Ultra sounds and girl or boy?

About when I was 8 weeks pregnant I had my first ultra sound. Because this is my second pregnancy I knew what to expect, a little tiny unformed baby. It was still very exciting. Being able to see what was growing inside of me made the fact that I was having another baby more of a reality.  Just four weeks later at my 12 week appointment we had another ultra sound done. It’s amazing how much a fetus can grow in just four weeks. Our baby actually looked like a baby! We saw the head, arms, legs, fingers and toes……

Ultra sounds are amazing. They let you see your baby and they help you see if you are having a boy or a girl if you want to know. Our next ultra sound will be in the beginning of October. That’s when we find out if we have a girl or a boy. My husband and I just pray for a healthy baby more than anything. But we are very curious to find out what we have. So we are definitely going to find out if we have a girl or a boy. My husband has confessed to me that it would nice to have a boy. This is because he is thinking of having 4 children. So he would like to have girl, boy, girl, boy in that order. I love children so it would be wonderful if we could afford to have so many.

I have also confessed that it would be nice to have another girl, just because I think it would be nice to have a little sister where our daughter could talk about girl stuff with. But some of my relatives have been telling me that they think I am going to have a boy. I don’t know about other cultures but in the korean culture there is a thing called pregnancy dreams. These dreams can tell you if someone you know or if you yourself is pregnant. They also can tell if the person is going to be a boy or a girl. The dreams usually have the person who is pregnant in the dream, and the dreams either have a certain plant or an animal appear as the focus of the dream.

For example for this pregnancy one of my aunt’s told me that she had a dream. An in this dream she was at a river fishing, and she caught a huge fish. I was also in the dream and she gave the fish to me and I took it. If we break down this dream the fact that I received this huge fish means that I am the one that is pregnant and because the fish was very big that means that I am having a son.

For my first pregnancy my father had a dream right about the time I conceived. He told me about his dream after I found out that I was pregnant. In my father’s dream he saw a field of flowers. But in this field there was on big flower that stood out. He said it was a very beautiful flower. And after he had this dream he said he thought to himself could someone be pregnant. And sure enough one month later I call and tell him I am pregnant. My father told me because of the dream he was sure that I was going to have a girl. Oddly enough I had a girl.

Just for fun I also used the “Ancient Chinese Birth Gender Chart” that one of my friend’s gave me. All you need is the month the baby was conceived and the age of the mother at conception and the chart will tell you if the baby is a boy or a girl. You can easily find this chart on the internet if you just do a search. So for my first pregnancy the chart was correct as was my father’s dream. It told me that I was going to have a girl. But for this pregnancy the chart is telling me something different from the dreams that people have been having. The chart is telling me that I am going to have another girl but all the dreams say I am having boy. Hmmmm……. We will see in October at my next ultra sound. ^_^

Whether we have a girl or a boy just being able to have another child is such a blessing. And my husband and I feel this whole heartedly because there are so many people who are very close to us that are having a hard time getting pregnant. Girl or boy we love this baby already so much we can’t wait to meet the little one in february.