Mae B Jolly

I am convinced this little one is a boy. I have been since I got the first positive pregnancy test. I do not have a preference and would be just as happy with a girl as I would be with a boy.

Several weeks ago I noticed a symptom with this pregnancy that I did not notice with my last two (one boy, one girl) which is long DARK hairs on my stomach.

I do not mean your regular barely there peach fuzz only longer, I mean like the sort of stomach hair that males get. I know this is a normal symptom in pregnancy but was wondering if you had it and if that baby ended up a boy.

(As I said, I do NOT mean just a hairier than normal belly, but rather a belly with dark thick hairs much like pubic hairs.)

He has been in Kuwait for 7 months and I have been able to deal with that by reminding myself that Kuwait is a fairly peaceful country. However sometime around my birthday next month they are moving his deployment to Iraq for the last 7 months he will be gone. To get to his base, he will have to drive through some places that are still unstable. The last time he was there, he was in a convoy down the exact same road and it was ambushed.

Is there anything at all that can help me calm my nerves over this and be as supporting as I can be without letting on that I'm scared for his life?