We found out a gender this last Thursday. It's kind of a funny story I wasn't sure if I was going to be getting an ultrasound or not at my 16 week appt. So I scheduled an appt at fetal fotos for the day after my appointment just in case. But I called my doctors office and asked his nurse if I was getting an ultrasound.. She was so vague on the phone and just kept saying "if he has time he can" I was a little frustrated but I thought it's not a big deal since I have the fetal fotos appt scheduled too. (Although I DID NOT) want to pay the $60 dollars to get it.
So since I didn't know if I was getting the US or not I just went by myself to the appt. So after the nurse did her thing I was sitting in the room waiting for my dr. It was probably 15 minutes which is way longer than he normally takes and I was getting a little antsy. He finally comes in and he is a little out of breath and says "sorry to make you wait I decided to do a delivery at lunch" ha ha! He asked all his normal questions, used the Doppler to hear the heart beat (it was 160) and then he was done. I was a little disappointed until he looks at my chart and says "so you want an US?" And of course I said YES!! So he took me to the US room and asked "so do you want to know the gender?" And I told him yes but I didn't want him to tell me. (Since Elias wasn't there) so be said he would write it down and put it in an envelope for me.
So he started the US and right away I could see that our little bean wasn't a little bean anymore and was now an actual little baby! It was so so cute moving around sitting Indian style and just wiggling all over!
He assured me that the baby has two arms and two legs and looks good. He then told me he was going between the legs so I turned my head away.
My doctor reminded me that he couldn't ensure the gender 100% so I can't hold him liable ha ha. He took a few pictures and I asked him what his percent for this guess is. He said he was 90% sure. Which is good enough for me :)
He printed the pics and put them in an envelope with his guess.
Now it was just a waiting game! Elias and I wanted to find out together so I had to wait 4 hours till we were together, with the unsealed envelope in my hands!
Walking out of the office I was on cloud 9! I was basically skipping and nothing could take the smile off of my face. As I was driving back to work I was pondering the idea of having this baby and I thought of my patriarchal blessing that says something along the lines of "and when they are ready, you will be blessed with your own children". When THEY are ready, that struck me so hard! We live in such crazy times and this baby is READY to come down from heaven and be our child! I couldn't stop thinking how this little spirit must be SO strong and I CANNOT wait to meet it!
When Elias and I finally got together we were so nervous to open the envelope. He wanted me to open it, so I unfolded the sonograms until we saw GIRL!!!!!!! Our sweet angel is a girl :) we looked at each other so happy and just sat there saying "this is so crazy we are having a girl!" Elias was in complete shock, I was expecting it ha ha!
The way we decided to tell our families was to get Krispy Kreme donuts and have them fill them with pink creme. Which I saw this idea on Pinterest moooonnnths ago before I was even pregnant! I thought it was the most perfect idea because if anyone knows me they know that donuts are my faaaaaaav and also we just thought it was simple and cute.
I called Krispy Kreme a few days before we told everyone to make sure it was a real thing and not just a made up pin. So I called and they said they can fill donuts with any color free of charge :)
Friday night I called Krispy Kreme to order and told the girl to fill them with pink creme. I also asked if she could make sure that no filling was showing. She told me that "unfortunately we can't do that, because when we pull out the thing we use to fill them it always leave a little on the outside" I was bummed and just said okay and then she asked "are you suuure you're okay with that" and sounding disappointed I told her I'd figure something out. So I decided that I could just buy a can of whipped cream and squirt a little over the holes.
-Stefanie
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