Happy Father's Day and Happy 13 Weeks to my baby! I spent the day with my dad, an avid indoorsman, watching Clint Eastwood movies. I didn't get to see the newest father in my life, John, which was disappointing, but, I was able to give him his gift and card to take with him so he could open it today. I got him a book. He said he liked it.
Yesterday, I was able to spend the ENTIRE day shopping for the baby with Mom! This is such an unusual event and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm the only girl in my family and my two youngest brothers were born when I was a teenager, so, we never really had any girl time. Now, Mom is busy with the farm and my (now) teenage brothers and we rarely get to do anything together, much less all day. But, yesterday the stars aligned and we got a lot accomplished! I'm trying to get most of my baby shopping done before residency starts, because I doubt I will have time after residency starts. Once Upon a Child was having a great sale- 70% off of most clothes and 70-30% off of everything else! We made out like a pair of bandits! I was able to get myself a lot of maternity clothes- 2 pairs of jeans, 1 pair of denim capris, 1 pair of Gap khaki capris, 2 pairs of work slacks (one pair is Liz Lange, brand-new with tag!) and a dress from Motherhood! All for $1.95 each! And, of course, we also got a LOT of baby clothes! Most of the clothes were 75 cents! It was kind of a free-for-all, so we were basically just grabbing stuff that we thought was cute. When I got home, I noticed that most of the stuff we got was for a girl, some of it was gender neutral and zero of it was for a boy!!! I think this probably reflects the cuteness factor of the clothes rather than a premonition of what this baby is! Oh well, if it's a boy, there will be more sales and more clothes and I can donate the girl clothes to the crisis pregnancy center.
Speaking of whether this baby is going to be wearing pink or blue, yes, I want to find out. John doesn't. It just seems like it would be more fun to know and make the baby more of a person before he or she gets here. Also, I'm decently good at reading ultrasounds (something I really enjoy) and I could probably tell anyway. And I know that I couldn't keep it a secret! My family is 100% convinced that this baby is a girl. Mom is usually very good at predicting and that's what she says. But, I think it's a boy. Here's why:
- As I mentioned before, I've had terrible morning sickness, which is a sign of a boy. All those male hormones wreak havoc on a mom's system! (Who knew a "wiener" could make you so sick?)
- I've got acne. This is less reliable since I ALWAYS have acne, but, again, those male hormones cause it in pregnancy. My skin actually cleared up at first and I was delighted, but at about the time a male baby starts making testosterone, it came back. Suspicious.
- The heart rate was 159 when it was measured. A high heart rate indicates a girl and a lower one indicates a boy. 159 seemed on the lower end of the fetal heart rate spectrum to me, so….This is an old wives' tale, but who knows.
- Gut feeling.
Oh, I also bought a stroller! I already have a Chicco travel system that I got for an amazing price on clearance a few years ago (I figured someone would use it or I could resell it). However, I wanted Mom to have her own stroller that would be compatible with the carseat, since she is going to be babysitting for me. I guess that's maybe overkill, but whatever. Anyway, I got the Chicco stroller that I wanted for $59!
I finally had a dream last nite in which I knew I was pregnant! I dreamed I was married to Chris Hemsworth (aka Thor)! Some guys were messing with me and I told them that my baby's father was going to beat them up and that he was HUGE. This all took place in a church bathroom. If I needed another sign that this is a boy, that's probably it! Chris (We're on a first name basis) is the ultimate masculine figure, in my opinion. So, dreaming about him being the father may mean that I'm conveying a sense of masculinity to my child. Or, maybe it just means that I think Chris is super hot and I wish he was the father of my child! (J/K, John!)
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