Week 27 - big surprises!

Right before I left a friend asked if I was going to get a 3D ultrasound in my quest to find out the gender of this baby. DQ told me I should do it in VA. He figured it would be cheaper and he knows how much I want to know. So of course as soon as I got down here I Googled "3D ultrasounds-VA." There were a few places (more than in MA) and and one place was only 30 minutes from my parents house. They even had a Christmas special. That made it $50 less than the place in MA. So Sunday night I asked DQ, who wasn't coming until Wednesday, why he was willing to let me do this without him being there. DQ won't let me go to a single OB appointment without him. Why would he be willing to let me do this without him? He said that he knew how much it meant to me and figured it would be cheaper here. He also wasn't sure when he could come with me so why not get it done?

Well, that's exactly what I did! Monday morning I loaded my dad and the kids into the car and wouldn't tell them where I was going. My dad figured it out once we got there and he was so excited. The boys, again, could care less. The room was dimly lit with a large couch and a big screen TV. My dad started on couch but when the tech started putting images on the screen he hopped to the chair beside me. Our first images were of the face. The 3D part was wild. It looked like s/he was smoking a cigar but it turned out to be the umbilical cord in front of his/her face. S/he has a cute nose - I think it is my nose!

The tech asked if I wanted to know the gender and my dad and I both said "YES!!!" Just like my first ultrasound the baby was right behind my belly button so I wasn't expecting anything again. But as soon as she moved the wand over, and I saw the legs I knew exactly what I was looking at!" The tech said "without a doubt it's a GIRL!!!!!!!!" It's a GIRL!!!!!! AHH!!!!!!!!!
I was so excited and overwhelmed at the same time. It took my dad a minute to cotton on as the tech kept referring to her girl parts as a hamburger. My poor dad..."What's a hamburger?" But clear as day you could see it was a girl. Below is a picture of her face:
This actually isn't the picture I thought it was so I will try to upload some more later.

I didn't tell my mum or David right away. I wanted it to be a Christmas surprise. I was given a DVD of the entire ultrasound so my younger brother tricked my Mum and DQ into the TV room late Christmas eve. In went the DVD. It took DQ a minute but he yelled "You did it!" I think my dad spilled the beans to my mum because she wasn't as surprised as I thought she would be (although she is sitting next to me right now and says he did not tell her. That said, she wasn't too surprised when I told her I was pregnant either. Maybe it takes a lot to excite her!!! wink wink!). When we got to the part of the ultrasound with the legs and "parts" DQ kept saying he saw boy parts. Imagine HIS excitement when, typed across the screen, came "It's a GIRL!" YEA US!!!! It was a great way to end the night.

It is Christmas Day here and has been a fun morning for us all. I hope you and yours have a special holiday season!!

Til next week -
Mummy Q. - mum to two boys and A GIRL!