Boys...it's just what I know! I have "known" that this little "Chip" that I carry was a boy from very early on. I was convinced...I don't know why. This pregnancy has been much different than both of my previous pregnancies, but I don't put a lot of stock in that. Every pregnancy is different, right, and shouldn't something be said for mother's intuition? So...I had my sonogram this morning and, unfortunately, since my whole house seems to be horribly ill right now, I had to go it alone. It made the whole thing kind of anticlimactic. It's such an amazing thing to be able to see that little baby from the outside and I have always been lucky enough to share that with my husband, but it is what it is. I went in, the technician went through all of the routine checkpoints...saw ten tiny fingers and ten tiny toes, saw that little hearbeat flashing away, saw that elegant little spine and even got a little wave from our little "Chip!" Then the technician asked if we wanted to know the gender, and my response was, "of course!" :) However, this little baby was MODEST! That's something new...both of my boys showed the goods willingly, laying there spread-eagle in their pride. This one had those little legs all tucked up and crossed and wouldn't budge. The technician said, "we'll come back to that," and found a few other measurements to be taken. When we returned, we found those little legs still all tucked up and crossed. I recalled a conversation with an ultrasound technician during my 20 week scan with my first baby. She said that 90% of the time those innate female and male things are ingrained within the womb already and boys will willingly show the goods, while girls tend to hide it all...interesting, huh? The technician took the probe and gave baby a good jiggle and, voila! She pointed out baby's little hiney, and 2 legs coming down and then these 3 little lines..."this is a baby girl!"
"WHAT?" I exclaimed in shock. "I have two boys and I just knew this was a boy, I am floored!"
"This is NO boy," she confidently stated.
I am STILL in shock! I have just gotten so used to the boy thing...I have fantasized about a little girl and oohed and aahed at all the adorable, pink, frilly little outfits (which is odd, considering I am SO far from frilly), but just figured that we didn't "do" girls. I guess I should have listened closer to X-man who has insisted from the beginning that he was having a baby sister. If you suggested that it might be a baby brother, he would adamantly, almost scold, that he was indeed having a baby sister and refused to believe otherwise.
So...here we are! Entering a new realm of pinkness! Time to put away the frogs and snails and puppy dog tails! :)
