The Big Reveal

The moment we have been waiting for finally arrived! I had my 18-week appointment yesterday and we had everyone on stand-by for the text message that would reveal what we are dying to know...BOY or GIRL? My appointment was supposed to be at 4:00 p.m. on Monday and we waited a gruelling 55 minutes to see the doctor. I was the last patient of the day.

Dr. Brown quickly got down to business (after all there were about 6 office girls waiting to leave for the day) and started the ultrasound exam. The baby came up and the heart was visibly beating. She maneuvered around and I couldn't make 2-cents of what was coming up on the blurry screen. Finally she pulled up the image we were waiting for. In a very anti-climatic way, she said "I'm pretty sure it's a girl." Hmmm.... I asked for a percentage of certainty, "Like, would you say 90% sure?" She agreed to that. I can live with 90% certainty. It will be 2 weeks until I see the specialist again and she said then I will get a 100% answer.

And that was it. We are 90% sure we are having a Baby GIRL!!! We are both so happy. We shared the news with our family and friends and look forward to start thinking about girl names!

Cabbage Test

Right now I am only at 11 weeks, which means we will have to wait about another 8 or 9 weeks to know the sex of the baby. That feels like an eternity! I don't think I will even start seriously thinking about names until I know what we are having.

My mom sent me a link about the Cabbage Test, which is really a Ph test, and many say can reveal the sex of the baby. This weekend we decided to give it a try, just for fun. Cabbage is cheap and what have we got to lose? So for the test, all you have to go is chop up some red cabbage, boil it for 10 minutes and drain the water. You mix the cabbage water and your urine and watch for color change. If the water turns pink or red, it means you are having a boy. If the water is purple, then it's a girl.

Our test revealed a purple result...a GIRL! So we won't know for sure for a couple months, but it was a fun little test to try. Can't wait to see if it was right.