Inconclusive Results

About this whole baby thing...

Niessa wants twins
Timothy wants a boy
Sharleen really wants a girl and...
Daddy wants a puppy (he totally did the wrong thing to make THAT happen)

and me, I just thought that this time around it would be "fun" or just really practical to know what I was having. After all, it is baby # 5, let's do it differently, and know ahead of time. Gerard didn't think it was necessary, and I just left it at that. So last week was the big anticipated day and it was off early to Langley with a van full of kids to find out. (I was going to drop them off at a friend's while I had the ultrasound) but the highway was CLOSED, yup completely closed, everyone had to get off at the exit. I made a quick phone call to the ultrasound place and they said even if I was a bit late that was OK and just to keep on coming. As we headed on toward Yarrow at a leisurely pace of about 5 KM, I realized we were not going to be a bit late, we were going to be VERY late and made the decision to cancel the appointment, which was so disappointing for all of us. The kids wanted to play with their friends again and I had gotten everyone ready on the road for nothing. The appointment got re-booked for September, but then I was phoned a couple days later to fill in for a cancellation. So see if I could find a babysitter and change other plans and off we went to Langley. I was getting tired of driving Highway #1 and was really thinking that it was not worth all the extra work, but I was "in this far" and I did really want to know if I was having a boy baby or a girl baby. So this week I was trying to get a Doctor's appointment for Danielle and also booked one for me for after 21 weeks b/c that's when the Doctor gets the results. Then a bit later the receptionist phones back and tells me she can tell what the results were...great fire away, she is kinda humming as she must be scanning the report and says the results are INCONCLUSIVE. How can that be possible? I could have explained to the ultrasound technician the differences of what to look for...all that work for nothing. Gerard had one good laugh because it wasn't really necessary to know anyway.