Girl or Boy... Cast your vote!

*** If you voted yesterday (2-19) or early today (2-20), I screwed up my poll and had to redo it. So I lost 6 votes... if I lost yours, vote again please... sorry!!! ***

What do you think we will have? There's a poll to your right... cast your vote! Matthew's "happy with a boy or a girl, as long as it's healthy..." blah blah but let's face it, he'd be thrilled with a boy. I want another girl, 3 girls sound like heaven to me. This baby is due 2 weeks after Kacey's birthday, all her clothes would be perfect for baby #3. Then Kacey would be in Kylie's clothes, new baby in Kacey's clothes, and I still have 2 girls matching (which puts ALOT of clothes to good use). My theory is: the only thing better than having 2 girls, is having 3!

So cast your vote- We're finding out in 2 weeks, which I know is super early... but if you know me (I mean really know me... Heather Pope, I know you are cracking up right now) I am an impatient person to say the least! And if it is a boy, I need the extra shopping time. The nursery right now is Maggie's bedroom (our dog) so that needs to be overhauled big time. If it's a girl, I need to time to buy clothes in 3's.

Back to us finding out in 2 weeks. It's not a routine thing, your doctor has probably never mentioned it to you. It's not a precautionary thing, nothing's wrong with the baby. Matthew and I are choosing to take an elective blood test (elective meaning not covered by insurance). It's slightly contraversial because it's so accurate and people can find out the gender so early in the pregnancy, that unfortunately if they don't like the gender, they are still within the time frame to terminate the pregnancy- gender selection. It's such a horrible/disgusting thing, I can't even wrap my brain around that one and which is why doctors typically don't mention it. Obviously, we are doing it for the true intent of the testing... (I) we are incredibily impatient people, and the wait is unbearable! I just want to know, and I want to know now!!!!

The Science Behind It (I know you all are curious, and instead of answering you all in separate emails or on the phone)- In a natural process, fetal cells die and pass into the mother’s bloodstream. As these cells break down, fetal DNA is released into the mother’s own circulatory system. With the proper testing, the lab searches for the Y chromosome in 3 samples of the mother's blood. One sample is enough, but they test 3 times to verify it. If they find the Y chromosome, which apparently is very prevelant throughout the mother's blood, you guessed it... it's a boy. If not, it's a girl. It's 95% accurate... guaranteed to be right or money back with proof of birth certificate, and more accurate than the ultrasound done at 5 months.

SO WHAT THE HECK!!! We're doing it Monday, and it'll take a week to get the results. Take a guess at what the baby is... scroll back up and do the poll on the right.