A Secret...

So we might have been keeping a little secret...

A drug rep that visits Dr. Riegel's office had given my mom several kits called "Intelligender Test." It's a test where you mix your urine with the solution in a bottle provided, wait 10 minutes, and then depending on the color the liquid turns, it's supposed to tell what you're having. My mom gave me one of them at 8 weeks before reading the directions. In the directions it says to complete the test at 10 weeks, and only 10 weeks. Of course, she convinced me to do it anyway. So I did...and it said girl. It was BRIGHT orange, which meant girly-girl. I was excited, but tried to contain my excitement because who knows how accurate those things actually are. Plus, I wasn't even 10 weeks. 

Anyways, at 10 weeks, you guessed it, I did another one. This time, it said boy. It was dark green--very boy. At this point, I was convinced it was a boy. In a previous sonogram, Chris thought he might have seen a little something between the legs--but of course, it was too early to tell. Either way, I was convinced. We brainstormed boy names, looked at boy bedding, etc. After a few hours of getting over the fact that I wouldn't be able to have bows, I was content with the thought of having a boy. At this point, I had completely convinced myself it was a boy.

With that being said, we went to a high-risk doctor a few weeks ago for first trimester prenatal chromosome testing. It's something that my doctor recommends for all his patients, it doesn't mean anything is wrong. He's just an amazing doctor who does testing for Down-syndrome and other genetic abnormalities. We did it because we just wanted to know if there was anything out of the ordinary. No matter the results, this would NOT have changed our feelings about the baby, we just wanted to have a heads up if for any reason, there was something abnormal. 

Fortunately, everything came back perfectly normal. Thank you Lord.

Another reason we were intrigued by going through this was that Dr. Albert (the doctor we went to see), was able to perform an extremely high-powered sonogram. In most cases, he has been able to determine the sex of the baby, with about 80-90% certainty, at only 11 weeks. Being the anxious person I am, this was a done deal. :)

So while he's doing the sonogram, I'm looking at the screen and not having a clue what I'm seeing. He was measuring different things, taking pictures, etc. And then he points to something on the screen and said, "Do you see that?" I looked for a second and said, "Yes, that's a wiener." He responded with, "No, that would be a cli*****." I hate that word. However, I had never been so happy to hear it. I was shocked. He said he was about 80-90% sure it was a girl. He seemed extremely confident. He didn't question it, he just said it was a little early to tell for sure. Looking back, I'm so glad that I had previously convinced myself it was a boy. It made that moment SO very special. 

I still had to try to contain my excitement. I wanted to wait until it was confirmed. We didn't tell many people because we didn't want to get everyone excited and then it actually be a boy. Don't get me wrong, we would have been thrilled with a boy, I just really love bows. :) So we kept our lips sealed. It was hard. Extremely hard. However, it was well worth it. 

Having to wait the past few weeks to confirm was tough. I wanted to keep looking for all things girl, but had to use a significant amount of self-control. So I continued looking for both boy and girl stuff. 

So now, the secret is out. And we're having a GIRL. Wahooooo! Bows, bows, bows!

P.S. - I don't recommend using the Intelligender Test. It lied. Then again, I'm sort of glad it did. :)