At my 12 week appointment, I did a blood test that looks for chomosomal abnormalities (down syndrome, spina bifida, etc.). Since they see the blood of Bean, they know the gender. My friend, who is 6 weeks ahead of me, took the test and got her results back through the patient portal within a week. She said it was a standard lab result and said "male fetus" at the bottom of her's - very official. So obviously I've been stalking the portal for mine to come in. Today is exactly one week and still nothing, so I decided to call the nurse and see when they typically saw the results. Nobody picked up the nurse's line, so I left a message.
The nurse called me back and I missed it, so she left a message that the results were in, everything was low risk, it all looked good, and they knew the gender. If I wanted to know, just call her back. Nelson and I were hoping to find out together, so I called him to see what I should do (have her leave it in my voicemail and we'll listen together that night?). He suggested we try a three-way call, so I went into the lobby of my office and called her, again.
She picked up - yay! I let her know that my husband was on the phone and we were calling to hear the gender. She started to tell us how the results were normal, I was low risk, etc., and something inside me just said, "You're about to find out if you're having a son or a daughter," and I started to cry a little. And that was when I heard her say, "And you guys are have a baby girl!" I lost it. I started sobbing! I told her, between sobs, that I was happy and didn't know why I was crying and she goes, "It's ok; it's to be expected." In other words, I'm sure she gets lots of pregnant, blubbering women. Nelson admitted later that night that hearing me crying made him tear up. He was quick to say that it didn't fall, it stayed in his eye, but he was just a little emotional :)
And don't get me wrong, I would've cried for a boy, too. We really didn't have much of a preference. A boy would've been fun for Jackson and Dean, and a girl would've been something different. But needless to say, my family is very excited for the first girl to spoil!
