Well, it's official. We are definitely having a boy. When we got to that part of the ultrasound I didn't even need the technician to say it. I was the first to say "It looks like it's a boy". It sure did to everyone else too.
I had to go to the bathroom two times at gas stations on the way home (what a pain in the butt) because for some reason they still have us drink water before an ultrasound. I've heard some people say that with some machines you don't need to do that anymore.
In January we are officially done with Kaiser and I say good riddance. I won't even get into the last few times we were there, but this time we had a grumpy counter person in the OBGYN who let me know I was at the wrong place. She promptly sent me to Radiology which also turned out to be the wrong place. Luckily the guy in Radiology was able to send me to the right place, just 15 minutes late.
Once there they took me inside for about 20 minutes without letting Jake go in with me. I asked if he could please come inside with me and they said no without giving us a reason. It kind of ruined the experience a little bit. I told her not to say if it's a boy or girl until Jake was in the room and she agreed. She was kind of cold and impersonable and I didn't really like her. When Jake finally was allowed inside the room she started showing us the baby and when I asked if it was a boy or girl she said "we aren't on that part yet" and continued showing the head, face, chest, heart, kidneys, arms, legs ... I kind of think that the rest could have waited since I'd asked the question. Maybe I'm being picky, but couldn't she have rolled over there for a minute?
Anyway, later on Jake told me some poor lady had to pee so bad she used the restroom before they called her in. When they found out what she did, they told her she had to wait for an hour now before they could see her. She assured them that her bladder would fill up quite quickly but they made her wait anyway. I'm glad they didn't make me wait because I'd used the restroom 10 minutes before I went in for my ultrasound because of the mix up in where I was supposed to be for my appointment (they have a sign upstairs that says "Please have your urine sample available BEFORE checking in"). I agreed with the lady they made wait for her ultrasound. After all, if I had to stop at the restroom before leaving Kaiser and twice on my 30 minute drive home, I was filling up my bladder every 10 minutes.
Anyway, I hope my next doctor is better than Kaiser has been. So that's the news. Now we have two more important decisions to make - what's the name and will he be circumcised? We'll keep you posted.
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7 comments:
Congratulations! I guess you won't be breaking the Bonney streak, then...
Your ultrasound visit sounded terrible! You're right--I've never had to have a full bladder for any of my ultrasounds, and it does NOT take long for a pregnant woman's bladder to fill up. It stinks that you had to deal with such jerks.
wow that does sound like a bummer of a visit. but so exciting! congratulations! i had to have a full bladder, but for some reason mine always tooka while to fill and i never really did. but it wasn't that big of a deal to them. they were just like 'oooh somebody didn't drink their water!!"
and i hate to say it, but i think the techs are required to do things in a certain order - or something like that - i think i've heard that before. maybe. maybe yours was just grumpy.
Congrats, I'm really sorry you had to go through that. The ultrasound part is to be shared with hubby, not crankypants tech! I'm really glad you don't have to go to Kaiser any more.
I don't like Kaiser either. We had them growing up and they stink. They REALLY sucks that they were so cold and impersonal, especially as this is your first child and THIS is the exciting time. And what the heck was with not letting Jake in? That's strange.
I have had to have a full bladder for an ultrasound before, but only on the ones that they were doing on the measurements and gender like you had.
The ultrasound techs I have had have always been VERY nice, and it makes the experience so much sweeter. Did they give you pictures?
Congratulations to you both. Now we all have older boys!!!! I have lots of clothes and stuff that you can have if you want.
Awesome another boy! He'll be such good friends with the others. I've had lots of ultrasounds and they have never been fun. All of them I had to have a full bladder. Congratulations to both of you.
A boy! Congrats. I want to see more belly pics.
Yeah!!!!! Micah will have another little boy to play with. I am so excited. Sorry about the visit. For mine they let Jeff in the whole time and I did not have to have a full bladder. Kaiser seems to go back and forth for me with how good they are but for the most part actually I don't mind them.
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