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All About the Gender

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6 Week Ultrasound From day one I was excited to just be carrying such a miracle inside of me, but you would be wrong if you thought I was one of those moms to find out the gender at their delivery. I commend every mom who has the patience to do that, but unfortunately I am not one of them.  When I was little I always dreamt of having a baby girl of my own one day because I thought it would be so much fun to be able to mommy and me match, and have a girl to spoil. A few months ago that dream became possible. As soon as I came to terms with my pregnancy I was immediately drawn back to my wish for a baby girl and I couldn’t let that go. The more I researched it became apparent to me that most women have boys first which honestly bummed me out. My sister had 3 kids and all boys, my brother ended up with a boy, and my other sister had a boy first, so the dream of having a girl became a little discouraging, but Dad kept my head up by reassuring me we would have a girl and t...

How I Found Out I Was A Mother

Hello there! You are either reading this because you are interested in my journey with how I learned I would be becoming a mother, or you are possibly becoming a mother yourself... am I right? I am happy you are here no matter what the reason is!   January 24th 2019 - I peed on the infamous stick and WHAM! those little pink stripes turned positive so quickly it made my head spin. It was around 6 a.m and Ii just had that gut feeling something was different with my body. As soon as I read that stick a solid 5 times I immediately ran out of the bathroom with tears streaming down my face and hugged my fiance. He was so confused as to why I was so hysterical that early in the morning. After I calmed down for a few moments I showed him the pregnancy test and his jaw dropped to the floor, but his immediate response was so positive and reassuring. He told me that we would take another at home test just to be sure considering the original test was fairly old.  He kis...