It's A Girl!

You already know by now it’s a girl but I thought I’d share some of the time leading up to knowing the gender…

I was headed home from New Jersey with a coworker and we were talking about Baby Vines. My coworker said something like “When she’s born…hm…I guess I think your baby is going to be a girl!”. Another coworker of mine also thought Baby Vines was going to be a girl because of a gut feeling.

Dave and I didn’t really care if it was a girl or boy. Our top priority was that we wanted a healthy baby. Dave also said he didn’t have a preference gender being a surprised and we could do whatever I wanted to do. I couldn’t wait so I wanted to find out. It felt like ages to get the results from the genetic testing. Since the NT ultrasound didn’t allow for the best results, I was really looking forward to the NIPT results.

I knew the results would pop up via my email and be available to both myself and my doctor at the same time. My doctor assured me to not be alarmed. If there was anything to be alarmed, they would reach out to me to discuss.

I was up one Saturday morning researching baby things and I got the email. I was so nervous but excited. I opened it and saw “negative” for all of the chromosomal testing (which is a good thing!) and then I saw that it the testing showed it was going to be a girl! I read it 3 more times to make sure and then ran to Dave like a kid on Christmas and exclaimed how our baby didn’t have any concerns with chromosomal testing and IT WAS A GIRL!

Dave’s reaction…”oh shit…I’m outnumbered.” I also remember when earlier on in our discussion with kids he mentioned he was a little afraid of having a daughter because guys can be gross (we were watching a movie where guys were being pigs). I said I wouldn’t worry because she’d be my daughter and she could handle herself. But I also thought…”oh shit, she’s going to be my daughter…I’m a troublemaker!”.

Again, I really wanted our baby to be healthy, but for some reason I am particularly excited that it’s a girl! I am so excited to raise her to be strong, be fierce and be her true self - no matter how goofy or serious she is when she grows up.