Okay so I've had it.
PEOPLE who are PREGNANT. . . your twenty week ultrasound appointment is not to determine the sex of your baby whatsoever!
That appointment is meant for finding out vital things about the baby. Healthy heart, lungs, limbs etc!!!
For anyone that has had a disabled child, I am sure you know the exact frustration I am ranting about. The mothers and fathers out there, who did everything right in their pregnancy, diet, exercise, pre-natals and had the dissappointing news of finding out that child will be faced with a disability for the rest of their lives. We know how it feels to just want a heatlthy baby, especially if you had more children following your disabled child.
I wish people could wake up a little bit and be grateful that they are even pregnant, ( I lost my third pregnancy this year at 9 1/2 weeks). There are couples on this earth who cannot concieve on their own, and rely on other methods and sometimes it doesn't even happen for them then. I also just wish, after they leave their 20-week appointment, I hope they can breathe a sigh of relief that the baby is healthy and be happy if it's just another girl after they've already had two other little girls at home BUT they so DESPERATELY wanted a boy.
I would not trade my Savanah for anything in this entire WORLD, the experiences I have learned from parenting a deaf child are far too precious. But I will tell you this. . . for those of you who have never experienced it and are dissapointed with your gender outcome. . .please just think about the little boy that was born with spina bifida, the little girl who will never be able to walk, the boy who is deaf and blind, the little girl that will only live minutes on this earth because of a heart defect. After you think about them and what their parents must be feeling. . . you all might change your minds.
