Yes, It Really Is . . .

A girl!  It really IS a girl.  Let me explain.

In May I was staying in Boise with my mom while Dave finished school.  I'd been there since February because I had the WORST case of . . . morning sickness, if you can call it a case when it's something rather permanent in the end.  ANYWAY . . . I still hadn't been to a doctor because I was in transit, just visiting, not really settled for insurance or new doctor purposes.

My sister's friend is head of Radiology at the VA Hospital in Boise, and it just so happened that the Women's Clinic was trying to expand their services to include more in-depth prenatal care for their patients.  And they just happened to need a guinea pig/model to use to let them see/compare the different ultrasound machines and decide which one would be best for their purposes.  Enter Melinda, stage . . . well, center probably, I don't know. :-)

Anyway, I was only 16-17 weeks along at this point, and most ultrasounds for determining the gender of the unborn fetus are scheduled for 20 weeks because THAT is when you can ACTUALLY tell.  You might have inklings before, but you can definitely misread the ultrasound and think you're having a girl when you are actually having a boy . . . anyway . . . the ultrasound tech was pretty sure it was a girl.  And that is the last and first time I saw anyone about my baby . . . until a week ago.  And I had an ultrasound just yesterday, which confirmed that we are definitely having a girl.  They gave me a picture, but it wasn't a very good one because the little girl was facing my spine.  I'll still post it, once I figure out my scanner; but for now, here is the picture I sent Dave in an e-mail to "announce" the news!  He had no idea I had an ultrasound scheduled.  This is all I sent . . . just this attachment with a subject line that read, "Just to see you smile."  And I still smile when I look at it!

Oh, and just so I can look back and remember the next pregnancy, I am supposed to be 32 weeks, 3 days pregnant.  But this little girl is measuring 34 weeks today.  So we'll see what happens.  I think I remember the twins measuring about a week and a half-two weeks ahead as well.  So we either have big babies or we're on our own schedule.  Time will tell . . . .