Finding Out vs. Not Finding Out

I've always known that when I got pregnant I wouldn't want to find out the gender until baby was born. Maybe it's my background in psychology and social behavior or just because I like the surprise. A small part of it is because I wouldn't be able to stand the overwhelming amount of PINK clothing and toys we would receive if we found out it was a girl.

It took us six months to get pregnant and although a relatively short amount of time for couples trying to conceive, it still felt like eternity to me when faced with disappointment each month mother nature blessed me with her presence. After the tears, I was even more sure that I wouldn't want to find out the gender. Because Boy or Girl, I would be ecstatic to welcome baby into this world!

When we finally found out we were pregnant last November, I was excited husband was on board with not finding out. Honestly, once the decision was made, it really wasn't challenging to stick with it. I can't say for husband, but I never felt tempted to change my mind and find out during my pregnancy. It sounds cliche but all I really cared for was a healthy baby.

People, especially family, gave me a lot of grief for not finding out with the most common complaint being they wouldn't know what baby clothes to get my baby. Yes, I'm going to find out just so you will have an easier time picking out blue or pink outfits for my baby. Save your money please! The upside was definitely having everyone stick to our registry and getting us only what we needed. It also saved us a ton of money because we would see really cute gender specific outfits, but since we didn't know, we couldn't buy them.

I also found this amazing baby registry called www.notfindingout.com that allowed you to create a registry and select items that have boy/girl versions and then once you have your baby, you give them a call and they will ship you the respective item for your baby. It was a great way to appease all the friends and family who said "if you don't know the gender, how am I going to know what to get your baby?!"

When baby was born, I will never forget when husband announced "It's a girl!" just like they do in the movies :) life has very few true surprises left and this surprise was the best as we welcomed baby Madison into this world on July 14, 2012.

Would I do it again for baby Lo #2? You can bet on it! :)

"The Last Time"

Dear Madison,

Last Friday we celebrated your 2nd month.  Mommy has been wanting to blog about my time with you ever since you were in my tummy but just never made the time to do it.

It's going to be a challenge to blog in between nursing you every 3 hours, changing your dirty diapers, rocking you to sleep and somewhere in the midst of that finding time for Mommy to sleep too.. but after reading "The Last Time" by Devon Corneal.. I knew I had no time to waste. 

So with you wrapped up in the moby wrap, I'm going to tackle this blogging thing! Hopefully in the next two months before I have to go back to work, I can blog about the time when you were in mommy's tummy to when you were first in mommy's arm, your first month with Mommy at Grandma's house, when you came home to your new room that mommy and daddy worked so hard on, and much much more!

Love,
Mama Lo


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