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Baby boy or baby girl? And ultrasound rates and commonly asked questions.

We had our 37th week ultrasound last Monday.  We were so excited to find out the baby's gender and could hardly keep ourselves from asking while the doctor took the baby's measurements.  Finally baby is in the correct position for birth!  =)  I guess the sloshing down of lots of water, stretching, talking to the baby (and bribing him or her with toys if we save money from doing a normal delivery instead of c-section and of course prayers worked.  After all the measurements, the doctor then proceeded to determine the baby's gender by scanning the top part of my tummy.  He moved the ultrasound wand over the area several times, tried shaking the area (which was a little painful) and tried waiting for the baby to move but alas.. baby decided to cross his or leg just enough so we couldn't really tell! After a 10 minutes of shaking, and squirming around we gave up.  At less than 3 weeks away, it'll just feel like an eternity waiting t...