Peeing in a cup

As some of you may know my husband and I are expecting our second (and last )child . So every month I get to go to the doctor, where they take my weight, check my blood pressure and make sure I am still pregnant.

This time I decided to bring my daughter, mostly because her daycare had MLK day off, but I still had to pay for the whole week - I never did understand that concept.

The whole way there we talked about how she was going to get to hear the baby's heartbeat. She was beyond excited.... She is so looking forward to her baby.

"The heartbeat mommy."

"Yes, honey it going to sound really fast."

"How big is it now?"

"The size of a medium shrimp"


We get there and like they did they did month before and like they will do next month. They take my blood pressure, weight me and ask me to pee in a cup. I go to the bathroom with my daughter in tow.

"What are you doing mommy?"

"They are checking to see if the baby is okay in mommy's tummy."

"That why you are peeing in a cup?"

"Yes, honey" - as I realize that I have even gotten use to not peeing in private

I place the cup in the equivalent of a two sided medicine cabinet. The nurse takes the specimen. My child opens the cabinet and the specimen has disappeared - her eyes get big.

"The cup is gone. "

"Yes, my love, the nurse took it."

"Like magic ?"

"Not really, she is on the other side"

"Oh . "

We finally get to the grand finale, the reason for our visit - it is time to hear the baby's heart. The doctor searches and finally you hear the strong, steady heartbeat of my youngest child. Of course I feel like crying. I am blessed to be able to have such a wonderful daughter and another child on the way. My daughter looks like she is deep in thought. I just know she is feeling the moment. Then it's gone and we are back in the car and on with the rest of our day. We go to the store, to a parade, even her favorite pizza place. The day is so jammed packed with activities - she can barely stay awake on the ride home.

Later that evening my husband ask my daughter... "how was your day?". And her response- I know you know.

Mommy peed in a cup!! Bonding moments they are the best.

My lunar age is 37...

Anyone who knows me or has read more than two of these blogs knows I am a tad bit O.C. I get stuck on something and I just can not stop.


My latest obsession is the gender of my unborn child. This is a recent obsession that I blame on my doctor. I was okay when I thought that I would not find out the gender , until sometime around the hubby's birthday. However, on my last visit she asked me if I want to know the gender next go round. For some reason this sent me into a tail spin.

Ever since I have been obsessing on rather I am having a boy or a girl .

Please understand , I am not going to do anything important with this knowledge. Like pick a nursery color or buy clothes. Knowing me... it will be a months before I acknowledge the sex with anything besides a name.

I just must know....

I have researched every test you can find on the Internet - from the Intelligent (sp) to old wives tales. Each night after I put my blessing to bed and in between seeing if one of my FB friends has cured cancer. I try yet another test to figure out the sex of my child.

Did you know that you must know your lunar age to calculate the Chinese birth chart. If you go by the western age you may get a false reading. God forbid I get a false reading. So what if one chart reads pink and the other reads blue. One of them is right. This chart according to rumor is 99% correct. So I must be doing something wrong.

My favorite test are the old wives tales. One such test include important questions like the following:

• Is the hair on your legs growing faster -how would I know ....I hate shaving my legs in the winter
• Does your pillow face north or south - which direction is south
• Does your belly look like a basketball or a beach ball - right now it just looks like a gut
• Is your urine bright yellow or dull - if it is bright yellow shouldn't I be drinking more water.
• Have you gotten uglier with this pregnancy - would anyone in their right mind tell me if I had
• Do you crave salty or sweet - actually the only thing I crave is sleep...

There is a test you can buy - I was about to order it when I realized that if I do regular shipping it will be here next Tuesday - the same day as my Doctor's visit.

I have tried it all.. in fact I read on the Internet that if you hold a ring on a string over your belly it will tell you the sex. I can't get my rings off - so I interrupted my husband's shower.... this is important stuff.

"I need your wedding ring.. "

"Here baby..."

He has learned not to ask too many questions. A point that was confirmed when he got out of the shower and my 4 year old was holding the ring over my belly.

"Is it going side to side or up and down."

She just stared at me. Even she knows I am crazy.

I find out the sex next Tuesday... if I have not lost my mind by then.

The best part according to all the test. I have a 50% chance of having a boy, well duh I already knew that.

Pray for me.....

Update - it's a girl!!!