Drum Roll Please......

After a very disappointing ultra sound on Monday, (see previous post) a friend of ours suggested we try UC Baby. Its an organization that takes 3D pictures of your baby via ultra sound and will determine the gender if you wish to know. We did a little web research and went through various chat rooms reading what people had written about this company and the type of service they received. No one who has done it appeared to be disappointed, so we thought we'd give it a try. We booked an appointment for Thursday and waited with baited breath.

Arriving in Whitby on a particularly miserable day weather wise, we pull into the appropriately named Mom and Baby depot. Inside we were greeted by a chipper lady who had us fill out some paperwork before sending me into the ultra sound room. We were excited when we entered the room and saw that at the foot of the bed there was a big screen TV that projected the same image the tech would be seeing. By far the best set up we had seen in any of the clinics we had been in.

A very nice lady came in and began scanning. We only paid for the gender determination part, so we wouldn't be getting the entire scan of the baby's face and body since we had just seen that on Monday. She got right to the point and began searching for the area. We could clearly see the baby when she started poking around but the baby was lying sideways, so all we could see was a profile shot. She then proceeded to shake my tummy with her free hand (seriously) to try and encourage the baby to roll over.

Within 3 minutes we had our answer. While the tech is poking around she casually said, "it's a girl I'm just trying to get you a better picture." I was shocked! I shouted back at her, "its a girl!?!" For as long as I've been pregnant Rob has had me convinced that it was a boy and so I had just gotten used to that idea. I was so prepared for the tech to tell me it was a boy that I hadn't even imagined that she would say girl. The tech repeated "yup it's definitely a girl. I knew right away but wanted to get her to roll over so you could see too"

Rob and I both looked up at the TV screen and see our baby, legs spread, showing a lack of boy bits. Rob asked the tech how reliable the scan was and what the error rate has been. She told us that she's been doing it for years and has yet to have anyone call in and tell her she was wrong. She also said she was 100% positive that our baby was in fact a girl. It was on the screen clear as day. Her confidence and the pictures we're enough to convince us. We're officially having a baby girl, and couldn't be happier!