“Oh my! I already know what it is,” the ultrasound technician said as soon as she set her fancy air hockey paddle on my wife’s belly. She nodded toward the monitor. “That’s a boy – no doubt about it.” She typed the words “It’s a Boy!” on the screen with an arrow pointing to the peninsula of grayish-white protruding into the sea of black.
My wife grinned. She knew I was thinking, “Yeah, they’ve never had to squint to find it on any of my boys. Score one for heredity.” I gave her my You’re a Lucky, Lucky Woman nod. This is one moment when a man should be allowed to be full of himself.
We always assumed it would be a boy, because that’s what we do. We’re used to boys. We have clothes for them. Everything we know about children we learned from boys. Only after the ultrasound was over did we notice that both of us were wearing something pink. I wonder what that means.
The quiet club for civilized gentlemen that our parlor is destined to become in just a few, short years. (Image: George R. Lawrence)
This ultrasound seemed to last a lot longer than the previous ones. If they’re going to drag this process out, like Major League Baseball games, I think they should try to save the penis for last, just to keep some drama in it. Instant penis is like a 10-run first inning. After that, they’re just padding the score sheet until its time to go home.
The face, fingers, feet and things are nice, but they don’t really tell you anything specific about your child, except that he has those things. The ultrasound pictures of our boys are indistinguishable from one another. They all flashed their junk and then presented generic baby parts to the camera.
Our one-year-old was watching with me. He was excited to see the pictures at first, but soon became bored with all the semi-distinguishable parts. When the technician wouldn’t let him run the machine, he decided he was outta there. He and I walked the halls, he trying to sneak into offices and find buttons to push.
When Mommy was done, she joined us in another room where we waited for the doctor. Our little boy was bored and antsy, so we had to find something to occupy him. They have interesting pastimes in an OBGYN office.
He started with a pen and a pad of paper, each sheet printed with a diagram of a uterus. He made a nice drawing over the lady parts. When this got dull, he found a sample birth control ring on the counter. It was attached by a string to a little box. On the box was a button that, when pushed, retracted the string like the cord on a fancy vacuum cleaner. It made a delightful toy, but I had to wonder, is the real ring attached to a retractable cord? That would be surprising, though it’s probably convenient.
A doctor’s office activity book. Somebody had already colored the picture, which was okay since we couldn’t find the crayons.
The doctor said everything looked good. Did we have any questions?
Yeah. Why are we wearing pink to a peninsula party?
Snoozing on the Sofa 
Congrats on the baby BOY!!! So happy everyone is healthy. 🙂
Hey, pink is a good color.
Thank you. Pink if fine. I have a pink shirt that I wear to work periodically, because I’m secure in my manhood like that.
It sounds like a very entertaining doctor visit. Nothing like drawing over a uterus. Coloring books are way overrated. Congratulations on the new addition to your baseball team!
Thanks! I agree with you about coloring books. And this team better learn a sport that takes fewer than 9 players.
If you really want a girl, there is always next time. I know of a couple who had 5 girls before a boy came along. then they decided to call it quits.
I’m getting a little long in the tooth for next times.
I’m sure Number 3 will find other ways to keep you on your toes since the gender reveal did nothing to elevate your blood pressure. Congrats!
Thanks! If number 3 is anything like the others, I’ll be on my toes for life.
I think I heard pink is the new blue. Congrats on another healthy baby boy!!! Lots to be happy about!
Indeed! Tons to be happy about! What color is blue now?
Burnt Sienna. Obviously.
Guess you’ll have to try for a girl after this one 🙂
Waiting for you to lead the way.
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Congratulations! Great post! We went through this twice and never saw a penis. 🙂
As far as having children goes, it’s not the most crucial place to see one. 🙂
Thanks, Sandy.
Congratulations!! You two make beautiful boys!!
Thanks! Is that another way of saying they don’t look much like their father?
Congratulations on your unborn’s penis! (and his face, fingers and feet, but I agree, those were to be exptected)
Thank you. It is still quite comforting to see that the other parts are there.
Boy, oh boy, oh boy. Congratulations!
Whoa boy, thank you!
Hahaha, congrats! I guess we all knew it’d be a boy, but I was secretly hoping you’d have a girl, because they’re lots of fun too. At least you have the clothes and the know how. A girl would have been a lot of newness like how the hell do I put her hair into this hair thingy and what not? Three is a crowd for sure and we have a 10 year old girl to help with the little ones. Three young boys? Good luck, sir!
Thanks. A girl would have been interesting. We might have learned a lot. But at least hitting and fighting is something we understand. We’ll just keep it all rolling.