Monday, March 1, 2010

Boy or Girl?

So I am almost 5 months pregnant and I have no idea if I am going to have a girl or a boy. I am not one of those intuitive people women who just knows, I am more of a Murphy’s Law kinda girl.
Xavi has an 8-year-old son who we have every other week, so I have my quota of boys in the house for the moment. I have done the rough play fighting and I lasted all of about 3 minutes before giving in to the inner girl and going “ooh, not too strong”. I have struggled to understand why when we are out walking in the country instead of picking flowers, he kicks and throws stones at things. I have played with cars and not dolls, and have ruffled his short hair many times while watching motorbike shows….. I have also been given many little flowers, I have had the door opened for me, and I have been told how pretty I am by my little 7-year-old gentleman. My point is that I have my little boy even if he is not mine by blood and if it is only every other week.
For this reason if you ask me what I want, my truthful answer is that I would like a little girl. I would like to do the little girl things as well. But being a Murphys Law kinda girl, I reckon I will have a boy. However, while I think it may be a boy, I am not going to tell people this, because I do not want to end up with egg on my face if I am wrong and I also do not want to appear like one of these mother earth types who gushes “I just KNOW it is a boy!! I can feel it!”
However my reserved opinion seems to go unnoticed. Every one has an opinion as to whether it will be a boy or a girl depending on some part of my physical appearence!

I have been told that as I am looking pretty, it will be a girl (because boys exhaust you from the very beginning).
I have been told that as I am looking pretty, it will be a boy.
I have been told that since my tummy is small, it will be a girl.
I have been told that since my tummy is big, it will be a boy.
I have been told that since I have few symptoms, it will be a girl.
I have been told that since I have many symptoms, it will be a boy.
I have been told it will be a girl, ‘just a feeling’
I have been told it will be a boy, ‘just a feeling’

Now some people sound convinced in their opinions and I ask myself ‘Are you not worried about getting that egg on your face?’ What will they say when I have to break the news that it is x and not y? In the end, I will wind up feeling guilty at proving them wrong when really it is not my fault that they are so sure about the status of my unborn bump!
The truth is that as long as it is healthy, I am happy both ways. If I have a girl, I can do all those little girl things I cannot do right now, and if I have a little boy, I gain another little gentleman in the house and I get to learn even more about which is better, Porsche or Ferrari??