We will have the option to know the sex of our baby on the 20th of this month. That's when we go in to the genetic counseling place to have the level 2 sonogram done and possible amniocentesis, this will all be to check for Downs Syndrome. Kim has a 1 in 300 chance of have a DS baby. The only reason given to support this chance is her age. None of the blood work suggested anything was wrong, and from reading around I have seen stories of women who after their blood test were told they had a 1 in 50 chance. The last thing we were told was "It's a good healthy pregnancy, no problems".
Anyway, back to the original topic of this post: "Will daddy want to know the sex of his baby?" As it gets closer and closer to the sonogram that will be able to tell us that information the more likely I feel I am going to want to know. This makes Kim happy, as she would really love to know. We have come up with a few girl names that have "Michelle" as a middle name, but have had no luck coming up with boy names. I think that knowing the sex will make us more focused on one set of names and make it easier. Also, we can change the name of this blog to our baby's name.
We want one of THESE, and will be getting it soon. It has the capability of recording the heartbeat for emailing or posting on the web. So when we get it we will post our baby's heart beat here for all of you.
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I Think I Will
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Nothing wrong in finding out before the birth what the sex is! It's a personal decision, and everyone is different.
If I recall, Clay, one of the reasons you didn't want to know the gender of the baby is that you didn't want to start to assign, even subconsciously, negative gender role stereotypes in how you treat the child, even in utero. I am proud of that, but you might consider that you could be even more successful in combating those unhealthy stereotypes if you know the gender of the kid. This has much more to do with things beyond pink vs blue or dolls vs trucks, don't you think? It's what the child hears, what words you use and music you play, what stories you tell, and your own modeling... and you awareness of the child's inherent gifts regardless of gender: what the child is and wants to be, not what the parents want it to be. I am proud of you both for putting such thought into this issue! XO to you both.
Surprises are nice, but you never liked them! It's nice to know in advance, but it's also really fun to find out at birth, so either way, it's cool! Of course, I am dying to know!
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