Today I'm officially 19 weeks (based on my OB at home), or 20 weeks (based on my OB here). I've gotten used to the confusing due dates coz this is just one tiny teeny hiccup I have to get used to. I mean, hello, it's quite common for women to give birth WEEKS ahead of their due dates, some even do so on their 7th Month! So I really don't want to dwell on this little detail. Therefore, yup I'm 19-20 Weeks today. :) Meaning I may have officialy entered my Second Trimester. :P
What I really want to talk about on this milestone of a day is that fact which everyone seems to be waiting for right from the start. Are we having a Boy or a Girl? If I could count the number of times I've been asked that question and convert it to Dirhams, we'll probably have a full Nursery by now hahahah :P Everyone seems to have a mystic way of knowing my baby's gender. Let me just give you a few examples.
Some people base my baby E's gender with how big or how round my tummy is; if I'm carrying it high, it's a Boy, if I'm carrying it a bit low, it's a Girl; although some say my tummy is too round and not pointed so it's DEFINITELY a Girl; lotsa weird touches in my belly there! I've also been asked countless times how I'm dealing with the pregnancy (some say since I've been feeling mostly OK since I got past the first three months it's a Boy, but others say since it's completely no Fuss for me it's a Girl!). My most favorite criterion? When people base my little angel's gender on how I look, coz I always get the same answer there: apparently I'm "blooming" so it's definitely a Girl. I love that answer not for the gender part but for the "complimenting-Mommy-Yais" part hahhaha :P
I was supposed to have my Anomaly Scan a week ago but we have decided to wait until past the 20 weeks so it will at least be a bit more definite when we try to get a glimpse of baby's little secret. ;) Yup I am quite impatient and so is honey, but we're trying our best to hold on. In the meantime I have been researching a lot on the internet about finding out baby's gender, either scientifically or through old wives' tales. And I tell you it's quite entertaining! The things people think of! Ohmygod, it's all too funny. :) Some say a very fast heartbeat means it's a girl, a lower one is a boy (and our baby's is too high, 158bpm), while some even base it on how the Mommy eats (which is just too weird coz I think most expecting moms eat a LOT right so does that mean I'm having a boy??!), while some even base it on the Linea Nigra (that tiny line by the tummy pregnant women get due to hormonal changes), that if it gets past above the belly button or not, and I don't even want to tell you guys what mine is like coz it will be so awkward announcing to the world how my tummy looks like. :P Some people even resort to dangling this necklace or chain above their tummies to see if it goes in circles (girl) or forward/backward (boy)!
As most of you well know I am not obsessed with any particular gender. I guess my previous loss and two years of trying since has made me go well past above that little detail. I am already too estatic just to be expecting again and I already feel too blessed. Hand in heart, I truly will be happy with a baby Boy or a baby Girl. Both genders have their adorable positives. I can imagine a cute little boy playing ball with my honey in a park while I watch them from a bench and I sigh just thinking about how the two of them will look so much alike. There are times I think about a little girl who will be honey's new little Princess, and he will happily dote on her. :) I just really cannot wait to find out. To be honest it makes me a bit irritated whenever people assume that we want a particular gender for our baby. Yes E may have wanted a baby girl so bad before I got pregnant (coz he grew up in a house of boys), but over the weeks he has seriously grown to love our little one so unconditionally that I can see the change in him. It's not about blue or pink anymore, it's about our baby making it through, safe and healthy. That's all we've been praying for. :)
Anyway, we'll all know pretty soon enough! :)
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