Hey ladies, scan went ok, apart from the sonographer being a total fucking arse of a woman.
Peanut spent the entire scan with their arms crossed over their face, kind of like they were praying for the sonographer to go away, can't say I blame them. The fucking idiot decided at one point that the easiest way to get Peanut to move would be to start thumping the shit out of me with the ultrasound thingy, no warning or anything, scared the life out of me! Didn't work, and I told her this, but she wouldn't listen and did it another 5 or so times. It hurt, I was worried about poor Peanut, and I'm angry. It was like being scanned by Data from Star Trek. No emotion, no compassion- so different from last scan. Also she only printed off one picture and didn't let us choose any others. Bitch.
I wanted the pic of Peanut facing us with their arms over their face, fending off the sonographer- really summed up the whole session for me.
Drumroll...
Peanut is......... a.......
She-nut!
We are having a little girl. 
So pleased, as it was what I've thought all along, nice to have your suspicions confirmed. I would have been equally happy with a boy. I kind of feel like boys are harder to get, since my parents had two girls, and I'd really like one of each, but it does mean that we have the names all picked out already, and we know exactly what she'll be called (whereas there's still some dissent over the boy names we've got- not quite got the first and middle names mix right).
We're superstitious though (well, I am) and I'm sure there's a lady on the September thread who had a baby that died an hour after it was born, so I'm not taking any chances. We both bloody love this combination of names, and to lose it would be gutting. So. Once Peanut is born, had a feed, been apgar scored, and been around a little while, THEN we'll say it out loud. Some people don't make a decision and have a name straight away anyway, so that will just have to do.
SiL didn't come in for the scan in the end, so we decided not to tell anyone yet- she's so pissed off! So are my family, and my dad has now decided that he doesn't care anyway, since it's boring (liar!).
DH actually wanted to tell her, but I thought if we told everyone while MiL's away... well, doesn't bear thinking about.
We're going to wait til MiL has come back, then gone to Brazil, and then we'll tell everyone face to face (2 and a half weeks)- well, close family anyway. Don't want any barbie sleepsuits, and that will totally happen if the news spreads! That way we can tell MiL once she's back from Brazil as lets face it, she'll be the prime culprit and needs careful observation (along with vague relations and friends of family on DH's side). She'll be back with us for 2 weeks after, so we can go shopping together then.
Going to lay the clothes out that I've got so I can see if it's honestly unisex- have a feeling I might have overcompensated and gone a little too far the other way, lots of dark colours and stripes- but at least now we know for sure I can even it out with some dark pinks.
Also haven't bought any proper 'clothes' apart from 2 red fleeces with hoods and a white and red hippo t-shirt from Next, as I was waiting to see what we got, so will task MiL with buying whatever I pick out, lol!
Looking forward to a long fortnight of conversations on the phone with people all trying to wriggle it out of me- my dad asked on the phone whether he had a big wang on the scan (tut).
Lil haven't forgotten you, will try and figure out how to send you the document I've got, and then you can have a good laugh at how over the top I've gone.
Chips I would have been super pissed off too. You need to get him in good habits now, and while nagging him to stop won't work (boys are stubborn!), he could at least get used to doing it outside.
I can recommend the babycentre website, they have a slideshow of baby development from conception through to birth, so you can look together every week and see how the baby is developing, which should make it more real for him. The scans will help too.
DH is desperate to feel Peanut moving, but so far I've only had vague movements, the odd somersaulty movement and last night (after THAT scan session) 2 well aimed kicks to my poor vagina, lol! I'm sure that's what she was aiming at. Expressing displeasure by hitting me where it hurts the most- in the slats!
Cor, I've written an essay again. Thinking of you in Bruges Moo, hope to hear good news when you get back.