Posts Tagged ‘gender’
Psychic Scott?
August 10th, 2010 | 
Author: Thought you might get a kick out of this tweet that Scott posted last night.
It’s like he knew… :-)
They need us to come back and take the ultrasounds again tomorrow. Wouldn’t that be wild if they found a penis?!? @TulsaScott about 23 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Actually…. It’s a Boy!
Most of you may already know that we went in for another scan today, as the imaging center had problems with a few of the photos. The girl who did our scan last week was new. The lady who did our scan today was not.
So one of the first things I said to her was that the girl last week told us we were ‘definitely’ having a girl. She said that she has more experience, and therefore never uses the word ‘definitely’. She took a few measurements and then said she would go and check the gender. Then she paused the screen, and looked at me. I will never forget that moment. She said “I have something to tell you.” And I think Scott said “I knew it” or something like that. Yup. It’s a boy.
Then she pointed to the screen and said “There’s the mushroom. I’ve been doing this for 24 years…” at which point Scott says “And that’s the biggest mushroom you have ever seen, right!” Ah… proud daddy.
The rest of the scan was a blur. She took some more video and some photos:
The Dude
"The Goods"
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Tags: development, gender, Growth, The Dude, Ultrasound | 
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It’s A Girl!
The news is out. We had our scan yesterday and it would seem we are about to become proud parents (in about 20 weeks) of a baby girl!
The scan went well. And we got our DVD. Unfortunately, none of the still images were on there. Just some video clips. So I go in on Tuesday next week to pick up another disc with the still images…
I had a feeling it was a girl especially when the technician spent so much time looking and looking and looking before she said anything. Nothing to see here! But the baby didn’t make it easy either, by keeping the cord between her legs. But at the very end she shifted. Hurray!
The baby looks really active. We saw her have the hiccups, and stretching, drinking and even rubbing her eyes. It was amazing to see the femur bones in such detail and the tech pointed out how white they are, meaning strong bones!
It truly was a surreal experience. Then began the process of phoning the grandparents and sending out the news.
Is it weird that I still am in a bit of disbelief? I suppose I won’t really know for sure until she is born. They say with a boy it’s a boy, but with a girl, sometimes it can be hard to tell… But our tech used the word ‘definitely’ so I should just move on. Plus we started buying girly stuff yesterday…
After the scan, we were both hungry, and I had to have pancakes.
Breakfast for Lunch at Mimi's Cafe
Scott held out for Panda Express. Then we went on a six-hour shopping spree! Basically going to Babies R Us, Target, Kohl’s and Walmart, looking at all the stuff with new eyes. We had been holding out on making a few decisions on what to buy or register for until we knew the baby’s gender.
Scott testing the Baby Bjorn Air Carrier, with a 6-pack of water for weight
At the last minute, we decided to tour the two hospitals that we can choose from. Our doctor delivers at St Francis South and Southcrest so we went into both and had a look at the maternity wards. Both are amazing hospitals, but I think we have decided on St Francis South. Not only is it brand new, but it is so quiet and relaxed. Not at all like what you see on tv. Everyone was very nice and showed us around, and answering our questions. A big bonus is that everyone gets their own room too. Although hopefully I won’t be spending that much time there…
It was a long day, but a really good one. I have watched the ultrasound video about 10 times since. It is so amazing to see all this action going on. And it’s all the time, whether I am aware of it or not! We really do feel so very lucky, and are excited to welcome our baby girl into the world in December (or January).
Thanks everyone for all your comments and texts yesterday!
Today Is The Day (Hopefully). Follow Along with @TulsaScott…
Well, we are getting ready to go to the medical imaging center today to see The Dude in person. The main reason is so we can get all the measurements done and see the growth and progression, and basically make sure that everything is ok. But the really exciting, superficial thing about today is, hopefully we will be able to accurately determine the baby’s gender. And it’s weird, because we are going to be just as excited for a boy or a girl. But somehow knowing makes the whole experience a lot more personal. You can officially refer to the child as ‘he’ or ‘she’. And you can plan a bit better, with clothing etc. Not that I am about to run out and buy a whole bunch of pink or blue clothing. To be honest, one of my favorite colors is blue. And I played with cars as a small child. So the whole pink for girls and blue for boys thing just doesn’t fly with me. I remember giving the McDonald’s drive thru person an earful (in England) when she asked me if the Happy Meal was for a boy or a girl. Actually it was for me, and I wanted the Hot Wheels toy, instead of the mini-Barbi. But I digress…
So the appointment is at 11am. And if you would like to follow along in ‘real time’ to see the latest updates as the day goes on, you can do so by following my lovely husband’s tweets. I’m not even going to put in a disclaimer here. He is un-pc and proud of it. But he is also very good at doing regular updates.
You can read along here: http://twitter.com/tulsascott and you don’t even need a Twitter account to do so.
More later…
PS: Think you KNOW what the baby will be? Post it here in Comments. :-)
