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I thought I would take some time today to answer some questions people have asked in the comments. If you have more, let me have ’em!<\/p>\n
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KC asked, “What is the EDD?”<\/b><\/p>\n
Whoops, did I never post that? Bad me! Due date is May 25!<\/p>\n
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Cynthia asked, “Are you planning on purchasing a doppler?”<\/b><\/p>\n
That is my plan for now, yes. I won’t be getting one until the second trimester, however, because my uterus is tipped back and when I was pregnant with Devin even the midwife couldn’t get a heartbeat by doppler until 13 weeks. It may be sooner this time, but I really don’t want to stress myself out if I don’t need to. I plan to use the doppler just to “check in” on the baby before bed.<\/p>\n
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Shilpa asks, “What are your thoughts on gender, in terms of what you would prefer? Obviously I KNOW that you will be beyond thrilled with whatever is in there, but I\u2019m just curious whether you really want another boy, or you\u2019d like to have a girl? Or are you completely neutral? What about with Devin\u2019s pregnancy? Before you found out he was a boy, were you hoping for one or the other?”<\/b><\/p>\n
I admit, when I got pregnant with Devin I really wanted a girl. I am the oldest, I have a little brother, and I always pictured having a little girl first, just like I was. But right from the start with Devin I told everyone I thought it was a boy. And, I admit, when we confirmed he was indeed a boy I was a little disappointed for a week that I wouldn’t be getting my frilly pink girl. Of course I quickly got over that and started loving<\/i> having a boy.<\/p>\n
After we lost Devin all I wanted was a little boy. Not to replace him – he could never be replaced – but because I had just spent the last 5 months living in a world of all things boy. I have boy clothes, I have boy toys… I was – am – a boy mama with no boy to raise. So a very big part of me wants another boy.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, I think having a girl would be easier because of the loss – it would be different. I could buy new things, collect new clothes… it would be another way that this pregnancy would be obviously different from Devin’s. Maybe that would mean less anxiety. And of course, I do still want a little girl someday.<\/p>\n
At this point when it comes right down to it I don’t think I care. Either one would be great. Den and I want both a girl and a boy someday, if we are lucky.<\/p>\n
Oh, and I have a gut feeling of girl this time. So we’ll see.<\/p>\n
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Mari asks, “Can I ask you what names are you having in mind for your second baby?”<\/b><\/p>\n
Names are a funny thing. We’ve had a list of names for a long time, and while sometimes we shuffle around the order the actual list hasn’t changed much. Devin Alin was our absolute, by-far favorite boy name of all time and I’m still sad that I don’t have anything else that gives me that same feeling.<\/p>\n
Our boy’s name is Lucas Wyatt. I will call him Luke (but Den won’t let me use that as the official birth-certificate name). The only small hitch with this one is that we love Wyatt as a first name, so there’s a part of us that wants to save it just in case we end up with yet another boy. My choices if we split them up would be Lucas Andrew and Wyatt Cole, but Den basically said that I will be allowed to use the name Cole over his dead body, so apparently that’s off the table. LOL!<\/p>\n
Our girl’s name is currently Katherine Elizabeth, called Kate. My only reservation with it is that it’s a pretty big name for a little girl, and it’s also very traditional… I’d like to have something a little bit more offbeat in there somewhere. The other name that was on the table was Cailet Amber – this is the one that Den’s pushing hard for, but I’m pushing back because it’s very<\/i> offbeat, it’s a made-up name (it’s from a book) and I dread no one ever being able to spell or pronounce her name. (It’s KAY-let.) My third girl’s name is Alyssa Marie, but Den doesn’t like that very much so it’ll probably never get used.<\/p>\n
So basically we kind of know, but we’re not sure of anything yet. It’ll probably end up being one of those two, but it might not be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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