It's a boy!!! :)

So yesterday was the big scan and our big news is that there is a little boy in my belly :)

Geoff and I were so excited. Geoff was running a few minutes late (even though he ended up beating me there ;) so I got him a roast beef sandwich at Au Bon Pain on the way - plus chips. We met in the waiting room and then quickly got called, so Geoff had only had half of his sandwich. The women was really nice and just jumped right into things. We told her that we would prefer to have the results written down and she was totally cool with it.

At first the baby's head was really down, on my cervix so she tried to elevate my feet to get it to move around. The baby was being pretty uncooperative though ;) So she measured the legs, arms, head, spinal cord, we saw its nose and chin and she spent a lot of time looking at the 4 chambers of the heart.

When she was about the measure the legs she said to look away in case we saw anything. I honestly did not think that even if I looked I would be able to tell ;) Anyways, the baby was being camera shy and at one point had its arms stretched out in between it's legs covering its parts!

So then the Dr. came in (he was like a robot - it was so weird) and looked around some more and said everything looks great. Actually the other news is that the technician said that the baby was measuring 19 w and 6 days - when technically I am not 19 weeks till today - so the baby is about a week bigger than normal :) So the woman gave us our envelop with the results and we headed to meet the midwife Annmarie.

I have to say, meeting Annmarie was like a big sigh of relief. She was so nice and so friendly and I think a perfect fit for us. She is from the UK and then came to the US and got re-certified for midwifery. She said "everything looks great, you are doing great." and then complimented me on eating my baby carrots (heart, heart ;) Geoff really liked her as well so we have decided to switch our care over to the midwives a MGH instead of an OB. She said that the main difference was in the philosophy an that if I wanted a naural and unmedicated birth that was a great option. She also mentioned the Cambridge birthing center, but they are not AABC certificed and I have not read good reviews on them so I am not going to research them further. I honeslty think the midwife is the perfect fit for us and I feel really good about it.

So - we got home and then Geoff (using his grandad's letter opener) opened up the results - and low and behold we are having a boy! I have to say I did cry a little (mostly happy tears) bcs I was looking forward to having a mini-me, but I am happy Geoff is going to have a son and in terms of burth order I kind of like having the eldest a boy. He can then watch over the girl later on in life. Funny though bcs my mom and sister both thought I was having a girl and I kind of did too. And after the scan Geoff thought it was a girl as well (he looked at all the parts). So it was a really wonderful surprise. Either way we would have been thrilled but it is really nice to be able to bond with the baby on another level now, especially when I envision a mini-Geoff in me ;)

After the results Geoff when into Boston have drinks with his work team, boss and then owner of the company. The owner then offered to have dinner as well so that was super generous of him. He talked to them about their future plans and Geoff is really excited to be part of a growing company who take care of their employees. Because they were having such a fun time - we decieded it would be best to drive to the lake in the morning and not very late on Friday.

We got up early today (Geoff hardly slept bcs he was so excited about work stuff and I just could not get comfortable) grabbed our tea to go, got bagels at the Brewgers in Belmont Center and were up here by 11am. We went for a swim and now I am reading "Deliver This" on the deck. I am sure lunch will be soon :)

Tomorrow I think I will swing by my parents to say goodbe to Meghan and Cade bcs they are leaving for SC on Tuesday. Things are not going well for her now and I feel that things just seem to be getting worse. Colleen and Ricky were really nice and said that they are pumped we are having a boy so they can open up some space in their basement. It is really, really sweet of them and their generosity will be saving us a bundle, so we are more than happy to get some use out of their hand-me-downs :)