It all comes down to this moment when you are pregnant—the moment that we find out the gender of our baby. After that moment, we get to plan and become obsessive about decorating the nursery, buying clothes, and deciding how we are going to creatively share our news with the world. (Read our gender reveal story here!)
But when you are sitting in that ultrasound room, warm jelly smeared all over your belly, and lights dimmed, it seems like an eternity passes before your sonographer finally shares the news with you. If you are anything like me, this is what was crossing your mind:
1. Okay, lights are going off. Now turn on that machine and let’s get this show on the road.
2. Gosh that jelly is cold!
3. Okay, now let’s see that baby!
4. What’s taking so long and why she/he making all those sighing noises?
5. Sonographer: Are you hoping for a girl or boy? Me: Just a healthy baby. (I’m sick of people asking me this question.)
6. I wish my husband would stop squeezing my hand so tight.
7. I wish the sonographer would stop making small talk and get to the point.
8. Yes, the baby is so cute on the big screen, but I really just want to know what colors I should start buying.
9. Okay, now why is it so quiet? Is there something wrong?
10. Panic! All I can feel is panic! There must be something wrong, she’s taking forever.
11. Why is my husband so quiet?
12. Sonographer: I’m just waiting for the baby to move into the right position. Oh thanks goodness…
13. During my last ultrasound, we couldn’t get the baby to sit still and now it decides to lay in one position.
14. Does this mean that I have a stubborn child?
15. What is everyone going to think when we have to leave here still not knowing if we are having a boy or a girl?
16. Holy shit! Only three minutes have passed? That clock must be broken.
17. I really can’t stop thinking about that diaper bag I ordered that is supposed to arrive this week. I’m going to look so cute carrying it.
18. I wonder if I casually turn to my husband and mouth “what’s the holdup” if the sonographer will catch me?
19. Sonographer: Okay, are you ready? Yes, yes of course we are ready!
20. Yippee! We’re having a ___! (We would have reacted the same way no matter which way this appointment ended!)
How did you feel while waiting to find out? Did similar thoughts cross your mind? Want to learn some things I’m doing different this pregnancy?
Fashionably Yours,
Allison
This was originally published in Mommy Nearest Magazine.
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