My husband and I went for the 20-week ultrasound last week. It was great to see the baby. And we found out the sex, finally…. And it’s a b….oy!!! We’re so happy and excited, but I can’t say that it is due to the sex of the baby as much as the fact that it personifies him more now. And it concretises the whole thing a bit more in my head. I feel like I can see further ahead. I’m not sure if it’s right or not but I can’t help it. I’m picturing a future of going to different sports activities with him. I don’t have any particular sports in mind, or I should say I have all the sports in mind. Really, I wouldn’t want to push him in something he doesn’t like, but I think I will push him into doing sports, any, just for the health benefit of it. If he’s more an intellectual, I guess just the fact of going for walks and hikes would be good. But all this, I could be as well picturing for a girl. But still it’s different. We got to see the shape of his face a bit in 3D. I found that his nose had the same shape as my mother in law, and his mouth looks more like my husband. For the rest, it was too difficult to say. My mom saw the DVD of the ultrasound and thought that the baby looked so much like my husband. It was funny to see her. My parents are so excited, so are my parents in law.
I joined a new prenatal yoga class closer to home. It was nice; we were 13 pregnant women doing yoga. When I do the shoulder stand and go back down, I feel the baby moving around in my belly. I think he’s getting a bit disoriented. I know that I am not supposed to do that pose after 30 weeks in pregnancy, so of course I won’t do it, but I enjoy it for now.
I have been following the Olympic Games on TV. I just love the swimming competitions. I am picturing my son swimming… hopefully he’ll like water sports. In my family, all of my sisters and I enjoy water sports, but not as much in my husband’s. There more into track and field and cross-country skiing. All nice sports anyways. My husband and I are very tall, so everybody tell us that we’re going to have such tall kids. I wonder if it’s possible that our kids are smaller than us. I have seen that before. That will be left to see.
We have finally done quite some good progress with the work in the basement. I should thank my husband mostly. I am more of a moral support and organizer than a good pair of arms when comes the time to work lately. We have started shopping for baby stuff. There’s just so much choice, and so much stuff that exist. At first I thought I needed all that, but when I made a spreadsheet of things I needed and estimated costs, it definitely did cool me off. We will go for the important-essential stuff first, and we will see what we receive as gifts.
I have made a few acquisitions; a playpen, a few baby undergarments (blue of course) and a blue teddy bear, right after I learned about the sex. Being too excited, I had to go and buy something blue. Now I’m alright and can take the time to quiet down and let my head and budget control what I get rather than with my feelings and impulses. But I think I will have to work hard not to let my impulse take over as some of the baby stuff is just too cute. I will keep my budget always in sight, and my husband not too far, to help control all this. Frankly however, my husband is having trust in my choices and doesn’t interfere too much.
And the discussion about the name has started… It will probably keep us busy until the baby is born.
