Say Cheese...burger!!!

Yep, the mystery is solved. Our modest baby is definitely a girl, no wonder she wouldn't open her legs! Casey was surprised since I'm not exactly known for my modesty (but not in a bad way...hmmm maybe I need to think more about this)!

I went to my monthly appt w/Dr. W on Wednesday and everything is going quite well. She said I did have a higher amount of of glucose in my urine than she'd like to see, so we have more tests for that next week. But babies sounded great and are progressing nicely. Once she brought up the urine situation I fessed up to my uncontrollable thirst and constant peeing - so we'll what happens next week. She was very adamant that if I do have gestational diabetes, its not a huge thing and we can manage it, as long as I follow her orders. I can't imagine NOT following them, so I'm totally on board with whatever she says. After all, I was able to handle 4 or 5 shots a day during IVF, so if worse comes to worse a little insulin injection won't phase me now.

She also gave me the orders for the follow-up Level 2 ultrasound. When I left her office I went straight to their office to schedule the appt, of course all the appt schedulers had left 10 minutes before...and so goes the story of my life!

I called the ultrasound place the next morning and was able to make an appt for that evening. Casey met me at the office and we were both cautiously optimistic that we could learn the other baby's gender. It didn't take long before the tech told us we had a girl! Since I was spread-eagle on a gurney w/a stranger rubbing my belly with jelly and an ultrasound wand, all we could do was high-five. The hugs and a larger celebration came later. Casey and I were both very excited to hear that we'd have the best of both worlds and would be able to raise a boy and girl at the same time. The future grandmothers and great grandmother were just as excited to share in our news.

We got several great ultrasound pics, too. The one of our baby boy's face is just the sweetest. It was almost like he smiled and knew we were peeking in on him. Name discussions have already started. Casey's vote was for Augustus and Bluebonnet...I had to put my foot down and explain that I would not have a child named "Gus" and Bluebonnet is way to "Gwyneth Paltrow" for me. We think we have the girl's name figured out, but I'm gonna wait just a little bit longer before sharing it with the internet, in case a change is made. Plus when sharing names there's always that person who knew/knows someone with the same name and they don't' like them. So we'll keep our cards close to our vest for just a bit longer.