• Apr. 3, 2006
Guessing Games & Trials W/O Labor
Tomorrow is the scheduled day for the sonogram. Hopefully it will share some "early in the game" information in the placement of the placenta, and possibly what we are having (boy? girl? rodent perhaps?).
I had decided not to find out the sex with this one, as we have found out with all 4 of the other ones, but I think this time around we would actually benefit from having the emotional time to prepare. It seems everyone in the family has a preference (I call it a "horse in the race"). The girls are adamant that Lionheart is quite enough of the male species, and the husband is adamant that we are highly overloaded in the female department and nothing but another son will do. This is actually a unique situation as my husband put on a heck of a front through all the pregnancies that he didn't care one bit - that is until he got a son and then that facade faded away. LOL. Lionheart swears up and down it is a pancake, and considering the way the first trimester dragged, I'm pondering if its an actual human fetus at all, but is instead something that prefers to be furry and 3.5" long for its entire existence.
We are taking today off from school, and possibly a few more. We have a serious case of the spring fever grouchies circulating. A few days dedicated to free reading, the Animal Planet channel, and regular Sonic pops will be good for them. Or at least that's what they've convinced themselves of. Frankly I don't think it will matter at all, and in the end we are going to have to come back to the homeschooling table and actually FIX our attitudes because there is no magic pill or break that's going to do it. But alas, like Marmee in Little Women, my girls want a trial without labor so we shall see how it goes....
