A full six months to go before this baby is due to be born, and it’s first photograph is being sent to admiring friends and relations.
I was expecting to see one of those scratchy, 2-dimension ultrasound scans photographs, at some time, later in the year. But suddenly I can see not only one of those but also an incredible, clear sepia-coloured photo – nearly-formed ears, little skinny arms, bony bottom, legs relaxed. A real miracle.
This is another generational, continental difference: I didn’t have any scan, - I wasn’t offered one, and if I had been, I probably wouldn’t have wanted it. More than that, I definitely wouldn’t have wanted to know what the baby’s sex was. Somehow, it didn’t seem important to know, until the birth.
But these parents couldn’t wait to find out – and the hospital was glad to oblige. So we already know ‘it’ is a she!
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