Saturday, April 30, 2005

3 Most Asked Questions

Everywhere we go, whoever we meet, these are the 3 most asked questions... (potential parents, get the answers for these ready).
1. When is the delivery date?
2. Is it a boy or a girl?
3. Who is taking care of the baby after confinement?

For (1), well, after you see the gynae for the 1st time, (s)he'll be able to tell you when the due date's gonna be, give or take 2-3 weeks.
As for Caleb, he's gonna breathe air for the 1st time predicted on 15th May 2005.

For (2), you'll be surprised that some people actually come up to you when your wife is barely showing and asks if its gonna be a boy or a girl. Well, in fact, if I had been keeping track on what I was eating, what the temperature was during that 'fateful' nite, or even whether my work had been stressed or not, I might have been able to suggest a 50%-50% accuracy guess :) But the truth is, it is only after 4-5 months when the gynae will be able to tell if its a 0 or a 1 from the scans :)
For our case, obviously, Caleb was seen as clearly a 1.

For (3), something that really needs to be considered early... if you can. Discussions with in-laws, homework on helper charges, spouses' response to possibly quitting job all need to be gotten out of the way early so that you'll have at least some idea where the boundaries are. However for us, up till now, we still don't know yet. Nothhing that we are really worrying about, since Caleb is God's blessing to us, and He surely knows how He wants Caleb to be taken care of. So we're praying and watching, yet at the same time continuing to do our search to see which doors He is opening and How He is leading.
Will update on the blog once we know :)

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