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Halfway through the pregnancy and the day I had anxiously been waiting for arrived—boy or girl? I was surprisingly anxious considering I didn’t have a preference either way. I think the reason I was so apprehensive was because two kids will likely be enough for us, so finding out the gender of our baby was essentially the moment the make-up of our future family would be set in stone.

The relief I felt when we were told we were expecting a little girl was slightly greater than the disappointment I felt that we weren’t having a boy. Another baby girl – yay!

Interestingly, the negative reactions I have received when disclosing the gender have far outweighed the positive ones. The enthusiastic 'Fantastic! Two kids of the same gender is ideal! You must be so happy!' comment was shot down by the countless ‘Oh no, I'm sorry. How do you feel about that?'s and the ‘I guess you'll be trying for number three then?’s. It's interesting to me that people feel completely comfortable making a judgement about how I must feel about the gender of my unborn child, and seem surprised and slightly offended when I tell them I am thrilled with another girl.

Irrespective of anything else we will be welcoming a beautiful new little person into our family in a few months time with her own mind and unique personality.

And speaking of personality, oh my—The Bean is just full of it. What a delightful age this is turning out to be! She comes home from day care and acts out scenes of what happened during the day, playing the part of each person. She is generous with her compliments telling me I have pretty hair and nails, she asks how my day was, and she tells me she loves me out of the blue. Heartbreakingly, she is also suddenly scared of the dark, begging to sleep with her door open each night.