American Woman: Book 3

Chapter 20

Prince and I did finally have a real discussion about finding out the sex of the baby and mutually decided we couldn't wait to know. Not with the first baby anyway, maybe if we have more kids we can wait until they are born. So of course the two weeks leading up to the appointment were filled with guessing games amongst everyone. Even though Prince and I didn't care what we were having, he thought a girl and I thought a boy.
"Why do yall think that?" Maria asked us the day before the appointment.
"I don't know that's just what my motherly instinct is telling me. Plus maybe I'm buying into the morning sickness theory a little. Oh and supposedly if you crave more salty over sweet, it's a boy." I giggle.
"Well my fatherly instinct is telling me a girl." Prince jokes. "I guess I'm buying into the heart rate theory. Every time we have listened to it it's been around 145 beats per minute. Girls heart rates are supposed to be faster than a boys."
"Well since y'all are into silly old wives tales, I have one we can try." Diana suggests. "Prince led me see your wedding band. Maria get me a string please."
"Oh I know this one!" Maria exclaims. "It was right with two of my three kids."
"It was right with all of mine." Diana added. "It's the myth I believe in the most."
"What is it?!" I ask, eagerly.
"Ok Jensen, lay down." Diana instructs. "I am going to tie Prince's ring on this string and hold it over your belly. If it swings in circles, it's a girl. If it swings side to side, it's a boy."
"Oh this is silly!" Prince says, rolling his eyes.
"Shut up. It works." Diana insists. She hangs the string over my belly and we all hold our breath and watch.
"Oh my gosh it's going in circles! It's a girl! I knew it!" Maria exclaims. I start grinning really big up at Prince who is smirking.
"No....it's going side to side. It's a boy! I knew it!" Diana corrected her. I start giggling and Prince does too. Maria and Diana continue to argue about which way the string is swaying and Prince leans down to kiss me. "Guess we are just going to have to wait until tomorrow momma. Hope it cooperates better than right now."
"Knowing our offspring, probably not." I chuckle.
"Ok ladies. Quit arguing in front of my wife's belly. The baby can hear how crazy you two sound. Take my ring off that string, get back to work, and we will let you know the verdict tomorrow." Prince demands.

The next day, we are eagerly waiting in the room of the doctor's office for Dr. Thatcher. Prince is sitting in a chair, his knees nervously bouncing up and down rapidly. The next thing I know, he is by my side and we are looking at the ultrasound. "Ok let's see what we are having?" Dr. Thatcher says. She searches around for a little while and then says "gosh I'm having a hard time figuring it out. It looks like it has both parts honestly." My heart begins to pound wondering what that meant. "Wait! Oh my goodness! I think there are two babies in there!" She gasps.
"Twins?!!" Prince shrieks, his eyes going wide.
"Well I can't find two heads or four arms and legs but there is a vagina and a penis...oh no..."
I bolt up in the bed, drenched in sweat and screaming. Prince raises up quickly. "What is wrong momma? Is it the baby?!"
"Yes." I start crying. "It's a hermaphrodite!"
"Excuse me?!" He says, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
"The doctor found a penis and a vagina but on just one baby...."
"Momma it was a dream. That is not going to happen. And even if it does, we will love it just the same. We might just be saying it all it's life..." he jokes.
"It's not funny. What if something is wrong..."
"Like what baby? It's healthy. We know that. I promise it is either going to be a definite boy or definite girl. Ok? Come here honey." He says, laying me back and placing his hand on my tummy. He lightly rubs my protruding belly. "Hey how about after the appointment tomorrow we go pick out the first outfit for the baby and get you some maternity clothes? I'll call a store I know and ask them to open up tomorrow night for us. How does that sound?"
"That sounds like fun...."
"I'm going to have my wardrobe department make most of the stuff for you and the baby, but it will be fun to buy a couple things from the store. Try to go back to sleep momma. You need to be well rested for tomorrow."
"Ok." I snuggle into his chest and was asleep quickly.