According to the information I got from the OB, this is the week in which the gender of the child is determined.   So what do we ‘want’, a boy or a girl?

I know, the popular thing is to say that either is what you want so long as it’s healthy.  But let’s look at this for a moment.

Boy:

• Much cooler toys.  I want to play with trucks.
• The ‘mama’s boy’ cliche.
• Will have to deal with a teenage boy when he grows up.
• Everything won’t be pink.  Not that I don’t like the color, it just doesn’t go with a lot of my current wardrobe.  We must be fashionable!

Girl:

• No circumcision issues.  Did you know one of the options for pain management for circumsicion is a drop of ‘sugar water’ on the tongue?  Are you serious, they chop that and give the kid some soda or something?  Yeowch.
• The ‘daddy’s girl’ cliche
• Will have to deal with teenage boys coming to visit her when she grows up.
• Being able to say “What’s up, babygirl” in a non-ironic sense.

The next question, of course, is do we want to know?

Of course!

Yellow is a terrible color, and why not find out if we have the capability to do so!

I guess, when it comes down to ‘boy or girl’, I don’t care either way.  We’ll just have the possibility of having a girl with some super-awesome toys (for me to play with).

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