It's A BOY....Or Maybe a GIRL....Darn...What did the Tech say? (Part 3-The Final Chapter)

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Meanwhile back at the ranch...oh wait, wrong genre!

We didn't have to wait long in the waiting room. My parents stayed there while our little herd of 5 children and my wife and I followed the tech to the room. She counted the children we had and we laughed about hoping that it was a girl (seeing as we have 1 girl and 4 boys). She asked some basic information questions and then got started. She started by looking at the head and chest. This whole time my anxiety knot is growing. From what I could see everything looked good. I mean there wasn't three legs or four arms or anything! She asked if we wanted to know the sex of the baby and both my wife and I said "YES!". She laughed at us. She kept looking and taking pictures. The baby wasn't cooperating with the tech and she really couldn't tell. We were a little bummed out!

Crappy ending huh! Well, good, because that isn't the end!

She kept trying. She finally said she thought that it is a girl, but she couldn't get a good shot. I asked her if I needed my 80% Girl, 20% Boy badge for school. She laughed...

This is a great moment to take a break and tell you that I got all three of my grades posted today for my last semester! I am happy to report that I WILL be getting reimbursed and that I am very pleased with my grades. I got a 96% on my final paper (YEE-HAW)...anyways, I digress yet again.

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The kids were getting anxious for a final verdict. She kept checking and checking. I finally had to point blank ask her if she was certain about the sex or not. She said that she was and that it is a...

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Okay...what she said made my boys sad and my little girl dance with JOY!

We are having a GIRL! We are SO very excited! My oldest son was almost in tears, but he recovered quickly. We are excited to end the Hughes clan with a little girl! As far as names go, we have a few picked out, but those are for another day and post.

So, start buying us pink things! :)

It is nice to have one less thing to worry about with the ultrasound done.

There, now you know! :)

Later...