First Appointment & Gender Preference

I've been anxiously awaiting my first appointment all day today.

I'm expecting a phone call at 2:30 at which I guess they will ask me 1,000 questions. This is when I will request my Triple Screen Test to rule out (or not rule out) spina bifida. It's hard to believe that already almost a month has gone by since I found out about this pregnancy!

Each step of this pregnancy I try not to take for granted, because I plan on only having two children, so yes this will be my last. That is why this blog, and my VBAC, and everything else is so incredibly important to me.

The one thing that is NOT important to me, is my child's sex.
It's an age-old question; So do you want another boy? Do you want a girl?

Truthfully I do not care. I do not associate the baby inside me as one gender. I don't talk about "he" or "she", I talk about the baby. People who know me know that I do not set expectations because I don't like to be disappointed. I always like to think of things as a positive outcome, no matter what. I do not want to favor one gender, because I do not want that weight on my shoulders. I don't want to be heartbroken or sad with one outcome or the other.

I never really understood why people favor one gender over the other. My odds are 50/50.
I have far different concerns for this baby. I am just happy to be done tracking my ovulation. Halle-freakin-lujah!

I will keep posted following my appointment - wish me luck!