I had an ultrasound scheduled this morning for 8:45am. I was so excited I could barely sleep all night. I am not sure why I scheduled it for so early. We live nearly an hour away from the office where the appointment was, which meant we needed to leave around 7:15am. Extra time added to account for morning rush hour traffic. I actually had to wake up my kids. Not fun. If your kids sleep past 7am, the rule is, don't wake them up. Having to wake them almost made me cry. Although, I do cry very easily these days. Hormones!
We all piled into the van, with cereal in plastic baggies for breakfast, and sippy cups full of milk. I was drinking water like you are supposed to do before an ultrasound. Drink water until you are about to explode. Then they don't let you go to the bathroom. You get to lay there, while someone is pressing on your bladder, trying not to pee.
There was no traffic. Amazing. It seems that whenever Scott and I drive somewhere together we get there in record time. When we drive separetely, Scott is stopped by lights and weird traffic, while I get the smooth drive. I'm not sure why, but it always seems to work out this way.
I keep changing the subject, sorry. Pregnancy brain is so fun. We arrived at the appointment early (about 8:30am), and had to fill out some papers, sign HIPPA forms and all that jazz. Then we waited, and waited, and waited. I was really confused as to why they were running so far behind that early in the morning. Finally at about 9:15 they called my name. I was so excited I didn't even mind that I waited so long. When we stood up, the lady who called my name gave me a really weird look and said, "You can't bring your kids back there."
I was really confused, and kind of hurt by that. This is supposed to be an extremely happy moment in your life that you should be able to share with your entire family, and I couldn't bring my kids. What? If I couldn't bring my kids, then my husband wouldn't be there either. He would have to wait there with the kids while I went in alone. When I asked her why, she told me it was because they didn't want to expose the kids to any unnecessary radiation. Now I was really confused. An ultrasound doesn't have any radiation. However, this particualar office did have other uses though. They did xrays and ct's and more. I did understand that there was radiation, but if it wasn't safe for my kids, then it wasn't safe for me either. I won't even mention how unsafe it would be for my unborn baby. Okay, I did mention it, but come on. I really hope you all agree with me on this. I really hope I was not being too picky when I told them that I was not going to have the ultrasound done there at all if it wasn't safe.
I was really bummed. We left and drove back home. Yes, I felt like we had wasted our time and gas on an appointment that we didn't really have. I really wanted to know if the baby I am carrying is a boy or girl. I really wanted to see it. I was really bummed. I cried. Yes, I am so emotional with this pregnancy it's crazy. I couldn't help it. The tears just started flowing. The boys were amazing though. They were very well behaved and listened while we were in the waiting room. They were instrumental in cheering me up in the van. Literally and vocally. They were singing almost the whole way back home. What were they singing you ask. Well of course the song we sang at church yesterday. "Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord" They are both completely tone deaf, just like their mother. That didn't matter though. I'm sure Jesus was smiling. It brought a smile to my face as well. The tears stopped, and I was able to relax. Gotta love it when it's the kids that know exactly how to calm you down.
We got home and started making phone calls to anywhere and everywhere it might be possible to get an ultrasound. Every place we called was telling us that #1. We couldn't bring the kids in with us. or #2. We couldn't get in for an appointment for a couple weeks. Finally we called the local hospital. Yes, they will allow the kids to be there. Yes, they can get me in tomorrow. YAY!!! My stress level dropped.
Then my stress level rose again. Why, you might ask. Well, we got a phone call today from the apartments we are moving into. They have an opening for us to move in. YAY!!! It's for Friday. UH OH!!! We are not packed yet. I will be spending the next couple of days doing nothing but packing. We have been telling the boys that we are moving again, for a few weeks now. We're trying to prepare them so it won't come as a surprise. They are really excited. When we told them that the big day was Friday, they made sure all their toys were picked up and put away. They didn't want to move without their toys. Adorable!
Today was a very eventful and interesting day. I will let you all know how the ultrasound and the move goes soon. I may not have time to post again for another week, but rest assured that I will be posting pics of the new place and hopefully some pics of the ultrasound.
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