For those of you who don't know...

There is a little Shiddle on the way!   We found out I was pregnant in August, it was a BIG surprise.  Isn't this birth control thing supposed to work?  Finding out was a bit of an adjustment to our life plan, but now we are ecstatic!  I am currently about half way through the pregnancy and everything is going well. 

We went to have our gender ultrasound yesterday and it was a disaster!  First off, I am planning on having the baby at this fabulous birthcenter run by midwives who all have excellent bedside manner and they know me and my husband by name.  The center is a restored Victorian mansion which is more like a B&B than anything else.  Anyway, so I we went to get an ultrasound at their back up doctor's office.  The office is very poorly run and serves mainly a low income/ uninsured population and they typically have people wait for hours to be seen.  We were no exception, and as we waited I became increasingly excited and anxious to find out the gender and see if everything was okay with the baby.  After the first hour the Dr. came out and said he would be back in a few minutes that he was going to get pizza for his staff.  About 20 minutes later he arrived back with the pizza and proceeded to eat the pizza in a break room with his staff for the next 45 minutes.  Oh, I forgot to mention that the entire time we were waiting we were the only patients in the waiting area and I never saw anyone leave the clinic after being seen.  Anyway, about two hours after our scheduled appoint the Dr. finally came in for the ultrasound and I was SO excited to see our baby and find out the gender.  So, he puts the gooey stuff on my belly and starts the ultrasound.  After about 15 seconds he says "your baby is breech and we will not be able to find out the gender today."  I was shocked.  He showed us the profile and then the arm and leg and abruptly ended the ultrasound after less than 2 minutes.   I could not believe it.  Isn't this supposed to be longer?  Aren't they supposed to give us other information about how the baby is developing and whether everything looks normal?  So, here we are, shocked and they shoo us out the door and we left without saying anything.  I got so angry in the car and then the tears came.   The anticipation I felt leading up to the ultrasound was intense and the let down from the experience was so great that I was upset for hours.

Anyway, we decided to call the birthcenter and talk to one of the midwives about the experience.  She was so nice and understanding, she referred us to another clinic and is trying to get us an appointment ASAP.  So, thankfully we will not have to return to this clinic and we will find out the baby's gender soon. Which I will post as soon as we find out.  I think I just needed to vent about the situation.  It's amazing how helpful that is sometimes.  

I want to wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!  David and I are writing a Christmas greeting, which we may or may not send out until tomorrow.  But if you don't hear from us we wish you the happiest Christmas.  I am so grateful for my knowledge and testimony of Jesus Christ at this time of year.  I hope your thoughts and hearts turn to the true reason for the season this year.  Love to you all.