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Prenatal appointments are always a little terrifying. A little more so after you miscarry, because as excited as you are to celebrate, you are still kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop so to speak. I feel this way even though I am considered in the "safety zone" of almost 23 weeks.
I do not think I even breathed until the ultrasound tech said "healthy heartbeat and vital organs". According to my husband I sighed an expletive but it's his word againt mine. ;)
I am a big suprise person! I love surprise presents, parties, trips, you name it and I love being surprised. What I did not want was a suprise gender baby. I love and wish I could be one of those parents that wait right up until delivery to know the sex of their baby, however when it comes to decorating and planning, I am a little too OCD #tabbingqueen. I have pinned so many amazing nursery's on my Pinterest that as you wiil see after awhile I geared towards a look....and a gender!
I can bet you can guess where this direction is heading?! The hubs and I were with our ultrasound tech at our peri-natal office who lets us know that we would know the gender that day if we wanted. We both enthusiastically shook our heads and it is no wonder she told me I could "take a break if I wanted too." They check EVERYTHING...so here I am thinking its going to be a quick swirl around the ol' tum and I ::cough:: I mean we are going to hear the gender, but instead I get a 30 minute tour of healthy kidneys (thankfully 2), organs, a stomach, all of their fingers and toes. Which I am grateful for but the waiting was killing me...finally at the end she asked if we had any guesses. Everyone and I mean everyone thought it was a boy...including my sister who had a "dream" #dontstartreadingtarotsis. and the people who do my pedicure. As you can see above, I also had a preference. Sean on the other hand gave the better parent respone of "as long as its healthy, I am happy!" She gave a little giggle and said, "nope, you are wrong to me...its a girl!"
It is a strange feeling being told yoru child is something other than what you thought you were having and honestly I read a lot about woman who suffered gender depression and I really thought I was going to turn up like that, but the darndest thing happened...I heard its a girl...and I was elated and relieved that I didn't feel any of the anxiety that I thought I was going too.
Photography C/O: VMP Photography
So now, I have been using this inspiration instead...
XOXO, Dana