Okay, I need to lighten the mood for the next 48 hours. I'm stressed and worried, but this pregnancy is not doomed and I need to try to stay as focused on the non-scary things as possible.
Since our focused ultrasound will now be combined with our anatomy scan, that means we should find out the sex of the baby in about 48 hours. Based on everything we saw (er, didn't see) and the ultrasound tech's strong opinion from our 12 week ultrasound, we have thought for a while now that we may likely be having a girl. But I'm having some mommy intuition that it's a boy. What do old wive's tales say?
Baby's heart rate? Girl
Maternal food cravings? Boy
Chinese birth chart? Girl
Mayan conception calculator? Boy
First trimester sickness? Girl
Maternal complexion? Boy
Surprise - they seem to split about 50/50?!?!?! (Which is no surprise at all, if you are like me and don't believe in any of these things at all.)
Do I have a preference? I won't lie. I would love to have a little girl. This will be our last child and I always imagined having a family with at least one boy and one girl (there was a time in my life when pregnancy wasn't such a horrifying event and I wanted more than 2 children). I want to experience the joys of parenting both a little boy and a little girl. And honestly, with my husband, my son, and our dog - the testosterone in this house is a little overwhelming at times . . . I need to buy a pink dress - and I don't even like pink.
Then I think about my son, and how much he is "all boy" and how much he would LOVE to have a brother to romp with, get dirty with, wrestle with, etc. And it makes my heart want to explode with joy.
Does it really matter either way? Heck no. If we find out we are having a healthy girl on Thursday, tears of joy will stream down my face. If we find out we are having a healthy boy on Thursday, tears of joy will stream down my face.
Almost everyone I know who has a feeling about this (husband, mom, sister in law, etc) all think it's a girl. I'm going against everyone else and the 12 week ultrasound and saying boy. I suppose we will see how good maternal instinct really is . . .
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