Today is the day!

Today is the day that we get to *try* and find out if this baby is a boy or a girl!

I think I should start at the beginning and tell you what happened...

I went in for my 18 weeks doc appt, this time with Dr. S and not Dr. K and it lasted oh, five minutes. Everything was on track for 18 weeks and I was sent home with two labs slips. One was for my triple screen blood test and the other was for a u/s! I have to get both of those done on base so I went that day to go schedule them. I did my blood work right away and headed over to the radiology dept. I had this wonderful idea that I would be able to get an appt for the next week, which happened to be my 4th wedding anniversary...ahhh, wouldn't that be perfect?? What a present! Well, when I was talking to the receptionist she informed me that the tech who does u/s is on leave for the next two weeks and the earliest I could get in would be April 15. Now, I know that a level II u/s is for measurements and fluid levels and all that good stuff but I thought they would be able to tell me the sex too! I started to tear up as I just had my heart set on April 2. (Yes, I'm hormonal.) I would have to wait three more weeks! I was so incredible disappointed that when I got home I started looking over the paperwork and it says, and I quote, "The tech will not tell you the sex of your baby, so DON'T ask." Sure, maybe the tech would slip it out somehow but I could not be satisfied with that. Oh no! I called up the only private baby u/s place in Tucson and requested an appt, which is for TODAY!!! I do have to have proof that I've had a u/s already (hopefully the one at 11 weeks will count!) and drink a billion gallons of water but I can't wait!!!

I'll be posting an announcement on FB but I'll also update this when I can for those of you who aren't on FB.

I'm off to drink MORE water...

ETA:
I will NEVER and I mean NEVER drink 16 oz of water in less than two minutes EVER again...It was an experience I never will forget!