, together for 10 years this coming Christmas. I'm even thinking of calling the Dr's office and seeing if we can get in a day or two earlier...LOL! We really hope it's a girl but I kinda think it's a girl...Will post on here what it is after 8/23/07!!!! Love and Luck to you all!!!
Well was it a boy or a girl. You have me wondering now. I have 12 days until I find out and I can't wait. I know exactly what you are talking about. It's nerve racking.
yea my mom insteading waiting till aug 2 she set me up with one a week ago when i was 16wks and guess what its another girl i really want a boy so does my family but we want this baby healthy so we well find out when i am a9wks if it is the same.
i totally agree.. this is how i am feeling at the moment.. i get to find out the sex of my baby in like 2 weeks and its all i can think about or care about really.
I know how u feel! I had to wait an extra 2 weeks because the ultrasound tech was completely full! Me and my fiance get to find out the 25th just five days after our wedding! Wish we could have found out before! Im ready to start buyinmg all the cute baby clothes! and find out if its healthy of course!
SO WHAT WAS IT.... COME ON YOU HAVE TO SPILL..
THIS WILL COMPLETELY BE MY HUBBY'S REACTION!!!
I will be 18 weeks on Sunday, July 8th. Tomorrow, my hubby and I go in to find out what we are having. At least that is what I think this appointment is for. I sure hope so because I am dying to know if everything is going well. This is our first child and I just want everything to be ok. I admit I am very excited to find out the sex, mostly so people will get off my back! LoL. It's really one of the most annoying questions lately. And no matter how many times I tell them when we are finding out, they still find it necessary to ask. I just want everything to be fine and find out what we are parents of. Will I be a mother or father? LoL. I am so excited! I never thought that this would happen for us. After almost 3 years of trying, we are finally going to be parents!!! AAAAHHHH!!!! :0)
I know how everyone feels. I'm in my 15th week and I can't wait 4 more weeks to find out the sex. I have dreams one night of a boy, and the next night a girl. =D GL to eveyone
On my first delivery (many years ago) I had the "big" ultra sound test done while vacationing in Texas. My doctor in Hawaii would not do ultrasounds unless it was a medical necessity...we are talking 25 years ago - dinosaur age LOL..On with the story, the gyno that I saw here showed me the screen, smiled and said, looks like you have a little boy, and I started crying and said "are you sure"? He said, well, I am 99% sure you can paint your baby room blue. So I left, a little disheartened, as I was keeping my niece during the summer and she was a precious little 2 year old - that I could dress and fix her hair cute with bows and do all the girlie stuff with. But I did become use to the idea of having a boy and went back to the islands to deliver - never telling my doctor of the test. I was afraid he would be really mad. So on delivery day my baby comes out and my real doctor says "you have a healthy baby GIRL" - my husband and I both looked at him like he was crazy and we both go "A GIRL!!!" - "Are you sure"? He then started laughing, peeked between legs and said "looks like a girl to me" - we still never told him why we just knew for sure that we had a boy coming!!! Just thought I would share that one...I am sure ultra sounds have improved tremendously over the years and what you see is a better quality, as I know it is. I had another ultra sound done with my son who is 14 years younger than my daughter who that I was told would be a boy. But we also had amniocentesis done due to my age..so the picture was not as important for determining sex that time LOL ...But sometimes with ultra sound that darn umbilical cord can get in the way and make those little girls appear to be a male.
I am excited as on July 12th I will be going with my daughter to find out the sex of her first child. We laugh at this story quite a bit together - I bet she is going to check and double check the picture!
OMG. I was the same way. I was so bad my friend who works for my dr. office had me cheat and find out a month early! i am living in guilt, but the suspense was keeping me up at night. i am talking myself in to feeling better by reminding myself that i can get ready now and sleep well knowing i'm having ANOTHER boy!!! :)
Glad I'm not the only one!!!
Im pregnant with my second baby and think the sex of the baby is definately not the most important thing to be focusing on. With my first we were so excited and anxious to find out the sex and went in thinking quite niavely about being parents. We were not only told that our baby was a boy but that also he had a large chance of having a chromosome disorder - over the next few months we had fortnightly ultrasounds and chances to look at our baby boy get sicker. An extremely rare chromosome disorder, congenital heart defects and water around his brain. After an early delivery, 13 weeks of life including specialist appointments, heart failure, open heart surgery and brain surgery our little precious boy went to heaven. Our second can be boy or girl - who cares in the end if your child has a healthy start to life and every chance that they deserve?
