Initially I didn't want to know the gender, I wanted Bean to be a surprise. However, my mother has been in the hospital since the end of April and I thought that telling her Bean's gender would...I don't know, I guess strengthen her in some way.
So we arrived at the doctors office and I nervously laid back so that we could begin the journey. They checked for EVERYTHING! Kidneys, spine, everything you could think of. At the time I still didn't want to know the gender, so before we left the sonogram department to go do my regular check up, she wrote down on a piece of paper the babies gender so that my hubby would know. While we were waiting for my check up to begin I asked my husband to tell me what Bean was. After much back and forth and him having me compose an email stating I won't be mad at him for telling me, he wrote it down on the back of the sonogram picture: Bean is a GIRL.
A girl? A girl??? I don't know why I didn't see that one coming, but I really didn't. I felt like Bean was a boy, and I think I may have secretly kind of wanted a boy. However, I am completely happy that Bean is a girl now. I'm completely okay with that. I ran to tell my mother that evening because I knew that knowing Bean was a girl would give her life. Do you know what this lady said? "I don't wanna know". Umm, excuse me, wha? I find out the gender for her and she doesn't even want to know??? I asked her like 5 times and nope, she didn't want to know. Hmph. Well fine then.
So, we're having a girl, and her name is all picked out. Her initials are JMJ and I love her :~) I so can't wait to meet her!
