Katy had her 20-week scan and we’re happy to report that all is well and we’re having a boy. Katy wanted a girl but was expecting it to be a boy. I can now finally (*) say that I would have preferred a girl but I’ll count my blessings that all is ok with the peanut. Growth figures are right where they should be and all the bits and pieces seem to be in the right number and in the right places. This is very good news indeed and lifts some weight off our shoulders. We’ve been surrounded by people having problems and complications with their pregnancies, so it’s nice to know that all can go well once in a while (touch wood!). Two coworkers had premature births. In one case, the mother required two emergency surgeries and the baby had to have an emergency hernia operation this past weekend. Katy’s colleague lost her baby recently and was due roughly at the same time as Katy. So yeah, we’re very happy that things seem to be going well right now.
The scan technician was impressive in being able to distinguish the blobs she was seeing (there’s a kidney, that’s the liver, here’s the willie, etc…) At one point, the switched from 2D scanning to 3D scanning. Now that’s weird! Technologically impressive, but somehow wrong :)
We have now also finalized a name: Benjamin Alexander Côté. I was lobbying for Alexander Benjamin, but Katy preferred the former. In the end, to keep it simple, we put two suits of cards in a hat (red and black) and cut cards for a best 7 out of 13. She won 7 to 6. Dagnabbit! But it was fair and square, so I can’t really complain about it or cry foul.
So it’s now official, and we’ve started buying stuff. We went to mothercare and bought the pushchair while it was still on sale :) If you want to buy us something for the peanut, you’re more than welcome. We didn’t want people to send us stuff before we had these scan results and all was well. So all is well. Now send stuff :D
(*) I didn’t want to say anything until we finally had confirmation in case what I said somehow influenced the outcome (**).
(**) I never said I was rational…