Retrospective on the gender of my baby
admin February 27th, 2008
I was wishing for a little girl. They are so cute in their funky clothes, and pigtails. I was going to teach her how to be strong and fierce and not bend to pressure to be someone she wasn’t. I was going to show her how she could be feminine, but not weak. I would buy her trucks and tools and no one was going to tell her that anything was wrong with that. She was going to be one incredible woman. The one every man wanted. The one every woman wanted to be.
And then I learned she had a penis. She was a he. And I knew this was a possibility. And I had told myself I didn’t care. And I really was very excited to see him and just to know more about that baby in there. But after the adrenaline of the ultrasound, I have to admit I was a little sad. I really don’t think I should put his hair in pigtails. Rough and tumble play will be “normal” for him. And I mourned the possibility of a daughter a little. I’ll admit it.
But now, I am so excited! I finally know what people mean when they talk of wanting to finally meet their little baby. I just can’t wait to see him. He will be an awesome little boy. We will have so much fun, and I will get to experience a dozen things that I wasn’t privy to as a girl. The high school years should hopefully be easier on him. He will be a wonderful beautiful man, just like the one I married and adore. He will look so cute in his little boy clothes – the ones I like anyway. I will show him how to be masculine, but not cruel. I will buy him trucks and tools and an easy bake oven because men should be able to cook just as much as any woman. He will be one incredible man. The one every woman wants. The one every man wishes to be.
I am having a son, and I couldn’t be happier. Dude, I’m having a son.
Congratulations!!! And welcome to my world! ;^P I have four little boys! My oldest is 8 and my youngest is two… And I know how you feel about having wanted a girl. I did very much want one (with the last two pregnancies) and I did experience a bit of disappointment — not at who I *was* getting — but (especially with my last pregnancy) more what I knew I would never have, that mother daughter relationship that I shared with my Mom. As you may well imagine, I wouldn’t trade my boys for a million girls.
You are going to have a blast with him. And remember… you will always be the most beautiful girl in the house! ;^P My little boys are always telling me how pretty I am and how much they love me. And being a girl… well, I know that I was never quite that expressive about my own mother’s beauty! LOL
Boys Rock! Congratulations!
Thank you nancypants!!