My baby’s first scream echoes in the hospital room. At last, she’s arrived! “There’s a bit of a surprise…”
Austin instantly raises his head to look at the doctor. She’s smiling at us, a little embarrassed. “This happens very rarely. Your baby seems to have misled us. She’s not a little girl.”
Dr. Virginia turns the baby towards us after cleaning him. It’s… a boy! Austin’s eyes are rounded with surprises. We look at each other, half distraught, half amused.
But girl or boy, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is that our child is healthy. “What’s this little boy’s name, then?”
“Jasper.” Austin’s voice is full of emotion and sure at the same time. My husband didn’t give me the chance to ask him. He remembered…
We talked about it in the initial months of my pregnancy when we were
