Well, this is the day we have been waiting for, our first meeting with our little one. We went off to the medical imaging lab for our first ultrasound appointment with great anticipation wondering primarily if our baby is in good health. However, lets be honest, we were really more excited over the possibility of knowing what the sex of the baby is. This is week 18 in Wendy’s pregnancy. Following doctor’s orders, Wendy downed two big glasses of water just before the appointment and held her bladder in order for the lab to get better pictures of our baby. It seemed like hours before Wendy’s name was called. We both stood up upon hearing Wendy’s name and guess what? The father (i.e. yours truly here) were told not to follow the mother into the lab until much later. Thus, I had to continue waiting for what seemed like hours before the lab technician came out to fetch me. Once inside, what an amazement! Right there on the monitor is our baby…looking so peaceful and serene. No matter how many times one has seen movies with scenarios like this, nothing can prepare you for the euphoria you feel upon meeting and being able to say hello to your baby for the very first time. So, with no further ado, introducing…err…name is not known yet…
Awww….I think he is trying to suck his thumb…
Now, he is REALLY sucking his thumb.
Baby from another view… Now what’s the sex?
Okay, now for the million dollar question, what is the sex of our little one? Seriously, your guess is as good as ours. We tried asking the lab technician that and the reply we got was that she was not allowed by BC law to reveal the sex of the foetus. The reason she said was that the BC Government had to change the law because too many Indo-Canadian families were aborting their babies if their babies were not of the favoured sex (read BOY). DARN! Just because of a few stupid parents (not to mention heartless), we now in BC are no longer allowed to know the sex of our unborn child? How fair is that? Oh well, this is something that we will have to live with I guess…..
