Don't get me wrong, I know that except for death and taxes, very little in life is truly final.
We had a very good 20 week +6 days scan today, where the baby was shown to be healthy and growing well, and will also be a little girl. And, as Charlie and I are only planning on 2 children, this seems to be a clear indication that we will not experience being parents to a baby boy.
Which is fine in many ways. Sisters may well fall out, but hopefully will be very close as the years go by. And there are various other generalisations I could make, but it does feel very final. As we approach the end of our childbearing chapter, it is an emotional day in many different ways.
Even having another baby at all seems a bit like cheating on Penny. But if we were to have expected a boy, we had a name chosen. And the thought of bringing up a mini-Charlie when he is just so wonderful was too good to be true. And of course I am already bringing up a mini-Charlie. Penny is so much like him, even though it is the easy option to say how much she is like me just because she is a girl. But she both looks like him and behaves like him.
And I know we won't be bringing up girls any differently than how we would if they were boys. They will still climb trees and learn how to play chess and go.
So now I just want to meet the little fidget who is wriggling around in my tummy, because I know she will be wonderful in so many new and surprising ways.
We had a very good 20 week +6 days scan today, where the baby was shown to be healthy and growing well, and will also be a little girl. And, as Charlie and I are only planning on 2 children, this seems to be a clear indication that we will not experience being parents to a baby boy.
Which is fine in many ways. Sisters may well fall out, but hopefully will be very close as the years go by. And there are various other generalisations I could make, but it does feel very final. As we approach the end of our childbearing chapter, it is an emotional day in many different ways.
Even having another baby at all seems a bit like cheating on Penny. But if we were to have expected a boy, we had a name chosen. And the thought of bringing up a mini-Charlie when he is just so wonderful was too good to be true. And of course I am already bringing up a mini-Charlie. Penny is so much like him, even though it is the easy option to say how much she is like me just because she is a girl. But she both looks like him and behaves like him.
And I know we won't be bringing up girls any differently than how we would if they were boys. They will still climb trees and learn how to play chess and go.
So now I just want to meet the little fidget who is wriggling around in my tummy, because I know she will be wonderful in so many new and surprising ways.
Love it - and I know just how you feel.
ReplyDeleteShe will be a very luck lady, just as Penny is.
I am so proud of you both.
XX