So where to begin with this one. Well, our appointment was at 4pm and the letter we received stated that we needed to be there promptly 15 minutes before the appointment. So for those out there who do not know what an ultrasound entails, let me elaborate. They ask you to drink a shit ton of water (of course they word it nicely lol) 45 minutes prior to the appointment so that when you get there and your appointment is ready they take you with a full bladder so that you get better images of the baby. So based on my calculations, if my appointment is at 4 then I had to start drinking an exuberant amount of liquid promptly at 3:15. So I did. And we arrived at our appointment promptly at 3:45. I check in with the girliest fat man I've ever seen in the Ultrasound/CT Scan/MRI place and he proceeds to inspect my ID and insurance card and look at the screen and click the mouse a few times. Mind you, while he is doing this, he is on the phone and never made eye contact with me. Then he tells me to sit down and wait...mind you, we were there promptly at 3:45.
So 4 o'clock rolls around and no one comes to the waiting area calling for me. 4:15 rolls around and I'm starting to get that urge of needing to go pee. So I tell Ed to talk to me about anything just to get my mind off of it and he does. But then the feeling rolls back around close to 4:30. I tell Ed that it's getting harder to hold it and the look in my face was probably filled with agony. I get up to go talk to another receptionist and tell her I have an ultrasound appt and I really had to go. All she said was "Just go to the bathroom and then drink more water." She didn't ask what time my appointment was at or anything relating to the appointment. I've had an ultrasound done once many years ago and remember that I was in the same situation with the urge to pee and I remember the nurse telling me to just let out a little (maybe 2-3 seconds worth of pee) and stop. Well I was thinking it was going to suck if I let it all out and then they called me in and then I'd have no pee in my bladder and I'd have to sit there and wait longer, so I peed for a few seconds then stopped. Yea.. a little painful...Well, after composing myself in the bathroom, I go back to the waiting area and they still hadn't called me. 4:40 rolled around. 4:50. 5 o'clock. At this point, I'm about to pee my pants yet again and i'm getting real pissed. Why do they tell me I have an appointment at 4 and make me wait out there for a freaking hour!?!??!! So infuriating! I got up again and this time I talked to the dude I had checked in with at 3:45 and told him that it was getting ridiculous that I was told to be here promptly at 3:45 for this appointment and it's already 5 and I'm still waiting! His face got all attitude-y as he asked for my name and then he proceeds to look at the screen, clicks the mouse a few times looks at the screen some more, asks for my name again, clicks the mouse a couple more times and he says, "They'll be coming to get you right now." So it was then that it dawned on me. Motherfucker probably forgot to check me in because he was talking on the phone like a freaking chismoso while he was supposed to be checking me in, and all this time the freaking ultrasound room was probably empty after the last lady that came out at 4:30!!!!! So mad, so mad... Well, finally like 5 minutes later the technician comes and gets me and Ed and we go to the dark room.
What to say about the dark room. It wasn't that dark. The lights were intimately dimmed. Enough to be able to tell where you are walking and see who you are talking to. I must remind you however, that I still need to go pee. Well, the technician apologizes for the wait and then informs us that the procedure will take 45 minutes. In my mind I was screaming bloody murder! 45 minutes?!?!? Wasn't it enough I had already been waiting over an hour with a bladder that felt like it was going to pop??!?! Whatev. After I laid down on the bed thingy they have there for you, the urge to pee subsided ever so slightly but it was countered by the warm jelly and the sonogram thingamabob that she began putting pressure on to finally get the images of the kid growing in me. So here are some pics of the kid!
And for the long awaited money shot.....(drumroll please...)
There you have it ladies and gents! The vajayjay...Yep. We are having a girl!
5 comments:
I must admit, Damian told me you were having a girl so I knew prior to reading this but regardless, CONGRATULATIONS! Can't wait to start buying the little pink outfits! I wont lie, I'm a little jealous!
I hated those ultrasounds so much. I mean, I loved them because hello! Baby!! But I swear they ask you to drink that much water to torture you! Pregnancy tests are so yucky... wait till the glucose one!
Congrats again, can't wait to see her :)
-Rhonda
Thanks Rhonda! Ed is set on pink plaid. That's to the extent he'll do pink. I see her as a little version of me with jeans and tshirts and tennis shoes lol, oh and little pig tails...so why don't you give me the skinny on the glucose test eh? lol
Congratulations on your little girl! She'll be a spitfire just like her momma.
And don't worry Ed, I wasn't into the whole pink thing with my baby girl, you'll be amazed at all the cute "pink" shades and patterns there are. ;)
Oh he'll do pink! Besides, you'll find that dressing your wee one up everyday gets a bit much, and you'll turn to the pink onesies I'm going to send you, I guarantee it!
As for the glucose test, from what I recall you have to have an empty stomach, so no eating past midnight up until after the test. You're made to drink a cup of the most disgusting sugary, syrupy crap you've ever tasted, then wait around for an hour, and they prefer you to wait in the waiting room, then have bloods taken. The combination of no food + disgusting syrup + your usual pregnancy ughness + waiting in a stuffy room for an hour is the part that sucks.
Enjoy!
When do I have to do that test? that's gonna suck being on an empty stomach...especially being so f-in hungry lately!
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