Very Scientific Research

It seems that the one area where I can really see technology developing quickly, is in the realm of healthcare. For example, as part of my job, we spend 8-12 months designing a smaller healthcare project. Throughout the entire design, the design team knows that there is still this big part of Owner furnished equipment, that we know nothing about until the very last minute. The Owner decides what equipment they are going to supply to a project at the very last minute so that they can always have the latest and greatest technology.

The other area where I see this alot is in obstetrics. Back when my grandma was having kids, they didn't do ultrasounds, you had no idea the sex of your baby, or if the 32 martini's you had last weekend were going to be a problem. In fact, they didn't warn you about drinking or smoking when you were pregnant. It was life as usual! Then comes my parents generation. Some families are starting to have ultrasounds, but that is only if the pregnancy is considered "high risk" or there is a chance of multiples. You were able to find out the sex of your baby, if you were one of the "lucky" ones to have an ultrasound.

Now, fast forward 30 years, to the time that I am having children. I went back through all the stuff I had from when I was pregnant with Ellie, and I think we had 11 different ultrasounds. Over half of these were in 3D, and this was just the way my pregnancy went. However, the only way to still really confirm if you were having a boy or a girl was at that milestone 20 week ultrasound.

Now that I am 14 weeks into pregnancy #2, and 6 weeks away from that blessed event of the 20 week ultrasound, I am chomping at the bit to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. I have already had 3 ultrasounds with baby #2, but it is way too early to determine the sex yet. Or so I thought....

I recently read about a test you can take at 10 weeks to determine the sex of your unborn baby. Basically you pee in a cup, swirl it around, and wait 10 minutes. The pee will change colors, and based on the color, you will have the sex of your baby. There website boasts over 90% accuracy on lab tests, with a real world accuracy closer to 82%. So I thought, why not have someone else test it out first? So one of my recent pregnant friends tried it out, the results for them was girl, and low and behold, 30 weeks later (or about) a beautiful little baby girl was born....

So after much ado... I peed in the cup this morning and....

So now, you may be wondering, what color should it turn for a boy? Well, here is the boy color...

So this was just a little fun test we took, and you better bet your bottom dollar that I will be waiting until I get some sort of confirmation from a Dr before I start believing that we are having a girl, because my gut still says boy. Plus, our family history dictates boy. Based on our families, first born is always a girl, second born is always a boy.

Oh, and to see what happens when you don't follow the test as they direct, I decided once I got my results, that I would shake the test (they tell you 30 times not to shake it). So after I was done shaking it. The pee was green.

Oh and in case you were wondering, the Chinese lunar calendar also says Girl, as it did with Ellie.