Boy or Girl? Time to Reveal the Gender!!!

Today we had our long awaited ultrasound! And yes, we now know who our little one is! Instead of just shouting out the answer let me unravel the story of how our day went. Believe me it’ll be worth it, and I can also assure you there will be pictures to follow too!

Today didn’t exactly start out as the magical day I expected it to be. Since I was extremely impatient, my plan was to sleep in all day and wake up just in time to leave our apartment and head out for the 45 minute drive to Cooperstown where our ultrasound would be, that way the day seemed to go by faster by waking up around noon. :) I, on the other hand, ended up waking up at 4 am this morning because I was feeling extremely nauseous. At first I was confused since morning sickness really did seem to be gone at this point. I tossed and turned and it only got worse. Around 5:30, I ended up making a run to the bathroom and puking up lots of yucky bile. Lots of it. And to make matters worse, I had to do a quick switch to accommodate liquids coming out the other end at the same time too- diarrhea. Yes, really nasty I know, but it brings out how horrible the situation was. After I was done, I sat on the living room floor trying to sip some ginger ale and basically thinking and realizing the infamous stomach flu everyone has been getting and talking about has finally made its way to me. Wonderful. I ended up going back to bed, and stomach pains then came, up until  it was time to leave for the ultrasound, it’s really a blur because I would be half asleep, and running to the bathroom a few times puking up all the sips of liquid, including water and ginger ale, that just would not stay down.

I called Bassett, since we were heading there anyway, and asked if there was anything I needed to be concerned about. The midwife I spoke to basically said that if by evening I would not be keeping down liquids then to make my way to the emergency room because I could be severely dehydrated. Great, I was only there a week ago. One thing I knew- I was NOT cancelling my ultrasound! I bundled up, took my little bucket of puke and we headed to Cooperstown. Trip there was ok, not comfortable but puke free, trip back not so much. But you don’t need any more vomiting details.

Another concern I had, was I needed to drink 16 ounces of fluid before my ultrasound. Didn’t know how that was going to work since I couldn’t even keep sips down. I had Zhenya run to the pharmacy and get me children’s pedialyte- an electrolyte solution, because I don’t trust Gatorade. That seemed to stay in for a bit.  Regardless, there was SOMETHING in my bladder, so all was good and we were able to see baby! :)

So the BIG question… is baby a boy or a girl?

Let me rephrase that question… am I going to need PINK yarn or BLUE yarn for my baby blanket?

(Don’t mind how ugh I look since I’m feeling sickish with the stomach flu)

Before, I once again scream out the answer ( yes, I am having way too much fun with this),  let me just share a few thoughts that I don’t remember  but I may have or may have not shared before. Almost EVERYONE has been telling me it’s a girl. I had no feeling really; therefore it has been killing me to know. And I don’t really believe those old wives tales, but the Chinese calendar and the strong nausea were also hypothetical signs of baby being a girl. And the heartbeat- heartbeat was slightly faster which also an indicator that was a girl. These obviously are not accurate, but just for kicks and giggles it was fun to see and keep in mind.

Once again, A LOT of people kept saying it was a girl. I had one lady at work basically tell me she has a “gift” and always knows before the ultrasound, and that I am having a girl and that is a FACT! So with everyone saying, girl… I started thinking it’s a girl too, only because EVERYONE said it.

Also, my hubby had a dream that is was a girl, and he very often has dreams as  he says that later on end up coming true. I, on the other hand, had 2 dreams where baby was a boy! One very recently, how we had this entire girl stuff and he looked silly being placed in a pink-ish swing or something.  Anyway…. So who was right? And who was wrong?

Turns out, we are going to need the BLUE yarn after all!! YES, IT’S A BOY!!!!!

I posted a teasing status on facebook today asking what people think baby is, and for the first time I actually got some boy guesses on there. So for all who guessed boy – you were right!  A few people also mentioned everyone is having boys, so I must be having a girl!  Haha, well I guess I am like everyone else and having a boy!  Although in my CHURCH, there were a lot of girls born last year!

Zhenya is super excited! He proudly drove all the way home after the ultrasound with a big grin on his face that we are going to have a son! I am excited too, I did not have a preference to who baby was going to be, as long as baby is healthy! But I am kind of excited we are having a boy first, that way he is going to be a big brother, to who hopefully will be his little sister later on :)

So, the cat is out of the bag! It’s a boy! Despite the fact I’ve been feeling horrible (and still am, but slightly better) all day, I’ve also been super excited at the same time. Now the hard part begins… thinking of a name. We have no ideas yet, but now we know it’s a boy we can at least eliminate the female names and really get our thinking caps on.

On a brighter note, my hubby approved me putting up ultrasound pics!! Yay!!! I am going to do a separate post for that, so stick around to check out our little one’s internet premier! Lol And I have to say- baby has a COPY of papa’s nose, it’s crazy!!!