It’s Girl Time

On Thursday, November 11 (Veterans Day), we had our 21 week ultrasound appointment to see how our Baby Broome has grown the past few months and to find out the gender.

To say we were excited was to put it lightly – we were so stinkin’ excited! Thankfully the appointment was at 9, so we didn’t have to wait the entire day. Another great thing is that I had off from work for the holiday, so we were really able to relax and enjoy the time together. On a side note, Praise God for calling people to our military service. I am so thankful for the men and women who serve our country by protecting our borders, people and everything else. I thank our Veterans and their families for their dedication to the U.S.A. I am honored that we were able to celebrate seeing our precious child on this special holiday!

We have been praying for this appointment. Obviously it’s so exciting to find out the gender, but more so, we have been praying that this sweet life He has created is forming and developing as he/she should. That is the most important thing, and I feel so very blessed and honored to say that the ultrasound tech said everything looked good.

So beautiful!!!

Tears of joy and thankfulness came to my eyes as we were progressing through the anatomy scan because I just feel so privileged to have the opportunity to carry a child, for us to become parents, and for the child to seemingly be healthy. How many people take that for granted? Now, I don’t know what the future holds for this little life, and regardless of his/her health, I know everything is in God’s hands and will go exactly as He planned; however, it was a huge blessing and relief to know that things seem okay.

Toward the end, the tech pointed out HER little parts and told us we were having a little girl. I heard J say something like, “awww” and I was just so excited. Wow! Wow! Wow!

To be honest, I felt like I was having a girl more than a boy (though I never was 100% sure), but I just felt like because we are surrounded by boys with our friends’ children and J’s siblings, we would have a boy, too. But, we are so honored that God has given us a sweet, precious girl.

It’s funny but a few weeks ago, J went to visit our friends who recently had a baby girl (one of the very few) and he texted later and told me that when he was holding her, he thought how sweet she was and that the idea of having a girl first was growing on him.

I know this little girl has already captured her daddy’s heart! And, now daddy gets the added responsibility of “protecting” her from all those boys we know.

I also have warned J that we are going to be spending more money because it’s a girl. I am all girl and until this little chica can tell me otherwise, she is going to be all about the “fru fru,” bows, ribbons, hats, frilly diaper covers, smocked outfits, monograms and more. But, I also want her to feel like she can play and get dirty, love football like her mommy, daddy and Auntie L. (Go Noles!) and shoot skeet with her daddy when she’s older (not too sure about hunting, though).

So, I already said that the vast majority of friends and family have boys, and while that is true, I have several friends or people I know of who are having girls within the next few months. I have a feeling our little princess will have plenty of girls to play with soon, hence the reason I think “it’s girl time!”

The only “slight” bummer of the day is that I was not allowed to videotape the ultrasound. I called a few days in advance to ask if I could and they told me yes over the phone, but when I got there, the tech said no. Drats.

Hopefully that will be our only ultrasound. We had one at about 8 weeks, which I did not really want, but kind of had to have for a few medical reasons. I hope in subsequent pregnancies, God willing, I will only have one at about 20 weeks. I do not trust the high frequency sound waves used in ultrasound, 3D/4D ultrasound and Doppler technology. I read this article about a link between ultrasound/Doppler and it just really resonated with me. The least amount of exposure I can give our little ones to these technology devices and high frequency sound waves during such critical points in brain development, the better for me. I do think I will always have one because I was talking to my midwife and she mentioned that one ultrasound around that time by a good tech may pick up some important developmental things about a baby that will be important for the birth, but I really hope to always keep the numbers down. Doctors will say they are safe, but after finding that article and reading more about this topic, I just will have to pass on routine or frequent ultrasounds and Doppler exposure, unless necessary.

The one thing I love about ultrasound, other than seeing our little wiggleworm, is that it provides my dear husband a way to connect to his child. I didn’t really think about it until after our appointment, but for these past five months I have been able to feel the baby move, and just know I have this life growing inside of me, but for J, the ultrasound is really his only glimpse into the world of our baby until we start feeling some kicking on the outside. So, I love that it allows him to further connect with our precious daughter.

We have not picked a name yet. We have one that we like, but are still thinking about it. We like Italian names to go along with my heritage, and also names that are not very common (at least not yet). So, hopefully we will decide soon, and the name will suite her when she makes her debut. 18 weeks to go. Praying for a full-term baby! Trying not to worry about the next few months.

Psalm 56:3 - When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.