It's A Girl!

On Wednesday I went to the doctors for part two of the genetic testing. When you become pregnant, doctors give you an opportunity to see if your baby will have any disabilities before the baby is born. I know a lot of women who decided to opt-out which is perfectly fine and definitely respectable. Each time I looked it up I noticed each website kept mentioning "when you know early enough you may want to get an abortion" and, I started getting emotional because just because your baby may be born with a disability doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to live, but again this is just my personal opinion.

 I worked in a school for 2 years working as a teachers assistant working one on one with children who had autism, and might I say it was very challenging but super rewarding seeing the smiles on these children's faces kept me going. But I do understand how hard it is to take care of a child with special needs so whatever choice pregnant women decide to follow through with is their choice.

Once I took my blood test, I waited in anticipation for my ultrasound to find out the gender of my baby. We've been calling our baby bean for the last few months, so it was finally nice to be able to call our angel by the name we have given it. At first, the nurse told me they would not be able to detect since it was still early, I was thinking "huh?", just a few weeks ago I was only 15 weeks and the sonographer asked if I wanted to find out the gender but unfortunately my baby's legs were closed the whole time so I had to wait a few weeks.

 Now I am 17 weeks and I knew a lot of women who knew the gender of their baby so the impatient thought of having to wait was becoming unbearable. When the sonographer finally called me, I asked her right away if she could make a prediction. She told me she wouldn't say anything unless she was confident enough to detect.

As I laid there in excitement, she zoomed in on the legs and at first, I notice a big thing between the legs and thought "my prediction was right!! its a boy!" But then she told me it was actually the thigh bone because it was way too long to be a little wienie lol. Then all of a sudden she blurted out "Its a girl" she showed me the little hamburger that they call to describe the little baby girls' genitalia. I was so shocked! All of those old wives' tales were so wrong lol, my last few blog posts I said they were true but I guess I had been fooled!

Funny the stories share if its a girl, women will get horrible morning sickness, their beauty gets taken away, they crave sweet. Honestly, the only accurate myth was if its a girl, women will more likely lay on their right side when they sleep and, that's exactly what happened to me.  My first trimester had been such a breeze, I ended up getting more anxiety because I thought it wasn't normal not to experience morning sickness. On top of that, I had a lot of energy and worked out a ton.

When I got home, I told Pablo right away and he was happy. I know he wanted a boy first of course and I myself but, we are so happy and grateful that its a girl, and, more importantly, she is super healthy and developing right on time! I can't wait until my belly bump becomes more pronounced but I am being patient.

Now its all about the fun part, SHOPPING!! I can finally buy some cute clothes for my little princess and I am super excited! Every time I go to target I can't help but go into the baby section and admire the cute little clothes. I am blessed and so thankful that my pregnancy journey has been amazing and spiritual in so many ways thus far.

  I always do my best and stay positive because I can't afford to stress out my body and my mind. Being pregnant has really shown me how to become even more selfless. I'm not just eating, drinking even listening for myself but for my baby girl! It's so fascinating to me! I can't wait to update you guys more in the next few weeks!