Quote of the day...

"... on that occasion she had felt great satisfaction deep down for the fact that [her son] gave her life a meaning far beyond any satisfaction she could derive from doctoral dissertations or archaeological digs. If there is a meaning in life it must be centred upon a person, she thought, nothing else. It had to be a person." (Henning Mankell: Kennedy's Brain)

Thursday, November 25, 2010

It's a girl!!

We had our 19 week scan today. It was a big one because it was the scan where they told us the gender of our little growing bub. And as you can imagine, based on the title of this post, we're having a girl! Brandon and I had thought that was the case (not sure why) and everyone else had said it would be a girl too, so we weren't all that surprised. And while I was secretly hoping for a boy, I am certain that a girl will be loved and welcomed just as much as a boy.


Miss H didn't want to sit still very long so the photos didn't come out all that well. But it was very comforting to see her little heart beat. I'm not feeling any kicks or anything yet so I just have to trust mother nature and assume that everything is going the way it is supposed to. Today's scan was a good opportunity to put my mind at ease :-)

The sonographer warned us that I may need another scan at 32 weeks because apparently I have a low-lying placenta (only 1cm away from cervix). That can obviously change a lot as my uterus grows over the coming weeks, but she said if for any reason it is still in the same position closer to my due date, the obstetrician won't allow a natural delivery and will say I have to have a c-section. I'm not at all upset by that - so long as bub is healthy, I'm happy!!

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Taking bets...

In two weeks time I'm having my morphology scan to determine that the foetus is healthy and all is progressing normally. Part of this scan can also be to tell you the gender of the baby, providing he/she is cooperating and sitting in the right position.

So I'm taking bets as to what 'vibes' people are having about gender... K's son says it's a boy; my work colleague NL says it's a boy; but then today someone who apparently has 'never been wrong' with her vibes about the sex of babies has said it will be a girl. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, it will be a girl.

What do you think it will be??