I haven’t been blogging much lately
because life has been busy. Tim has been back in nursing school for a month and
we are both working full time. It has definitely been challenging and I am
trying to be more helpful with house chores and cooking. I have also been
feeling pretty tired and spending a lot of time laying on the couch and
watching TV, but I am trying to change that! Anyways, back to the story. We had
our ultrasound at the end of August when I was twenty weeks along. Before my
ultrasound a lot of people were predicting that I was having a boy, and I had
been pretty convinced as well. About a week before the ultrasound I realized I
should also start bonding to the idea of having a girl so I wouldn’t be too
surprised if I was having a girl. I started to get more excited about the idea
of having a girl but I wanted to be happy with both outcomes. My main concern
was finding out if there were any developmental defects, but again I had to
learn to put that in God’s hands in trust in his providence. Overall I was
mostly excited to see our baby and how much he or she had developed since the 8
week ultrasound! I wanted to know who this human growing inside me was.
On the
day of the ultrasound I worked in the morning and then took the afternoon off.
Tim had to come straight to the appointment from school and we knew that he
would probably hit traffic and be a bit late. I got to the appointment early and
instead of waiting in my hot car I decided to check in early. Unfortunately
they called me back within five minutes and were ready to start the ultrasound
early. This made me nervous because Tim was only about to get out of class at
that time. The ultrasound technician
informed me that they have to take me as soon as they can after you check in; I
quickly called Tim to leave him a voicemail about what was happening. We
started the ultrasound but I let the technician know that I wanted to wait
until my husband came to find out the gender. It took me a little while to get
oriented and figure out what I was looking at, but after I did it was really
amazing! My favorite part was looking at how perfectly developed and intricate
the spine was, I know that is really random but it was impressive. It also took
away concerns of spina bifida. Everything looked really good and I could see
the heart and everything! I would occasionally check my phone but Tim had not
contacted me so I started to get worried. The ultrasound technician was really
friendly and she told me about her three children and talking to her helped
distract me from worries about where Tim was.
Throughout
the hour long ultrasound, we kept trying to get baby to change position because
baby was head down and it was hard to get certain measurements and angles. The
technician kept having me lay on my side, then lay on my back, then onto my
other side. Baby was very stubborn. Of
course this made me think about labor and hope that we won’t have a similar
problem. She also had use the bathroom
twice to see if that would get baby to change position, I even jumped up and
down, nothing. About halfway through the ultrasound Tim finally arrived, what a
relief. I had told the technician that
Tim was a nursing student and joked with her that she should quiz him on the baby’s
anatomy. It was really nice because she gave him a run through of all the
pictures she had taken and told him everything looked good (they aren’t really
supposed to comment on anything and she hadn’t said anything to me haha). While
Tim was there we continued trying to get baby to move, once she had me cough
and baby finally moved but before she could take a good picture the baby moved
back to the favored position. It was pretty funny and apparently in eight years
of being an ultrasound technician she has never had a baby this stubborn! We
finally got to the end and I had to remind the technician that we wanted to
find out the gender. She showed us the perfectly formed genitals of a baby
girl! I looked at Tim smiling and told him that he was right since he was
convinced we were having a girl. We were both really happy to finally know who
our little baby is, Gianna Rose Barbeau. One of my first thoughts walking out
of the office was oh boy this means we have to handle teenage dating years with
a girl first yikes! I know this is many many years away but having a girl is
stressful. Aside from those concerns, I am so happy to have a little girl.
After the ultrasound I went and bought a newborn dress it is adorable!
We
skyped with our families that night to share the good news because we could not
wait or make them wait any longer. I had tried to rehearse using neutral
pronouns in my story before we revealed the gender but my first attempt failed.
We skyped with my family first and as I was telling them the story I accidentally
said “she would not move” which my dad caught onto. My family was really
excited to find out, I think they would be equally excited no matter whether it
were a boy or girl though. She will be loved by many people. When we told Tim’s
family I decided to just tell them sooner before I accidentally gave it away.
The funny part was as we were about to announce that it’s a girl, Tim’s mom
shouts it’s a boy! And we had to say sorry it’s actually a girl. She had a
dream it was a boy and that was why she was convinced. I made a onesie that
said “Gianna Rose Barbeau” to show them as we made our announcement and that
was fun to share with them. Everyone is
so excited, especially the grandmas and the five aunts who can’t wait to shop
for little girl clothes. I can’t even handle how cute baby girl stuff is, even
Tim was surprised by how precious the dress I bought Gianna is.
We are having
a girl! It is going to be a really exciting adventure, even though it will be
challenging at times. I am excited because I know she will be mommy’s helper as
we have other children. I want to thank everyone’s
prayers for us during my pregnancy I really appreciate it. We definitely still
need the prayers as we prepare to meet Gianna in January !
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