So I went this morning, and I was so happy. All I wanted to know is if I was having a boy. I asked and she said that it was a girl. Forget it!!! I wanted to leave. My husban just sat there disapointed. I cried all through my visit and afterwards. Three girls!!! Well, there is nothing I can do now.
I couldn't have explained the feeling better!!! I felt that EXACT same way when I had my "gender" ultrasound, but I left disappointed! :( The baby didn't "cooperate". NOW...My doc is telling me that I won't need another ultrasound, because the baby is doing great! It is probably going to be a surprise!
We could not tell anything during our first ultrasound the baby literally turned around and mooned us. Now my OB says we have to wait until I am 24 weeks to have another. My husband is about to have a nervous breakdown. It really does not bother me.
I have a week to go. I feel the same way. All I want to know if this is going to be a boy or girl. And gosh do I want a boy soooo badly. I have dreams of a little boy. I have not done any shopping until next week when I know. My savings is full, and I am ready to shop. I cannot wait until I find out.!!!!
I couldnt wait and found out the sex at 13wks
by having a blood test,it looks for male hormones passed into the mothers blood from the placenta,no hormones found meant it was a girl.Glad to know i have a girl,and the wait is over cant wait to meet her due 12th November 07
AWWW, I'M GONNA WAIT TILL I HAVE THE BABY TO FIND OUT THE GENDER, BUT I THINK WHEN I GO FOR MY ULTRASOUND IN THREE WEEKS I'LL PROB BREAK DOWN N WANNA KNOW. I KNOW MY HUBBY IS DYING TO KNOW BUT I THINK I'M GONNA TORCHER EVERYONE!!! BUT I DO FEEL YOUR EXCITEMENT!
This is too funny! I have another month to go and think I am going Crazy!! I think it is completely understandable to be excited, I can't understand people's negativity. When I have my next ultrasound I have to find out if my baby's heart is healthy because my husband was born with a hole in his heart. I will definately breathe easier knowing everything is okay but I am still excited to know the sex of my baby!
I know exactly how she feels. That is all I can think about. It seems to be going by so slow. It can take its time after I find out if it is a boy or girl. Of course I want to know if it is healthy-what parent wouldn't? It's just so exciting!
I have to wait til June 20th to find out what we are having. I have 3 boys and 3 girls and want another girl so badly. I also want a very healthy baby because my last child (boy) was born at 33.6 weeks. I would freak if i lost a child. So, making sure everything is okay first would be better than finding out about the sex. Good luck all and congrad's on your little bundle of joy.
I am SO on the same page. I cannot stop thinking about it!! I want to know now!!! I have all these ideas either way, and I just want to start doing stuff. Picking out little airplane mobiles or finding the perfect little pink tutu for dress up. Agh!! Can't I move the appointment up? Pretty please?
Why do women insist on finding out the sex of their babies before they are born? Why does everyone insist on asking long before the baby is due?
Using ultrasound just to find out the sex of the baby shows how much our society has strayed from delayed gratification -- and right on into INSTANT gratification. Not to mention the people who are then surprised when the ultrasound tech/doctor was wrong in their interpretation.
I'm old fashioned and wish to be surprised with one of the few things you can still be truly surprised about.
Let's get away from using medical technology for fun.
As a pregnant woman, who is still waiting till that exciting day of finding out the sex of the baby, I can totally understand! When people ask me about finding out, I have said that I want a girl. Then I get the "don't you just care if it is healthy" statment. I think that people need ot understand that of course we want a healthy baby, THAT IS A GIVEN!!!!!!! Why do people have to look at us like we are evil for not saying that. I mean who in their right mind says, "No, I want an unhealthy baby!". We want a healthy baby, and we want to be excited to find out what it is!!!!!!!! So, to all of you who have been made to feel bad about saying if you want a boy or a girl, with out specifying a heatlthy one, the rest of us know!!!!!!! Enjoy the excitement!!!!!
lol i can so relate to this im only a week away from findin out and it seems like forever i really just wanna know what im having ppl around me keep tellin me ur having a girl then i got others tellin me a boy it drives me nuts i just wanna kno for myself my family swear is a boy they bought me 2 boy suits im like oh noo lol i cant wait im so desperate i wanna start buyinm little clotthes im so excited so i understand u girl
I have been counting down the days for my ultrasound which is on 4/20..just one more day! I really want to know if my baby is completely healthy and to hear his heartbeat so that i can be sure that my baby is okay.of course,i want to know whether i'm having a boy or girl but regardless i'll still be very happy whether i'm having a boy or girl! all my dreams have pointed out very clearly that i'm having a boy! hopefully,if that baby's not too shy i can find out tomorrow!
