We were a family of 4 for 7 years before she came along.
Our last photo as a family of 4
Time came and we felt ready for one more child, and the obvious prayer was to have a daughter as a “grand finale”. We checked my sister’s Chinese “sex determination chart” then I downloaded all the info I could find on the net after googling “How to make a baby girl”. Printed it all out (for easy reference) and ended up with an inch-thick “manual” of sorts.
Recommendations would be given on the type of food or drink you should ingest, the type of underwear you should wear, when to have intercourse, sexual positions, what vaginal wash to use, to influence your baby-to-be’s gender. Some people would swear by the effectivity of some tips, but on the next post, another person would say those same tips did not work for them. So after going through the pages in our “manual” and still not getting those two lines in the pregnancy kit, we threw up our hands, and said, “It’s up to you, God!” and prayed. Just a month after our submission to fate (and faith), we got pregnant! Then faced the heavens and said, “Bahala ka na, Lord!” And after 9 months, tons of novena prayers, He blessed us with our little girl…
Reese at 1 week old
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