On Thursday the 9th July we had booked a gender scan to find out what baby is.
I am very impatient so I was only 16+4 weeks pregnant but I just have to know.
I had planned a reveal for our Earth-side babies after hunting through Pinterest ideas one stood out that would work easily for all 4 children to be involved. So we decided to do the box and balloons.
On Wednesday I got a large box and some unisex paper this would create something for me to do on Thursday morning while eagerly awaiting our scan at 12:20pm ! .. eek ! ... I would have to go back for the balloons as we had no idea if we would need pink or blue.
Thursday arrived and all I could think about was what was in there. I had a gut feeling for a few weeks that it was a girl but my gut feeling was constantly second guessed by myself because we already have 3 boys and only 1 girl...
By 11am I was wishing the clock would just go faster I wanted to know !
12:10pm : I need a wee , oh god can I wee ? ... No I'll hold it just in case...
12:20pm : SCAN TIME !!! :D
We went into the room the sonographer was lovely, the room felt calm and inviting. As we took our recently turned 2 year old and 4 year old with us we spoke to the sonographer about not saying the sex out loud. My 4 year old is a total chatterbox. Luckily he was distracted by toys that were available in the room.
She began to scan but baby was not playing nicely at all, it had decided to put it's hands over the exact area we were trying to see !
So while we waited for baby to move it's hands we had a better look at it in 3D - it always amazes me and makes it more real.
This is our baby ... Look :)
So back to the task in hand , what is baby ?
The sonographer tried every direction but we just could not see. I turned on my side, back onto my back and finally baby moved it's hands.... Unfortunately it was still in an awkward position but gave us a quick glance. I said to the sonographer there is something I DON'T see ... she said yep I think so but I can't be sure until I get a better look. A bit more angling and fidgeting baby finally gave up and wallah its a ......... Girl !
<==== Girly bits :)
So now we knew.... We just had to keep it quiet until the older kids got home from school :)
I must admit , although I had a feeling I really did expect it to be a boy .4pm: I went to collect the PINK balloons from the shop. I got home and ran upstairs to conceal them in the box before the kids could see.
5pm(ish): We revealed to the kids !!! They were all over the moon, especially my daughter as she finally got the sister she always wanted.
So yep it's a girl ! ... We have decided to name her Erin .. let's hope she is here in time for Christmas :) xx