My husband and best friend have been giving me grief because I made a private appointment for the gender determination. That article said it as good as I could ever hope to...it's all the holidays and bdays rolled into one and I can't wait to open my gift! and to of course find out that everything is ok. lol
I have to say I was very excited to find out the sex of our baby, but, formerly I was an ultrasound tech. I have to say once you know all the things that can actualy go wrong you realize how important it is to be concerned for the health of your baby. Alot of people take for granted that their baby will be completely healthy. So just make sure to keep your priorities in line when you think of that ultrasound.
I so agree with you. Why do people have to be so cliche when you ask them if they want a boy or a girl? They always say, I just hope it's healthy. Yeah yeah yeah is what I say. Just answer the question!
I can't wait either, we have 14 days, 7 houes and 38 minutes until we find out!!!!!!!!
I can't wait either!! I love the planning part. I have 3 more weeks til i find out it's a boy! lol
i feel the same way. i find out what it is in 6 days. on sat i will be 18 weeks and i really hope its healthybut the first thing i want to know is if its a girl which is what i think it is or a boy which would be great cause we have no boys in the family. my 4 yr old daughter wants a baby sister and told me if its a boy to send it back
My daughter and SIL are expecting their 1st child, and mine and my husband's 1st grandchild. Actually the 1st was last year, but we found out during her 7 week ultrasound that she had a missed miscarriage. She didn't actually lose it until 3 weeks later. The most painful 3 weeks that we have ever endured. Constantly hoping and praying that the doctor was wrong..but knowing, deep down, that he wasn't, since all of her pregnancy symptoms had slowly gone away during the same 3 weeks. So when we found out on Jan. 30th, that they are expecting again, we were all sooo happy! Of course we just want a healthy baby. Especially since it's our 1st. However, my daughter and I are just so excited about the baby, that we want to start shopping! This is the only reason that we are on pins and needles, waiting for the next 6 1/2 weeks to go by, when she will get her 20 week ultrasound. I just had to buy something while at Babies R Us a few weeks ago, so I bought a baby bottle warmer that came w/ a set of bottles. Not at all an exciting purchase! I really wanted to buy that little blue outfit with a tool belt attached that said daddy's little helper..my SIL is a carpenter. Or maybe that adorable pink and yellow dress w/ the matching little hat. I CANNOT wait to buy that stuff! Now here is my question for everyone....
Have any of you done the Chinese Gender Predictor online? So many have told me that it's pretty accurate. It says that my daughter is having a girl. Have any of you found out through ultrasound that the Chinese thing is right or wrong in your case?
That's exactly how i feel. You want to know if they are going to be healthy, but your excited to know what sex and what clothes to get ready to buy. I have my ultrasound April 9th @ 10:15 A.M. I already have a 14 year old daughter, I hope to have a boy, so the childbearing can stop!!!
It's funny reading everyones comments. I remember last year at our first ultrasound the only thing we wanted to know was if we were having a boy or not. We had already been told from the blood tests that it was a possibility that our baby would have Downes Syndrome, but we just wanted to know if we were having a boy or a girl. My husband has lots of medical problems and we knew that whatever God gave us we could handle. When we had the ultrasound the tech went on and on about every single part of the baby, explaining that this was not normal and that was not normal and that the baby would not survive more than 5 minutes outside of womb. On top of that he couldn't tell or didn't want to tell us what we were having. We walked out of there disappointed not knowing what to name the baby. I am now 17 weeks prego and we have had 3 ultrasounds. Last week we had just as much anticipation and excitement as before to find out if we were having a boy. And guess what we are having a boy and everything looks great!!!!!!!
i agree with everyone i know how it feels i was going to wait for a big surprise at the end but they don't really make anything unisex anymore so i find out next week and i can't wait i hope its a girl because my crazy mother in law has said it was a boy since i found out she knows everything lol have fun everyone and good luck
All I could think about was did it have all its proper parts and will it be healthy, then there was his little boy parts as well as every other thing he was supposed to have!!!
that is where i am right now.. 9 days 6 hours and 46 minutes.. haha :) i can't wait!
I have to wait until May, it's a good 5-6 weeks, so you can tell I haven't started counting down quite yet, it seems a bit much this early LOL
I am very excited to find out though. My husband is quite determined that we are having another girl however, so I guess I had just better be prepared for that LOL I am sort of hoping for a boy, but at the same time, I have a LOT of girl clothes, so I wouldn't need any clothes for a girl. AND we have a name picked out for a girl, but not for a boy.
