I am a tormented mum!
Ha Ha Ha ......
I dont even know what to say about what had happened over the last two days. Nothing major but just interesting enough for me to wanna talk about it.
So yesterday, there was this huge consignment sale in town for parents. It's really awesome because I mean, its a sale over 4 days, starting Thursday, with a bonus 50% discount off remaining items on the weekends. As of yesterday, I was still under this huge impression that we are going to have another boy so I wasnt really geared to spend alot. I went with the intention of finding a double stroller, if I could, and maybe a couple of educational toys for Seth. I lucked out! I saw a Graco Duo-Glider for $60 (normal retail close to $200) and bought it in an instant!! I mean, where else can I find it for such a great price??!!1 I bought a few more items and left; envious of my galfriend who is currently also pregnant, with a girl. She picked out some really cute outfits for her girl and the two wind breaker that I picked for Seth just didnt yield the same kind of "wow" factor for me.
So today, early in the morning, our whole little family went to see our little No 2 again. Okay, at this point I needed to kinda tell the story.
When I first found out I was pregnant, I went to my regular OBGYN who has the lousy-est ultrasound machine they ever could have. This thing must be at least 10 years old. The resolution is poor and half the time, when the pics of your baby gets printed out, you dont even know what u are looking at!
So during my first visit, my OBGYN, just based on what his pathetic machine was showing him, told me that he couldnt see a fetus in my egg sac. He thought that its either the poor resolution of his machine or that maybe, I am still too early to really show! That, of coz scared the crap outta us and we immediately thought that we had another case of "blighted ovum" on our hands but thankfully, he did also give us the options of either coming back again next week or be sent to a specialist, who obviously, would have the "top of the line" ultrasound machines to do what he does. Naturally, we picked the latter to see later that day and was then told that there is our baby, breathing and beating away and .... it leads us to our story today.
So we went to the specialist this morning and, mind you, I was all prepared to be told that I am having another boy. After measuring the heart and the brains etc, the technician told me that baby isnt in a good position to "tell'. I was of coz disapppointed and frustrated by that time. We tried shaking it and poking it, hoping it would move and finally we managed to have a somewhat valid spot although not perfect. I told the lady what my OBGYN had told me during my last visit and what I had saw and she shook her head. She debated that she couldnt really see the "pee pee" at all and based on the position and what she can detect, it's a girl!
We tried for the longest time to get bb to move to a better position. I even got up and started walking abit but because we werent looking at the private parts exactly, but more btw the legs.. she concluded that its a GOOD 80% chance that its a girl!!!
So here I am.. all confused again. I am not bummed because its a girl or a boy whatever.. I am just upset that I dont know for sure if its a girl so I dont know if I should take advantage of the weekend sale to let my inner shopaholic diva out!!!!! Its so irritating!!!! Why must this happen to be?
My friend asked me what my gut was. To be honest, I have always thought that it might be a girl because of the way I feel this time during the pregnancy. with Seth, i was back to being normal by the second tri and I was eating and happy and enjoying every moment of this but with this one; there are still days when I could barely eat and I am moody, stressed and depressed all the time! Also, I realised (when I was looking at Seth's pics today) that when he was 17 weeks, around the same time as I am today, I could see his "pee pee". It was huge and straight as a lighting pole but really, we didnt see anything btw the legs today. Okay okay.. I know I was very sure the last time I blogged that I thought I saw it but I realised that this baby has its umbilical cord rather close to its body, unlike Seth. So maybe what I thought was a "pee pee"was a loose, hanging cord? I saw the cord today too but realised that it was higher up the body and more evident than Seth so maybe the mistake.
I dont know.. I am scheduled for another "gender checkup" next Tuesday and I am going to make sure that I drink lots of coffee. I want to make that baby move!! And know for sure!
I dont even know what to say about what had happened over the last two days. Nothing major but just interesting enough for me to wanna talk about it.
So yesterday, there was this huge consignment sale in town for parents. It's really awesome because I mean, its a sale over 4 days, starting Thursday, with a bonus 50% discount off remaining items on the weekends. As of yesterday, I was still under this huge impression that we are going to have another boy so I wasnt really geared to spend alot. I went with the intention of finding a double stroller, if I could, and maybe a couple of educational toys for Seth. I lucked out! I saw a Graco Duo-Glider for $60 (normal retail close to $200) and bought it in an instant!! I mean, where else can I find it for such a great price??!!1 I bought a few more items and left; envious of my galfriend who is currently also pregnant, with a girl. She picked out some really cute outfits for her girl and the two wind breaker that I picked for Seth just didnt yield the same kind of "wow" factor for me.
So today, early in the morning, our whole little family went to see our little No 2 again. Okay, at this point I needed to kinda tell the story.
When I first found out I was pregnant, I went to my regular OBGYN who has the lousy-est ultrasound machine they ever could have. This thing must be at least 10 years old. The resolution is poor and half the time, when the pics of your baby gets printed out, you dont even know what u are looking at!
So during my first visit, my OBGYN, just based on what his pathetic machine was showing him, told me that he couldnt see a fetus in my egg sac. He thought that its either the poor resolution of his machine or that maybe, I am still too early to really show! That, of coz scared the crap outta us and we immediately thought that we had another case of "blighted ovum" on our hands but thankfully, he did also give us the options of either coming back again next week or be sent to a specialist, who obviously, would have the "top of the line" ultrasound machines to do what he does. Naturally, we picked the latter to see later that day and was then told that there is our baby, breathing and beating away and .... it leads us to our story today.
So we went to the specialist this morning and, mind you, I was all prepared to be told that I am having another boy. After measuring the heart and the brains etc, the technician told me that baby isnt in a good position to "tell'. I was of coz disapppointed and frustrated by that time. We tried shaking it and poking it, hoping it would move and finally we managed to have a somewhat valid spot although not perfect. I told the lady what my OBGYN had told me during my last visit and what I had saw and she shook her head. She debated that she couldnt really see the "pee pee" at all and based on the position and what she can detect, it's a girl!
We tried for the longest time to get bb to move to a better position. I even got up and started walking abit but because we werent looking at the private parts exactly, but more btw the legs.. she concluded that its a GOOD 80% chance that its a girl!!!
So here I am.. all confused again. I am not bummed because its a girl or a boy whatever.. I am just upset that I dont know for sure if its a girl so I dont know if I should take advantage of the weekend sale to let my inner shopaholic diva out!!!!! Its so irritating!!!! Why must this happen to be?
My friend asked me what my gut was. To be honest, I have always thought that it might be a girl because of the way I feel this time during the pregnancy. with Seth, i was back to being normal by the second tri and I was eating and happy and enjoying every moment of this but with this one; there are still days when I could barely eat and I am moody, stressed and depressed all the time! Also, I realised (when I was looking at Seth's pics today) that when he was 17 weeks, around the same time as I am today, I could see his "pee pee". It was huge and straight as a lighting pole but really, we didnt see anything btw the legs today. Okay okay.. I know I was very sure the last time I blogged that I thought I saw it but I realised that this baby has its umbilical cord rather close to its body, unlike Seth. So maybe what I thought was a "pee pee"was a loose, hanging cord? I saw the cord today too but realised that it was higher up the body and more evident than Seth so maybe the mistake.
I dont know.. I am scheduled for another "gender checkup" next Tuesday and I am going to make sure that I drink lots of coffee. I want to make that baby move!! And know for sure!