It's a BOY!

God truly works in wonderful and mysterious ways.

Now I truly understand what they say: that you never really understand how your mother loves you until you have a child of your own. But now I do and my child hasn't even been born yet. The bond between mother and child begins on the very first day she finds out she is pregnant. That very minute when everything changes for her and she feels ultimate strength that was not there before and a splash of unknown courage knowing she is never alone. I have to say it's one of the best feelings in the world.

I was just thinking how under rated the husbands of the world are. You hear a lot about a mother's sacrifice but not so much about the father's. My husband deserves just as much credit as I do. I know at times he feels helpless but I've never really seen this side of him.
I remember on my 8th week of pregnancy he was already searching for baby names and looking at cotbeds on kiddiecare.com and mothercare.com! He was bursting with excitement which he had to conceal to be considerate seeing as I can barely get my arse out of bed. But as soon as I bounced back to my normal self, on the 16th week to be precise, he let it all go and I was just so pleased to see my Significant Other so happy as a clam. They say that a man is at his sweetest and most thoughtful when he is pursuing the girl of his dreams, but I beg to disagree. Apparently mine is at his sweetest and most thoughtful when he is about to become a father!

The desire to find out our baby's gender is, is really just so we can determine what colour of paint to buy for our nursery. The most important part of the 20-week scan is making sure that our little one's organs and bone structure are forming well and his tiny heart is beating strong for mummy and daddy. All I really ask and expect of my child is that he keeps breathing and keep that wee heart beating - even after he is born. Five minutes into being told we are having a boy, my husband and my mother-in-law were at the waiting area of the hospital talking baby names. They had a hundred and one name suggestions in 2 minutes! At that point I just felt so lucky that so many people already love my unborn child. Mommy must have done something right in her life to receive the most important gift of all - the gift of LOVE, in its many splendid forms.