Temptation

We had our 20 week anatomy scan and managed to avoid the temptation to have a peek at this baby's privates. And ever since then curiosity has been piqued. It's almost like just because we passed up the opportunity- the desire to know has come from not finding out. What's with that?

Because we are being 'normal' this pregnancy around we didn't expect to have any more scans, after Saskia died and feeling not unreasonably paranoid with Will and Merenia we had them fortnightly from 28 weeks. But that very normal-ness is what is going to end us up in the hands of our favourite radiologist again soonish. Seeing as I am hoping to avoid major surgery this time around we have to go and get 'permission' to have a 'trial of labour' from an OB at the hospital. And in support of our case we're getting a scan first so we can go in and say "Look see all good, everything normal, all systems go."

And now that the 'nestyness' is growing and we anticipate getting all the 'stuff' down from the attic, and washing, sorting and setting up, the idea of knowing what we're getting is all the more tempting- because it means we can huck out and give away all the gender specific stuff for the gender we aren't having- and if this baby is a boy than that's a whole heap of girl stuff we can pass on!!

It also means that we have a heads up on whether we can relax on the name sorting or have to pull finger and start reading the movie credits all the more- because as it stands one gender has 3 options and the other has less than none.

But you know what, we knew with the last three and the idea of having that new little small person come out all wet and squishy and getting to look for ourselves with a rush of surprise and love what we 'got' this last sweet time is pretty bloody tempting too.

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