Having a baby is SO EXCITING. It is exciting to know that your little
family will be growing. It is exciting
to sit and plan how your life will be/change with a little one strapped to our
side. It is exciting to sit and PLAN. It
is exciting to plan the nursery, the names, the cloths. Because of this last
list of excitement we (I should say I, it took Ben some convincing) were SO
EXCITED to find out if we were having a boy or a girl.
Our appointment was set for September
11. I had the days on count down. I had
researched how far along I would be and the likelihood of seeing it (it was
high). Then a little more than a week
before our appointment Ben found out he had to be out of town on a business
trip on that day. There is no way I was
finding out without him so we pushed the appointment back a week. I could wait
a week- right?
So Tuesday September 18th rolled
around. Ben got off work early and we
got to the Doctor's office with lots of time to spare. While at the billing
station she had a hard time finding me in the computer and was doubting that I
had an appointment that day. I was
internally freaking out- this could not be happening- but she eventually found
us, under a different name, and we were ready to go. So excited, we sat jittery in the waiting
room and we waited and waited. The time
for the appointment came and went and we waited. About 15 minutes after our
scheduled appointment a nurse came and called our names, we eagerly jumped
up. She then said, "The Doctor was
called to the hospital for an emergency surgery, we will have to
reschedule." We both stood there for a minute confused and stunned- seriously? So after checking schedules we decided to
come back the next day at 3:30. I was so
sad and disappointed, Ben could not stop laughing at the poor luck we were
having. So to drowned my sadness and stifle his laughs we went got ice cream
cones for dinner- not super physically healthy but definitely good for the
soul.
The next day lacked excitement; I was
not going to be excited for yet ANOTHER letdown. I was actually a little grumpy and an
emotional basket case (lots of random bursts of tears). Ben was excited; he had had a dream the night
before that we were having a girl and he was sure it was right!
At around 1:30 I got a phone call
from the Doctor's office saying, "The Doctor has a C-Section the time of
your appointment, can you guys come now?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So we rushed to make it to the Doctor early. Ben
had to come straight from work so we decided to meet at the Doctor's
office. I got there and waited, no Ben.
They took me into the ultrasound room and I waited, no Ben. Finally, Ben
arrived (whew) and together we...waited.
At around 3:20 (10 minutes before our initially scheduled appointment-
seriously, all that rushed stress?) the Doctor came in.
The moment he put the ultrasound on
my gelled belly we got a clear picture of our babies profile. It was adorable; you could see the eyes, nose, little lips and lack of chin (thank
you Stones genes). He then started
checking out the body; four chambers in the heart, healthy spine, right number
of extremities, normal brain development, intestines and insides looked good. But the sweet little thing was being SOO
modest and he could not get the sex. I was determined to see, I was NOT going home without knowing, and told the doctor I would push and poke the little thing until it moved to give him a good shot. He
poked and prodded, dug deep into my ever growing belly mass and finally got a
look. He said, "Well, it looks like three lines to me." Ben and I were both a little confused and he
explained with an honest and blunt, "It's a GIRL!"
I got a wide grin, couldn't stop
exclaiming my excitement and Ben sat with no emotion on his face staring at the
monitor. The rest of the appointment (a lot of measuring and checking), Ben
kept that emotionless stunned look. As
we were leaving the doctor commented that he was only 80% sure that it was in fact
a girl. He told us that he rarely gives
100% so that IF it happens to be wrong he doesn't get yelled at by the Mom and
have to re-paint the nursery.
When we got outside we sat on a bench
and called our families. It was so much
fun telling everyone what we were having! Ben's initial shock wore off and his excitement
began to show. It took a couple tried but we got to find out- a GIRL!! This makes it seem a little more real- now we don't have to say
IT but can say HER!! This follows the Newson Trend, girls
first. And makes another little girl Stones
cousin; Page, Gwyn and now Baby Newson. We are very excited, I honestly can't
say that enough! Now I can get back to
the PLANNING- names, cloths, nursery- I am very excited!!
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| Sitting outside the hospital after finding out about our baby GIRL! |
Here are the pre-ultrasound Baby Guesses:
NAME
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BOY
|
GIRL
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Ben
|
|
X
|
Brea
|
X
|
|
|
|
|
Ron
|
|
X
|
Rachel
|
|
X
|
|
|
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Larry
|
X
|
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Margaret
|
|
X
|
Andrea
|
|
X
|
Ben
|
|
X
|
Michael
|
X
|
X- changed last minute
|
Jasen
|
X
|
X- changed last minute
|
Emma
|
|
X
|
Spencer
|
X
|
X- changed last minute
|
Mat
|
X
|
|
Andi
|
X
|
|
Michael
|
X
|
|
Taylor
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
Ricky
|
|
X
|
Deanna
|
|
X
|
Amy
|
X
|
|
Charlotte
|
X
|
|
|
10
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13!!
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