Rewind to a few months back: We had been counting down the days to this appointment so we could finally uncover the identity of our first child. It seems like most people find out the gender before 20 weeks but my doctor told me to wait until 20 so we were patient but anxious and excited. We were so excited we almost made a paper chain (I've since learned to lower my expectations and NEVER make a paper chain for any reason whatsoever). We both woke up in the middle of the night the day of the appointment and were so excited because it was finally TODAY.
Well...we go in for said appointment and while all looked good development-wise, our child had no intention of letting us know his/her gender. This scenario had never even crossed my mind so all that build-up and anticipation made me burst into tears when the doctor told me to come back in 5 weeks. I can only imagine how much worse this could've been with a paper chain you guys. Never make one.
Anyway I'm over it. Not so over it that I won't hold this over my baby's head for the rest of forever, but I'm over it.
I should probably not be surprised if more fluke things happen to us with this pregnancy because I seem to run into anomalies all the time. Luckily they've mostly been annoyances and nothing to really be upset about (although that hasn't stopped me at all).
I'm not sure if you're really pregnant if you don't post a chubby photo of yourself on the internet. So, just in case:
Up until Week 19, visible signs of my pregnancy were about like this:
But it's fairly obvious now.
Stay tuned for more news in a few weeks although I'm trying to not get my hopes up (must.not.make.paper.chain).
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