The Big Reveal!!

The appointment we had with the Perinatologist went great today!  We got to peek at the baby, who was curled up in a ball the whole time so they couldn’t get a good look at its heart.  But everything else seemed to look fine and we’ll be going back in 1 month for another scan.  The baby weighed 6 ounces today which is right on target for being 16 weeks along.  And the heartrate was 155 bpm. 

After the sono we went to the Perinatoligists office to have a consult, I was so nervous that he had something horrible to tell us, these appointments bring out so much fear in me!  But all he wanted to do was go over Ryder’s history and talk more specifically about the stroke.  He was the first doctor who didn’t completely brush it off as “just a fluke thing”.  He said he doesn’t want to go fishing around for an answer, but there is one blood clotting disorder that he wants to test both me & alan for to see if we are carriers, for the safety of the new baby.  If we found out that we were, he would just put me on a baby aspirin a day because it crosses the placenta and could help thin out the baby’s blood to prevent any chance of blood clotting, leading to another stroke.  So we’ll follow up with that, and see him again in a month for a better look at the baby when it is more developed.  Keep praying with us that everything stays normal and healthy!!

Now, onto the GOOD STUFF!!!  The sono tech knew exactly what the baby was, but we asked her not to tell us.  Instead, we called Aunt B and had the Sonographer leave the room and tell her what we were having.  She was on standby with cupcakes waiting to be filled with either PINK or BLUE filling.  We also had the sonographer write the gender on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope (just for more reassurance!).  So we carried around a sealed envelope for the rest of the day, and it took a lot of will power to not rip it open.  But we really wanted to share the surprise with some family & friends (just the local ones who could make spur of the moment plans to have dessert with us!).  So instead of the “It’s A BOY” or “It’s a GIRL” text that everyone was waiting for, we sent “Want to know what we’re having?? Come find out with us!  Be at our house at 6:30 tonight for dessert!”.

We had about 20 people over and here are the results of that:

The adorable cupcakes!

Mine & Daddy’s Reactions:

To the PINK filling!!!!!!!

 

Ryder’s reaction (He knew all along!)

Nana’s Reaction:

 

The adorable little favors that Aunt B made for everyone to have after the reveal:

 

 

And the note that was in the envelope from the sonographer (had to open it after the cupcakes to make sure it was still a girl!)

 

We didn’t get any sonogram pictures, but Aunt B did ask on the phone how certain the lady was, and she said she was 100% positive…so we’ll take it!  But don’t think I won’t be asking for a re-check at our next sono in 4 weeks, just to make sure nothing has changed!

So, looks like we will be adding a sweet little girl to the Marsh Family!  We are SO excited, and the family is ecstatic!  There hasn’t been a girl Marsh baby born in 33 years!  Our family will be perfectly symmetrical now with 3 boys and 3 girls in the house…it’s perfect!