He's a smart cookie, that's what.

IOBabyNews, Dylan's been giving all of his toys baby brothers lately even though we (a) don't know the sex yet and (b) haven't said a word to him about there even being a new baby. (We're waiting until the anatomy sono, which is this afternoon.) I wonder if he knows something's up.

That's adorable. Hopefully he won't be too disappointed if you find out you're having a girl. Best wishes with the appointment.

I'm finally getting myself fitted for new leg braces tomorrow. I've been putting it off for two long, and my legs have been so swollen lately that the current ones are painful to wear.

Hopefully he won't be too disappointed if you find out you're having a girl.

Gender isn't his strong suit - I doubt he'd fully understand the difference. (Today he told me I didn't like to chew gum because I'm a woman, after a conversation with DH in which the intended distinction was kid vs grown-up but got a little lost in translation.)

Hopefully he won't be too disappointed that you aren't having a grown-up.

First, congrats, Jessica! - I think I missed your announcement while being away on test season.

And second, I'm back, and now I'm in a dilemma. While clearly there's a disagreement going on here, I'm OK with leave it at that. I recognize that the root of the problem is in my wording, and I think that if I write a new post with my full view of the subject(s), it might be clearer (not necessarily more convincing - but more clear). But since we've reached a certain... pause? Equilibrium? (well, I know I'm in minority here, just can't find a better word), I don't know if it's worth to reopen the subject with more opinions, since I see it's a touchy issue. And it's OK.

But if anyone's still upset and/or hurt by my recent posts, I'd like to have the chance of explaining myself (not even here - emails are OK, too) and my views.

Signed,
Not a baby/mother hater, really

there are so many nick names to the genitalia, but not one to the uterus

Kid-sack?

I've got nothing useful to add to the rest of the discussion m

I can only speak for myself, Shir (OOH SEE WHAT I DID THERE?) but nothing anyone's said so far has been upsetting to me.

As for:

I don't know if it's worth to reopen the subject with more opinions

...have you MET us? Reopening subjects with more opinions is practically the Buffista mission statement.

(OOH SEE WHAT I DID THERE?)

OH HAI CLEVER CALLBACK

Nilly hasn't made an announcement, but there's a rumour Erin's birthday was yesterday. Happy Belated, sweetie, and a wonderful year to you!

bonny is also one of my favoritest people, IJS.

I'm all for giving the greatest weight to personal experience of any situation, but precisely because of the emotonal import of whatever event being experienced, I do think that needs to be leavened by the viewpoint of an outside observer. If, for example, part of your headhunting ritual is ingestion of hallucenogens, communal dancing to achieve hivemind status and reinforce the bonds of tribe before you go off to collect and end the lives of not-tribe individuals, I think your relation of personal symptoms, reactions, and the view from inside the process is invaluable. But perhaps not as factual as the non-involved observer who stands aside and reports--objectively--the behaviors, reactions, and symptoms displayed.