Feeling sad and happy at the same time this morning. I had a fetal medicine scan yesterday at 31 weeks as it seems that I am carrying a big baby with a little bit extra fluid. They were checking for possible abnormalities that can sometimes (very rarely) be a cause for extra amniotic fluid. My main concern was that the baby would turn out to be healthy, and so far it looks as if all is fine, so huge relief there.
We weren't initially going to find out the sex but then decided that if it was visible at this scan then we'd like to know after all. DH was working so mum came with me and it turns out baby is the same model as our older two children ;-) I have had morning sickness all the way through this pregnancy and felt great with the previous two so had almost started to believe the old wives' tales that this meant I'd be having a girl. After a slight initial shock and a moment of thinking, "Oh well, I'll just have to buy girly stuff for my friends' kids instead," I'm really happy that we're having a boy as he will be just as gorgeous and lovely as our older two.
DH? Not so much. He came home with flowers for me but the disappointment was written all over his face. He is a shit liar, bless him, and has been horribly stressed with work so isn't really himself at the moment, but it was just such a shame that he wasn't at all excited. It has made me feel very sad, too.