On Saturday, our friend S___ came over for dinner. She's about 27 weeks pregnant with her third and so quite naturally, we turned into those people who can only talk about babies. Don't worry, I think we can still do an impression of normal people round those of you without. Not a very good impression, but hey...
I think I've said before how K___ and I refer to the baby as a she even though we don't yet know the gender. It's only two and a half weeks until we get the anatomy scan and find out. K___ admitted to us that she really, really wants it to be a girl. I've said, 'Yes, but you'll love it whatever it is, won't you?' and although I don't think for a moment that she wouldn't when it comes to it, I get the impression that her affirmative response is more philosophical. S___, mother to a girl then a boy with a second boy on the way said that she had found it quite hard to deal with the notion that there was a little boy growing inside her.
I freely confess I don't understand. It may be a gender thing or it may be me being Captain Thicky, but I can't figure out how it's any stranger growing a boy than it is growing a girl. I would have thought it's the 'growing a tiny person in your tummy' bit that's quite a mad concept to get yer grey matter around, now whether it's got dangly bits or not. S___ said, 'Yes, but it's the idea of a male growing inside a female.' K___ agreed. Obviously this makes sense to them and I'm not mocking, but I really don't get it.
K___ says that's why she wants to know the gender at the anatomy scan. It will give her enough time to get used to the idea so that when Master M_______ emerges, she'll be able to get on with the whole thing of being a parent and not just be flapping.
Anyroadup, it's poll time. Do you want me to reveal the gender on the blog? Yay or Nay..?
When I was pregnant way back when, there was no way to tell the sex of the baby until it was born, so I have mixed feelings about knowing ahead of time. I can't vote one way or the other.
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I suppose it depends on whether your parents frequent these parts, but yes, we want to know. It'll be interesting to hear both your feelings on it. Anecdotally everyone I've spoken to who say they or their friend 'just knew' it was a boy/girl inside them turned out to be right...
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