About Joanna Track
Four years ago, Sweetspot.ca Founder Joanna Track settled down with her darling husband and his two adorable young boys. She’s since added “new mom” to her long list of achievements with the addition of baby Teddy. Check back weekly for her tales of sweet family life.
Oh Boy!
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(Feb.12.09)
For those mamas-to-be out there, I think you will agree that with pregnancy comes the same questions, over and over again. Last week I focused my rant (...I mean, blog) on the "name" question. And the one that goes hand in hand with that one is "Do you know what you're having?"
Yes, I do. For those of you who missed my not-so-cryptic headline, it's a boy! I had to get that out of the way so I can move on to my next point. Why does it matter?? Unlike the name debate, there are only two options here, which leaves little room for discussion or opinion. Or does it? It seems that as soon as the gender mystery is solved, both the mother-to-be and those around her come down with the most blatant case of cognitive dissonance (wow...I do remember something from university Psychology class!) In my case, I've been told how great it is that I'm having a boy, because "boys are easier". What if I now told you I was joking and I'm having a girl? Ok, I'm not joking but you get my point.
I do have to give credit to those women who decide to wait it out till the end to find out what it is. HOW DO YOU DO IT?? I live more on a need-to-know basis, as in "I need to know!". For me, if I know that I can know, than I need to know....you know? Those who choose to wait tend to claim that they want to be surprised. But back to my previous point, how much surprise can there be in a 50/50 game? You really only have a 50% chance of being surprised, and your odds are the same if you find out early or at the end. But again, I respect those who can persevere (they are probably the same people who could save their Halloween candy for months).
So back to me. I'm having a boy. And so now I can say how good it is since I grew up with boys (2 brothers who trained me well), I live with boys (1 husband, and 2 step-sons who keep me on my toes) and so I'm definitely cut out for boys. But for those of you who've been through it, and especially those like myself who had some challenges getting there, I'm sure you'll agree that at the end of the day it really makes no difference. Just knowing that you get to have this experience is about as good as it gets.
I also have no doubt there will be many true surprises along the way that will be much more shocking than the gender of my child (that's my way of telling people that you don't need to explain to me how tired I'll be, or how bad labour is....that's one thing I don't need to know just yet.)