The Verdict

It's a boy!

Probably...

We went in for my anatomy scan yesterday afternoon. Preston was so excited to see the baby for the first time, and we were both anxious to know what kind of baby we had on our hands. The baby is growing right on track (which I was worried about since I've been so ridiculously sick all the time), and all systems are go. (Whew!)

The ultrasound tech seemed so certain when she told us he was he, and Preston and I were willing to take her at her word... Until the doctor came in.

Let me back up a bit by saying that my doctor sends all her patients to a high-risk office for their anatomy ultrasounds, so this doctor was not my wonderful doctor. The sonographer told me to stay in my current state of undress and that the doctor would want to come in and take a look for himself.

He did not.

He looked over what the sonographer did and told us that he wasn't entirely convinced that baby was a boy. He said that the ultrsound tech is very good and she was probably right, since she saw the ultrasound in real time, but that he thought that the boy parts she identified could easily be the umbilical cord.

I didn't think at the time to demand that he take a look at the baby for himself. I was just dumbfounded. So we left feeling uncertain what to think. Preston decided to believe the sonographer, and I see no problem with that, as long as we save receipts...

So... it's probably a boy. :)

Place your bets!

So excited for my upcoming 20 week ultrasound! If baby cooperates, we'll finally be able to call it by a name instead of "it".

I haven't had any premonitions about the gender, so... I'd love to hear your predictions. What do you think we're having?

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