Although, There is this one obnoxious lady I know who every single time I see her She asks me if I know yet and Even though the answer is I will not be finding out til May, she STILL asks, it drives me mad. I am seriously considering not telling her. It's non of her business anyway!
My hubby and I can't wait to find out either. My ultrasound appointment is on 4/3/07 @ 2:45. I will be 20 weeks at that point so there should be know problem telling as long as the baby isn't shy...lol
I also am unbelievably impatient about knowing the sex. I did not even have an ultrasound for my 1st(14 yrs ago) and the 1 I had for my 2nd(13 yrs ago) didn't show anything. So it has been a loooong time since my last child and I have 1 of each right now. The dreams aren't helping at all though because they are 50/50, boy/girl. So I think I am going to go crazy before the 30th. 11 more days!! I wish I could go to sleep and wake up that day.
That is so funny. Thats exactly how I feel but my dreams have been all boy! I have 9 days, 12 hours, 48 seconds and counting until we find out!! Hope the baby is not modest!
My husband an i are very excited to hear that we are HEALTHY and a GIRL! We have 3 weeks till our ultrasound. When we got married we both had a boy, so now we need a girl! ( i need help! Someone to back me up when it comes to argueing about the toielt lid!) Either way we will be happy. Although it feels like its been the longest month between these visits. Im sure im not the only woman to say that though.
I loved finding out what the sex of my first child was and we are going to find out this time too. We are having Identical twins this time around, so I am double excited about finding out ths time. 2 more weeks and I find out what we're having. I had 5ths Disease my first pregnancy and had to have an ultrasound everytime I went to the doctor, and one time he told me everything looked great and I had nothing to worry about, so I said "Is it still a boy?" and the ultrasound doctor jumped down my throat .. telling me that I shouldn't be worried about that, I should only be worrying about the health of my baby. I was really upset with him because I mean he had already told me everything was fine. Hopefully this time around I will have a different ultrasound doctor.
3 weeks from right this minute I should know what I am having! I can't wait! I had to push it back a WHOLE WEEK cause my mom wants to be there and she would have not been in town. Oh, the sacrifice! I am overflowing with anticipation!
I get my ultrasound in 4 days, and all I care about is making sure the baby is healthy and developing normally, but I understand everyone else's anticipation and curiosity about the gender, but it is a secondary concern for me.
I feel the same way i am excited. But finding out the gender is the least of my worries. My last pregnancy me and my husband went in for my 20 week visit and we did NOT have a good out come. We had misscarried at 20 weeks. So right now we are just praying for a Health Baby. We will find out in 21 days.
Keep us in your prays
Well, I am included with all of you but I have to wait 4 more long weeks!! I have 2 girls right now and hoping that the baby is healthy..... and a BOY! It feels like forever. Good luck to you all.
OMG! I can relate to this...I'm having my third chid, in July...I already have 2 boys:) So needless to say, everyone around me wants me to have a GIRL:) I'm just dying to know the baby's sex, so I can start SHOPPING! But, either way, it really doesn't matter, I just want a HEALTHY baby!
i already have a boy, so i had (and still have) my fingers crossed for a girl.. i'll love it either way but i can still hope right? according to the doc NO.. i had my first ultrasound done at 13 weeks.. in the middle of it he asks "do you want to know the sex?" my response-"already?" (i had to wait until 5 months on my first) he said "yeah i think i can tell".. so i already knew the answer cuz there would have to be something there for him to SEE... so it looks like i'm have another boy, (this was also the opinion at my 18wk viewing) i'm a little disappointed but as long as hes healthy then i'll be happy..
but i still have my fingers crossed bc they *can be wrong* (although i saw IT too, but MAYBE it was just the cord...right??)
I just hope it lets itself show...has anyone been so excited and anxious and that day it decides not to show the gender?!!!
If it's a boy, ask the technician (or perinatologist) not to put the, "arrow" pointing to the evidence of gender (along with the not-so-subtle word 'boy' typed beside it... duh!). There are some ultrasounds I couldn't use in the scrap book because my husband and I didn't think our son would appreciate the arrow-pointing-at-penis pictures!
I didn't find out with my first and I am not going to find out with this one either. You are so excited to find out the sex at 20 weeks, imagine the excitement you could have if you find out after all your hard work. After hours of labor and complete exaustion I heard, "It's a boy!" I can't wait for that amazing feeling again.
