The day we had both been waiting for....Verifi Test Results Day!

First..let me explain what the Verifi test is.

They take a blood sample from you through your arm and the genetic material is tested using a technique called DNA sequencing. It measures genetic material (or DNA) from your blood to look for too few or too many copies of chromosomes in you and the baby. Missing or extra copies of chromosomes are referred to as “aneuploidies” and may be related to conditions in pregnancy such as trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome), or trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome). Those are the 3 big genetic abnormalities that doctor's look for.

So we go in to see Dr. B on June 27. They take my blood and told us it takes about a week to get the results. Well, a week turned into July 10th!

I had to wait until after 10 in the morning to call. The nurse puts me on hold. Billy gets frustrated telling me that I will probably be told to call back tomorrow and goes into the bathroom. I am sitting on the steps in my foyer. The nurse gets back on the phone and tells me that the test came back negative for all chromosomal abnormalities...then nothing. So I ask - And the sex? She laughed and said - Oh you wanted to know? UMMMMMMM..YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's like the only reason we did the test. She said - What did you want? Now..everyone including my mom told me it was a girl. So I told her I thought it was a girl. She says - Nope. Boy!

I was in shock at that point and started giggle-laughing. I called out to Billy who was still in the bathroom and said - Babe, it's a boy!
Billy couldn't control his excitement and clapped his hands while screaming - FUCKING AWESOME!

I admit...it took me a few seconds to wrap my head around it being a boy. I had kinda prepared myself for a girl. But once it sunk in, I looked at Billy and just said (all teary eyed) - Oh my God babe...we're having a boy!