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SD at U/S
dmstar79
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So yesterday's post regarding having the SS at U/S got me thinking. Would I want to bring SD to my U/S?
She's ten and is excited about the baby. In church when we make the sign of the cross she'll cross my belly, or when leaving she does a checklist of the things we shouldn't forget, "Daddy? check. SM? check. Baby? check". I don't think she's ever gone to BM's U/S and it would be a neat experience for her. So when I brought this up to DH yesterday he said "No" without hesitation. I was surprised, because he didn't even think about it.
I'm not going to push the matter, but again, I found it unusual.
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Re: SD at U/S
I think that is kind of strange. Did your DH say why he didn't want her there? My SD is SO excited about the possibility of having a baby brother or sister she talks about it constantly, in fact this morning while she was eating breakfast she said ' I can't wait until you get pregnant!' I just laughed.
With the earlier post I have thought about having SD there and I don't think I would have a problem with it with a couple of conditions. 1. It would have to be later in the pregnancy so the chances of anything going wrong would be lower, and 2. She would have to wait outside until the doctor said that everything looked okay and then we would bring her in. She has seen my neice's ultrasound photos but has no clue what she is looking at.
I think it would get her even MORE excited. I don't think we will be finding out the sex of the baby until birth so we wouldn't have that to really worry about (at least that is the plan right now).
If you all got along, I too would find it unusual. Perhaps your DH just wanted to have you and him there? not sure.....
I think the U/S are a good time for family bonding, especially for siblings not crazy about the idea of having another baby in the picture. I think kids would think it's pretty neat to see the baby on the sonogram machine.
He only said "she would miss school" which actually may not be true. My appointment is at 8:15 in the morning and then I have my exam afterwards. DH isn't staying for the exam and can take SD to school (which is a half mile from my appointment) which starts at 9:00. She may be a little late, but not by much. I felt it was a bit week.
We are all very close which is the other reason I thought it was strange. We have SD every weekend and DH is an excellent father to her. Having her included in our lives is a huge deal to us.
SD was born on 06/06/01 and DD was born on 08/11/06
If you bring it up again, is it going to annoy him? Just wondering what he would think of asking her if she wants to go? I mean, I know my SKs liked looking at the pics, even though they didn't know what they were looking at.
This is also how we informed them of whether they were getting a sister or brother! (One of the ultrasound pics said "It's a girl!")