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since I'm not telling anyone IRL yet...
I'm dying to "tell" someone...
When we had our amnio done and the results came back, we had asked the genetic counselor to seal the baby's sex in an envelope for us, so we could find out later, but still before the birth. (DH refused to discuss names before we knew which sex we were dealing with). I've had the envelope since my last appt with the specialist on November 30th.
We talked about the possibility of opening it on Christmas day - if it was going to be just the two of us, which it will be. I'm hoping to keep the sex a secret from my obsessive family who would buy way too much pink or blue stuff, and possibly forget that we need their help with the essentials.
My 'mother's intuition' was SO STRONGLY telling me that this is a boy. With DH leaving to visit his mom in Florida the morning after Christmas, I was concerned that if I was wrong - and it is a girl - I'd be left with no one to talk about how floored I was that I wasn't right. So...
We opened it last night - after some hemming and hawing - and...
I WAS RIGHT!!! It's a boy! We were both so excited, we cried and hooted and hollered! 
He instantly wanted to call his brother, sister and mom - but we made them swear not to tell anyone (except SIL and BIL) before we told them.
**Although what happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas 
, THIS news needs to stay here!**
Re: since I'm not telling anyone IRL yet...
awesome! congrats
I always "felt" girl with Taylor. I was drawn to the girl stuff and clothes, etc...that intuition is there for a reason
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06
This exactly! I thought girl all the way until 2 weeks before he was born and had to get an ultrasound because of some concerns and I *thought* I saw boy parts. At least I wasn't as shocked as DH who was convinced we were having a girl until Ben came out.