Exactly how I felt at my ultrasound! I was concerned about his health and if he had all fingers and toes but i was just so anxious to know if it was a boy or girl. We wanted a girl and at 15 weeks they saw testicles! so its a boy.. but you know as long as its healthy... i have a question how accurate are these ultrasounds??
I liked this blurb! Why think so negative, she is focusing on the most amazing thing in her life! way to go! I find out soon too!!! yehaaaa
I don't care what sex my baby is. I am 17 weeks with my second child and all I care about is that they are healthy. I have a three year old who was diagnoised with a heart condition during the "gender" ultrasound so I'm sure that has an effect on how I feel about it.
I don't see the big deal out of finding out the sex of the baby. Its one of the last true surprises on earth.
I know how you feel... we go on jan 8th and i'm sooooo excited... i keep dreaming that's a girl... who knows maybe it's a beautiful baby boy.. !!! :) whatever the sex is i don't care.. as long as it's healthy and has all it's fingers and toes!!!!!!)))))
I go to the doctor in two weeks but all I know is that they are going to do some more blood drawing for tests. I want to know what it is already!!!!:)
OMG! Lol that is soooo how I feel.. and I go On January 4 to find out.. im just too anxious...oh my I dont know what im going to do if the baby isnt in the right position and they can't tell!!
Boy, this one hit the nail on the head LOL! I'm so excited to find out the gender of this kid. I've even got a poll going on between friends and family on who thinks boy/girl... and I'll keep it in the baby book . It's so much fun!!
Oh, just read Valerie's comment, I feel terrible. it's true, obviously, the health comes first.
rotfl, that is EXACTLY how I feel right this second. we find out Dec 27th!
I used to think the ultrasound appointment was to find out what the sex of the baby was, until my best friend who is 8 weeks ahead of me, had her ultrasound; She found out her baby is a boy, and immediatly after that she found out her baby has an approx. 5% chance at life with surgery,and a 0% chance at life without sugery on the day of his birth,he has a congenital heart disease where the whole left side of his heart didn't develop. So I guess it really doesnt matter if its a boy or a girl when the baby doesn't have much of a chance at survival does it?
I guess I'm the odd person out because I just don't care about the sex. I just want the baby to be healthy. We are waiting to have the big surprise at the end.
I understand what everyone is talking about I'm very excited to find out, I have 23 days left. I have a 8 yr. old son and a 6 yr old stepdaughter. But as close as I am to my stepdaughter I would love to have a little girl of my own.
I have Only 3 weeks and 3 days left....Im so excited its hard to sleep at night. My husband and him family swears its a boy, my mom on the other hand i think will cry if its not a girl. Good luck to you all.
I'm guilty of the same thing!!! I have 2 children, and for both it's been the same way. I have one of each and am expecting. 3 more weeks, 3 more days to find out what baby #3 will be. Of course I care if the baby is healthy; but I'm sooo curious about the sex. It's bad enough I have to wait till MID May just to see what my kid looks like!!!
that's so funny .. i feel the same way..15 weeks 2 days...cant wait to find out..it's makin me crazy i'm even dreaming about it...i know exactly how that feels..
I can relate to everyone here. I am going insane. I have my ultrasound on the 27th of this month. I can't wait, it's pure torture. I call this one my little firecracker because it is quite spunky already. So, I can see him/her not cooperating with the doc. I hope she sees it my way. Come on baby, be nice to mama. Good Luck to everyone :)
I know what you mean, but you should see my mother-in-law. I just had one today. (I'm in my 13th week)which of course you can't see anything, but of course she sees its a girl, because yeah we are outnumbered already. We have no baby girls yet in the family. I want to know but when I find out, if its a girl I will tell her its a boy for a few days just to torture her.
lol... i have till next month on the 4th to know what im haveing i dream about it every night to..thank god my doctors office opens at 8am because i think i would go insane if i had to wait all day to find out it seems i have been waiting for a life time
I had a girl first, boy second.
so is it a boy or a girl??
11days, 15 hours, 5 minutes until we find out... I am so excited... :-(
SJ, that's hilarious, and pretty much describes how I'm feeling right now too. Everyone asks if we know what it is, I get so excited, "one more week and we'll know!" ... and then I'll say "oh yah, and also hopefully find out if it's healthy too!"
Oh, gosh, it IS like all the best holidays in one! I get to find out today (I'm 18 weeks) and I have an hour... I'm going in early because I can't wait anymore!
I can identify with this - I cant wait to find out either. Of course, in our case, there has been some spotting so we are also anxious to get a detailed examination of the baby and the uterus to make sure all is well.
That is how I feel right now!!! Three more weeks before we find out!