Boy

Shortly after we got home from the ultrasound, Husband looked at me and said, "Well, looks like your method worked."

In all the many long months of pregnancy that followed, I completely forgot that husband and I had actually made an effort to influence the gender of our unborn baby. So, for those of you following along at home I will tell you what we did.

There is a theory that swimmers carrying the XY are very fast but die sooner and those that carry XX are slower but last longer. So, if you imagine this to be true supposedly you can increase your chances of having a boy by attempting your baby-making activities earlier in your ovulation cycle. Giving the XY's more of a chance to get to the egg first you see. Now if you wanted to be very sure about this i guess you would be taking your temperature and watching your cervical fluid excretions to be sure you knew exactly where you were in your cycle. The only thing I did was count the days from the end of my period. So I wouldn't exactly call our situation scientific proof or anything.

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Even though we had initially wanted a boy, (As Husband says, "Done!"), in the last couple of weeks leading up to the ultrasound I had sort of fallen in love with the idea of another girl. For one thing, we don't tend to throw a lot of boys on my side. (My generation on my father's side is all girls and on my Mother's side the boys are outnumbered) So I didn't want to get my hopes up too much. Then i found a girl's name i was absolutely in LOVE with. Miss D wanted a girl. (She also wanted to name it Miss D 2) I grew up in a mainly female household. Then I thought about the wonderful relationships I have with my sisters and how nice it would be for Miss D to have one too. So although i am thrilled (and a little nervous) about having a boy, there is a weensy bit of mourning for the little girl I am not having.

Goodbye little Leyli Agnes....