Those who don't know the sex

[the_lissa]

Do you have any feelings, intuition, ideas?

What do other people think?

I have absolutely no idea. Everyone keeps telling me girl, but I don't know.

I was 100% convinced my son was a girl though, so I am useless.

[lightheartedmom]

I refuse to even examine whether or not I have any "intuition" because I was 100% convinced my DD was a boy. I think my "intuition" is broken.

I've had more predictions of boy than girl this time, whereas last time, things were split more evenly between boy and girl.

[trauerweidchen]

My husband thought we'd have a girl even before we got pregnant, and early on thought it was a girl; most of my friends think girl. I "treated" myself in a weak moment yesterday to McDonald's (we hardly ever eat fast food), and the woman who took my order was convinced I'm having a girl, since she apparently predicted all 6 of her children and her daughter's baby... Then there's my FIL, who is convinced we're having a boy.

I've had dreams both ways but most recently have thought we're having a boy, and DH has been thinking that too. I can't point to anything concrete, even though I think my intuition is usually pretty decent. I'm getting more and more eager to find out, however!

[iana703]

I feel pretty strongly that the baby is a girl. But I am ALL alone in this thinking. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, complete strangers even tell me I am having a boy. There is a lady at my church that knit a blue blanket for me. I can't get around it, its a boy, lol. So I have to convince myself of the possibility of the baby being a girl just so I am not shocked.

[burm_keep]

My DH is positive it is a girl and has felt that since the beginning. My son is hoping for a girl. I thought in the beginning it was a girl and now I'm not positive of anything

[lil_miss_understood]

We had an u/s that said it's a boy... but I'm not convinced. As far as I'm concerned, we don't know until the baby's out and I won't believe it's one gender or the other until I either see a penis dangling between his legs or not, as the case may be. (Please excuse the crudeness of that remark, but..) I have 2 nieces who were "supposed to be" nephews though, so I may be a little jaded.

[BoringTales]

I'm from DIJuly, but wanted to pop in because I saw this on new posts!

I don't know the gender. This is baby #4 for us, we have three boys. I assume it will be another boy! This pregnancy has been almost exactly like all my others, with just a few minor differences in symptoms. Everyone I talk to with both genders says that the boy and girl pregnancies are really, really different.

I've been having dreams that its a boy too, but those don't mean anything. I had girl dreams with my other kids, quite a bit, actually.

I can't wait to find out though! This *might* be our last. I'm not going to let anyone tell me what the baby is after he/she is born. I want to look for myself.

[the_lissa]

If it helps, my first two pregnancies were the same and resulted in a boy and girl. This one is really different, but it has to be one or the other.

[octanebeetle27]

Originally Posted by BoringTales

I don't know the gender. This is baby #4 for us, we have three boys. I assume it will be another boy! This pregnancy has been almost exactly like all my others, with just a few minor differences in symptoms. Everyone I talk to with both genders says that the boy and girl pregnancies are really, really different.

Hey same here--except I've the got the three girls! And this pregnancy has been just like my other ones with just a few minor differences as well. I just can't imagine this baby coming out with a penis. I've been obsessed with finding a boy name that DH and I agree on--we still haven't been able to decide. Since we've never found out the gender of any of our babies before birth you'd think we have a good list of boy names since we've never used one but we don't!

[LisaG]

DH is thinking girl, my mom SWEARS it's a boy - she keeps having "ALL these DREAMS and they're so VIVID!!!!!" One of my SILs thinks girl, her hubby thinks boy - if she's right, she gets all new kitchen appliances (no pressure) One of my clients told me "oh, that's so sweet you're having a boy" and according to her she's always right, but I didn't have the heart to remind her that when my brother and his wife were expecting she said boy and they had a girl - oops!

I keep going back and forth - at first I was thinking boy and then I get a stronger feeling for girl and back again. Guess we'll find out when he/she arrives!

My brother and his wife are the only ones that really know what we're having and they've done a darn good job of not slipping. My SIL offered to vote for a certain presidential candidate if we'd find out the sex, so I agreed . DH and I decided we really didn't want to know, so I brought a card in when I had my anatomy scan done and the doc filled it out and I mailed it off to them. They sent us a gender specific going home from the hospital outfit wrapped up and put in a gift bag stapled shut. So far, it's still unopened in the back of the closet

[scrappingmom]

We dont know what we are having and oddly enough i have NO intuitive feeling.. which weirds me out because I've ALWAYS had a gut feeling from the beginning, even with the miscarriages(to early to confirm sex but i had a feeeling) I was right with my first 3 and wrong with the last 2 kids... i havent a slight clue this time and ahvent at any point.

My first EVERYONE said was a girl, my great aunt madea quilt with majority pink, did blue some to be "neutral" but..its not.... I never honestly considered until a few days before he was born that there was a posibility he COULD be a girl ... the thought never actually crossed my mind i was just so sure... good thing i was right i wonder if i may have freaked is he had turned out to be she

[Full Heart]

Originally Posted by the_lissa

Do you have any feelings, intuition, ideas?

What do other people think?

I have absolutely no idea. Everyone keeps telling me girl, but I don't know.

