The Big Reveal

As I previously mentioned, JB and I were able to find out the sex of Baby Brown on October 14th. What an exciting morning for the Browns!!!!!

We arrived to Dr. Clinton's Office full of anticipation with our own guess regarding the sex of Baby Brown. I had one dream throughout the pregnancy thus far and in that dream the baby was a boy. I don't know if that means anything, but that was my guess. JB switched his guess the morning of to girl. So, here we are waiting patiently for our name to be called. I was so nervous sitting there and prayed the baby would be healthy regardless of the sex. I asked JB if he was nervous - "No, not at all."

Finally, our name was called and we headed into the ultrasound room. We were prepared with our video camera when the machine turned on. Unfortunately, JB was informed that we could not take any pictures or video of the ultrasound. "Don't you worry Mr. Brown - I will provide you with many ultrasound pictures," responded the technician. With that said, the exam began.

Baby Brown was not very cooperative. In fact, the technician indicated that Baby Brown was very strong willed and stubborn since he/she would not allow us to see his/her face. In addition to covering the face, Baby Brown had his/her legs crossed. JB thought his prediction was correct at this point. "This must be a girl!" he exclaimed. "Look at how modest this baby is," he said. The exam continued and we were unable to see the face or find out the sex of the baby. Good night, are we going to have to come back? Then as if a light bulb went off, JB said that I should sit up to get Baby Brown moving. The next thing I know the technician was agreeing with him. Over the next ten mins. they had me sitting up, moving from one side to the other, back to laying down, etc. "Seriously, we will just have to come back," I thought. Not to mention the goo (I cannot recall the actual name at the moment) that they put on your stomach to perform the ultrasound was getting all over the place. This was starting to make me very uncomfortable. I hate the feeling of something on me that I am unable to wash off immediately.

As the exam continued, Baby Brown uncrossed his/her legs. Finally - the big reveal. The technician confirmed that we wanted to know the sex of the baby. We both said yes.

Tech: "Congratulations, Baby Brown is a Boy!!!"
JB: "Are you sure? How can you tell? This was one modest baby. May be that is the umbilical cord."
Tech: "Mr. Brown, look right here. Do you not see a pee-pee? This is not the umbilical cord."

I had to laugh when the Tech zoomed in to circle the male parts and then wrote BOY!! on the monitor. At that point JB agreed it was not the umbilical cord. Poor kid already having is manhood tested. ;) We had 100 or more different pictures taken of Brown throughout the exam and received about 12 different photos when we left. In addition, to determining the sex of Baby Brown, we were informed that he is developing well. What a great day!!

So, did you guess correctly?