Gender? - Page 2

[onetwoten]

At the time I got pregnant our family on DH's side (no kids on my side) had 5 girls. I really really really wanted a boy, to be able to 'have the first boy'. It sounds silly, but I wanted to have something 'special' about our baby.  And then a few weeks ago, my SIL had her last baby, and it was a boy, and now I think I can say I don't really care anymore... I just want a baby! lol. DH still leans boy, and I think I do a little bit, but I'd also be totally excited with a girl as well. And since we have the five nieces, I have an unlimited supply of girls clothing/toys/etc coming to us, so that's definitely a bonus. We would have enough boys clothing too, but nothing like the stockpile of pink. 

In talking about the baby, we always refer to it as "he", but when I randomly picture the baby being here, it's a girl. But as I said... we both think we may have seen boy parts, so we'll see. 

[Amanda Williams]

I'm hoping for a boy because we have three daughters and one son. Our boy is the youngest and I think it would be great for him to have a brother so close in age. Also, this is our last baby, so I would love to have one more boy! BUT, if it is a girl, things will be fine. Part of me thinks another boy will never be able to "compare" to our son. He is ALL boy, wild, assertive, attached to mama, big time. I think he would be just fine if he were the only.

We are blessed to have this baby and will be thrilled with either one.

Although, I cannot help but think that something isn't quite right with this pregnancy. :(

Getting anxious for that appointment next week!

[cwill]

Originally Posted by Azadehhast 

For those of us who don't already know the baby's gender, does anyone have a preference? I know you're not *supposed* to prefer one to the other, but DH and I do, so I thought I'd see if anyone else will confess a preference!

It's our first, and we are both really hoping for a girl. Hoping as in, DH jokes that he'll be really dissapointed if it comes out and has a penis. Of course, if is is a boy, we will still be thrilled. But right now, we don't really know what we'd DO with a boy, how to raise him, how to have fun with him, and when I think of interacting with my child, I always imagine it's female. So, we'll see what happens!

As far as trying to intuit what it is, based in when we conceived, it's probably a boy, but somewhere in my deeper mind, I'm thinking "she". It's a total mystery!

I didn't think I had a preference, but I really feel like it's a girl and I think I'll have some mental adjusting to do if it's not.  We almost certainly won't find out until it gets here.  We will have at least one more ultrasound though so I'll have to try to look away at that point.  It's pretty fun to think that it could be anything and everything.  Whether a boy or girl, we will do all the same things - whether they like it or not!  (j/k)  So it the sex doesn't really matter.  But I can just imagine a girl better.  We have better girl names picked out.  IDK  Sometimes I think that I think it's a girl because I just visited a bunch of friends that all have girls.  OTOH most of my friends nearby have boys so you'd think I'd be influenced by them.  

[Azadehhast]

Cwill, yeah, I don't think gender matters much at all with little ones. At least, I certainly hope to raise a mostly un-gendered baby. I'm so annoyed at the baby clothes available, how little of it there is that isn't strictly pink or blue, as if a girl can only wear pink, and a boy certainly can't. What does it matter to baby?!

I think I just feel like I'll relate to a girl more, as she grows up.

What an amazing mystery this is! We're not planning any ultrasounds, so it'll definitely be a surprise early some December morning to see what we get. Oh, the love!

[cwill]

I hate the baby clothes too.  I googled "unisex baby clothes" or something like that and got mostly white onesies.  That's really the best people can come up with?  Is it really so important that gender is established from day 1?

[ZoeJane'sMommy]

Originally Posted by Azadehhast 

For those of us who don't already know the baby's gender, does anyone have a preference? I know you're not *supposed* to prefer one to the other, but DH and I do, so I thought I'd see if anyone else will confess a preference!

It's our first, and we are both really hoping for a girl. Hoping as in, DH jokes that he'll be really dissapointed if it comes out and has a penis. Of course, if is is a boy, we will still be thrilled. But right now, we don't really know what we'd DO with a boy, how to raise him, how to have fun with him, and when I think of interacting with my child, I always imagine it's female. So, we'll see what happens!

As far as trying to intuit what it is, based in when we conceived, it's probably a boy, but somewhere in my deeper mind, I'm thinking "she". It's a total mystery!

I really wanted a boy for my first one, my DH didn't care either way, and when I found out it was a girl I cried!! I am not a girly girl and didn't really know what to do with a girl. She is a perfect beautiful 4 year old now. And let me tell you as soon as I saw her I knew it was my destiny to be her mother. I have never been so in love and I would not trade her for anything. We are now pregnant with our second one and since I now realize I would get what was meant for me I really did not care what we got. I found out it was a BOY and I was so shocked and excited, and now I think to myself how am I going to raise a boy...............LOL! And let me just say it is perfectly normal to want one over the other and to even get sad if you don't get what you, those are everyday human emotions so don't let anyone tell you differently. Go ahead and get happy or sad now because I know when he/she arrives it will not matter anymore.

[ZoeJane'sMommy]

Originally Posted by mom2isa 

I had my first and only ultrasound today. Everyone in my husband's family has either all girls or all boys. We already have a DD and the baby we lost last year was also a girl. DH says he can only make girls. Apparently he is wrong because we are having a boy. This will be the very first boy in my family. There are 7 grandchildren....16 years of girls. They won't know what do to with a boy...LOL. DD was the first grandchild in DH's family, so there will be a boy and a girl. I'm thrilled!

That is so crazy that is exactly how my family is. And in fact the men in my husband family only has girls(the women have boys) and the women in my family have girls (the men in my family have boys) so we knew our 2nd would be a girl also. Then I started doing the research and found that it is several different things that come into play and really the mans sperm in a normal healthy male has almost the exact same amount of boy girl sperm. So then I starting thinking how could it be possible for so many families to 3 and 4 of the same gender babies in one small family? We were so surpised to hear it is a boy!!!!! We are the first couple in his and my family to have one of each since my MOM!! And there are a ton of babies. Even my aunt had to have 2 boys then a girl and my Uncle had 4 boys then a girl. But all my siblings have same sex and they all have 2 or 3.

[AshleeS]

Found out this morning we are having a BOY!  I thought maybe girl...but surprise!   Ha-ha...I have thought every baby was going to be a girl.  I have only been right once!    

[Caitlin0919]

MIL was convinced that DD was a boy because everyone in her family has boys as their first child. She even bought us some boy outfits because she was so convinced of it. Luckily most of the stuff she bought could be used for DD anyway.