Mum-to-be spends £3,000 on pink baby essentials then gives birth to baby boy

Published: 2013 August 05 14:56:11 (4824 Views)

When doctors told 20-week-pregnant Sarah Sharples she was expecting a baby girl, the first-time mother-to-be rushed straight out and spent £3,000 on pretty pink essentials for her new daughter.

Sarah, 25, who lives in Blyth, Northumberland, with husband Lee, filled her house with £500 of pink clothes, £1,000 of pink nursery furniture, and a £900 pink pram. And every basic, from feeding bottles to baby bath, was bought in the traditional girly colour.

But when Sarah went into early labour at 36 weeks, both she and Lee, 37, were surprised to meet their beautiful little baby... boy.

So now Sarah and Lee - who had already eagerly decorated the pink nursery with stencil's of their supposed daughter's chosen name, Lily-Mae - are adapting all their preparations to make them more suitable for their new son, Joseph.

Sarah said: 'I couldn't understand it when the midwife said it was a boy. All our scans had confirmed it was a girl and I had everything prepared in pink.

'We had picked her name, Lily-Mae, and had the room decorated with her name stencilled across the pink feature wall. We even had personalised blankets as gifts from family and friends.'

When Sarah found out she was pregnant, she and Lee decided they wished to know the baby's sex so they could be fully prepared for everything to come.

Discovering it was a girl meant the forward-thinking couple could purchase all they needed for their 'little princess'.

Friends and family bought lots of pink clothes and accessories as gifts, and their own spending began to mount up too.

But Sarah always knew having a baby wasn't going to be cheap, so the couple were happy to spend the money.

She said: 'It was my first baby and so we had to buy all the essentials.

'I wanted everything to be perfect for her so that she would want for nothing. Being prepared was my main concern, and seeing as I knew I was having a girl I didn't see the harm in buying everything in pink.'

And when Sarah went into labour four weeks early, she knew everything was ready for their new arrival.

But when the midwife went to hand the newborn to her she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Sarah said: 'The midwife said to Lee that there was something we needed to see.

'I instantly started panicking thinking what could possibly be wrong. She then said she wanted to congratulate us on the birth of our son.

'We looked at each other and couldn't believe that Lily-Mae was actually a boy.

'We decided to name him Joseph as we didn't think he would appreciate the name Lily-Mae.'

Sarah and Lee then had to start the mammoth task of trying to get back the staggering £3,000 they had spent so that they could get Joseph everything he would need.

Lee said: 'There was so much to change and friends and family have been so helpful.

'We had bought most of the clothes from ASDA and they were fantastic and let us exchange everything.

'But we still have a lot of pink things that we can't return and so we're just keeping them and hoping, at some stage, we have a girl.

'The nursery is now redecorated with a Monsters Inc. theme, so we think Joseph will prefer that to a pink room.'

- DM

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