My First Post

Well...I bit the bullett and started my own blog. I will do my best to keep up with it. I figured this was the best way for family and friends who we don't see as much as we would like to be able to keep up with what is going on in our family.

I guess I can start with what happened this afternoon. So, I have an appointment at 4 to have a routine ultrasound done where they measure parts of the baby and should be able to tell us whether it is a boy or a girl. Bryan's mom kindly offered to keep Tyler for the night so Bryan and I can go to dinner and celebrate after we find out what we are having. Should be an exciting afternoon right...wrong!!

The first issue is that we have to have the ultrasound done in the radiology part of the hospital instead of in the OBs office b/c we changed insurance from Blue Cross to Aetna thinking we would be better off with it. We are in the waiting room and my name is called by a little woman who can't even pronounce my FRIST NAME right! It's Michelle...it's not that hard. It was a bad sign. When we figure out she means me Bryan and I both stand up. She tells him(or trys to) that he can stay in the waiting room b/c he can't come in the room with me. We have NEVER been told this before. I tell her I want him in the room and she says she is just a student so she will ask the ultrasound tech.

We get to the room and the guy looks at us and says "No he can't come in here." This room is like twice the size of the one in the doc office so we don't understand the problem...after all it is OUR child. Bryan says, "So I can't see my child or find out what we are having with my wife?" The lovely tech tells us in his kindest voice(haha) he is not going to tell us that. All he does is measure the head, leg and body. "The sex doesn't just jump up on the screen" he says to us as if we are idiots. And we need to call our doctor if that is what we thought we were here for. At this point it is taking everything we have to not punch this jerk in the face.

So, we walk away before we hurt someone and walk to my doc's office to find out what is going on. The sweet girl in the office does what she can for us, but all that is to change our order to an u/s at a perionatologist (apparently they work with high risk prenancies...which I am not) But, she called our insurance company and they say they will cover it and she says they are more patient friendly and should be more willing to tell us the gender. But, we won't be able to set up the appt. until Tues. and then we have to see when they will fit us in. Bryan even offers to pay out of pocket to just have it done in thier office, but they can't for some other stupid insurance reason.

I was SO upset when we left the office. I just want a healty baby either way...but I would like to know if it's a he or a she so we can start planning. Not to mention that I have been counting down the days until this appt. and then to get there and be told "I'm not going to tell you that" when I know they do it all the time. Add baby hormones into the mix and it was just a bad situation all around. Uggh!!! We ended up speaking with an administrator at the hospital and she was going to let us do the u/s with Bryan in the room(big stretch for them apparently) but they still wouldn't tell us the gender b/c it was a liability to the hospital. I can't believe that someone would really sue b/c they were told the wrong gender.

We talked about it over dinner(where I REALLY could have used a drink) and decided that we would see when we can get an appt. with the perionatologist...and MAKE SURE they will atleast give us their educated guess as to what we are having. We also have to double check that insurance will definitely cover it so they don't come back after the appt. and charge us and say that we didn't need to go to that doctor so they won't cover it. That would be our luck right now. If they won't tell us or we get there and the baby isn't cooperating then I guess we will go do a 3D ultrasound. I looked them up when we got home and they all say they will predict the gender for you. Hopefully, we will get it all straightened out soon. :(

Sorry this is so long but I really needed to get that off my chest. I just wonder if anyone else has had that happen to them. Anyways, I will try to put some pics up soon. I am tired from my ranting now so I guess I will go to bed. Until next time......