Yesterday's scan went fairly well. Everything seems normal but the baby was in an awkward position so the doctor couldn't take a couple of measurements plus she couldn't be 100% certain of the sex. I'm having another scan in two weeks to check those measurements (and at the same time we will ask to have the sex verified).
During the pregnancy so far we've felt that either sex would be great. A girl would be better financially as we already have so much 'girl stuff' but a boy would have been nice for balance. In terms of names, it's going to be much harder to find a girl's name as we've used out two favourites already. I'm also slightly disappointed that we won't be able to give a boy my Grampa Jesse's name as a middle name. Again, a girl's middle name will be trickier as we've used the names of both grandmothers already. A further complication is that some of my favourite names are unsuitable as they would be too difficult for non Welsh people to pronounce - anything with a 'll' or a 'ch' is probably out, 'dd' is also a tricky one as although it's easy to say (it's sounds like the 'th' in 'the'), it's not an intuitive pronunciation. I've drawn up a shortlist of names I like and Rob and I will start discussing them soon.
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