I was 100% convinced my son was a girl though, so I am useless.

Nope, I have always been wrong. Well not exactly true. I figured #1 would be a girl because there has been a first born girl for at least 5 generations on my side. Sure enough #1 was a girl. I thought #3 was a boy because for whatever reason we actually discussed circ during that pg. Never even entered our minds before then. #3 was a boy. But other than that I wasn't very good about guessing.

My mom thinks finding out is best left for the delivery so she doesn't give me grief but my mil is a fruit about it. She asks and asks and asks. She should know by now we don't find out. I mean there are only 2 ways to find out. Amnio and US (prior to birth of course). If one of those hasn't happened since the last time I talked to her my guess would be I still don't know.

I have 2 girls and 5 boys in that order. I think my chances for another boy are pretty high. Esp if you consider I have 5 brothers and am the only girl. Dh has 2 brothers and 3 male cousins and bil has a son. Thats it no other girls except for my 2. So based on that I think its a boy.

[Punchy Kaby]

Originally Posted by LisaG

My brother and his wife are the only ones that really know what we're having and they've done a darn good job of not slipping. My SIL offered to vote for a certain presidential candidate if we'd find out the sex, so I agreed . DH and I decided we really didn't want to know, so I brought a card in when I had my anatomy scan done and the doc filled it out and I mailed it off to them. They sent us a gender specific going home from the hospital outfit wrapped up and put in a gift bag stapled shut. So far, it's still unopened in the back of the closet

That is really cute!!

I have NO idea, NO intuition. People tell me both boy and girl, it is evenly split. DH was just telling me today he's really glad we didn't find out, that it is going to be a great surprise for the end that he gets to announce. He originally wanted to know. I have had 2 vastly different pregnancies but it still doesn't make me think it is one gender or another.

[larzanna]

I have no intuition. I have had only one dream (boy). My mom has had a few girl dreams.
EVERYONE says boy (i wait tables so i get alot of imput!), including the MW.
I guess i assume its a boy cause i REALLY want a girl and i never get what i want...thats my life.
I will be shocked (and very happy) if it turns out to be a girl! Only a few more weeks....

[Limabean1975]

I had alot of boy intuition with DS, and I was right....but hey, it's a 50/50 chance, the odds are darn good!

This time, I think I've tried so hard to "tune in" to my hunches that I've numbed them. Although, last night I was lying in bed visualizing my birth and kept thinking "her" and "she" in my inner narrative.

And alot of people are saying girl for me this time....though some of them are basing that on this pregnancy being more uncomfortable for me than my first, and I think that's mainly to do with me not being a Pregnant Pampered Princess this time...too busy being a SAHM of a 3 year-old for princessdom!

[Miasmamma]

My US tech got a brief shot when she was measuring femur length and said it looked like a girl, but I am so not convinced. I had a very easy pregnancy with DD, but this is one is easier. I didn't even feel really pregnant until about last week. I have no swelling to speak of, except my ankles at the end of the day and even then, it's not super noticeable. I've gained a whopping 16 pounds, and nothing really in the past month. A little heartburn, but nothing like it was with DD and no food aversions except for hummus, and I think that's just the texture. So we'll see, but I won't be surprised if there is a penis instead of a vulva!

[LisaG]

larzanna - hello neighbor We've got a small number of locals here - you, me and JD Plus it appears there's a fair number of women from Ohio on here.

Can I just say, I have no idea how you're waiting tables at this stage of the game. Kudos to you!

[Limabean1975]

Originally Posted by LisaG

My brother and his wife are the only ones that really know what we're having and they've done a darn good job of not slipping. My SIL offered to vote for a certain presidential candidate if we'd find out the sex, so I agreed . DH and I decided we really didn't want to know, so I brought a card in when I had my anatomy scan done and the doc filled it out and I mailed it off to them. They sent us a gender specific going home from the hospital outfit wrapped up and put in a gift bag stapled shut. So far, it's still unopened in the back of the closet

Ahhh, that's hilarious!!

[Lynn08]

Lurking... but I had to respond.

When I was pregnant I (and almost everyone else) was positive I was having a boy. Dh and I wanted to be surprised so we never had an u/s, but we were 99% positive it was a boy (my intuition, the way I was carrying, etc.) There were only 3 ppl that I remember who thought/said otherwise. My grandmother began knitting a pink blanket as soon as she found out we were pg, but later because of our "certainty" changed her mind, but still finished the blanket thinking she would keep it for the next girl child. My aunt was ttc around the same time and I'm sure she was just projecting her desire for a little girl. And finally, one customer where I worked said I was having a girl because "my face got fat", to which I replied "no, my cheeks have always been this big"

So imagine our surprise when the mw handed me a girl instead of a boy! It's the whole reason we didn't want to know in the first place.

Congrats and good luck to all you mamas and new babes!

[greenmamapagan]

I thought DD was a girl (and was obviously right). DH and I both think this baby is a boy but DD is adamant it's a girl. We'd put that down to just her wanting a sister but she actually knew I was pregnant before we did (two days before I was due to bleed and hadn't tested she said "Mama, there's a baby in your tummy") so she might just be right...