After one woman’s side of the family had failed to produce a single boy in fifty years, she was sure her most recent pregnancy would result in yet another female.
Imagine mother Dara Crouch’s surprise when, after her delivery on April 25, she was told she had given birth to a boy.
The 29-year-old Georgia-based mother of one daughter all-but-assumed she was fated to continue her family’s female legacy, and her sheer shock and awe upon learning otherwise was captured in a series of incredible photos.
Shocked! Dara Crouch (right) was certain her recent pregnancy would result in a girl
Breaking the chain! Crouch said her side of the family has only given birth to girls for the last fifty years, but not anymore
Crouch and her husband opted to wait until delivery to learn the sex of their future child, though both had their own ideas of what would happen.Despite the family lineage of women, Crouch’s husband had faith that this pregnancy would be different. ‘[He] thought from the beginning that it was a boy she told
‘It never really set in that this baby could be a boy until just a few minutes before he was born,’ she said. And with this realization came a handful of uncertainties: ‘I started freaking out because I had never been around a little boy and didn’t know much about raising one.
The gender of the baby wasn’t found out until delivery. Crouch said that ‘When my midwife, Melissa, held him up, I was in complete shock! It was a boy, and I lost it!’
Whatever doubts Crouch had about the idea of birthing a little boy quickly dissipated. ‘I was so excited, and so in love! I couldn’t imagine it being any other way!
Welcome to the family: Crouch admitted some nerves at the idea of having a boy, as she has far more experience with girls