Anyone who already has a DD...

[lovetobemama]

I only have one child, my sweet little DS, and so I only have my pregnancy with him for experience, so now that I am pregnant again, I have a question for you DD mommies.

DH and I felt strongly that he was a boy, and were right. Well, this time, this first week of my pregnancy feels the same as with DS, except for 2 differences. I am already having some m/s, which didn't start until week 7 with DS, and, in addition, I am a crazy ball of emotions!!:dizzy: Today has actually been a good day, but the ones before it were filled with me trying to reign in my emotions all day long. I am not much of a crier, but have been close to tears several times each day. This NEVER happened with DS. I feel like the hormones racing through my body are completely out of control. I can barely keep it together sometimes.

The reason I bring this up is that DH and I both strong feel that this baby is a girl. For any of you who have had a girl, or especially those of you who have had both girls and boys, did you feel discernable differences in your hormones depending on the sex of the baby? I'm wondering if it is possible that extra estrogen rather than extra testosterone in my system could be part of it. However, at only 4 weeks along, is it even possible that my hormones could even be affected by the baby this early?

What do you think? Let me know, I'll be back to check after I go cry my eyes out because I couldn't find my favorite socks today!:bawl :lol

[Nature]

I had extreme weepiness with two of my three girls. No boys here yet, but I found all three of my girl pregnancies to be totally different from each other. Honestly!! I know everyone says that, but it really is true. I felt green the entire pregnancy for two of them, and no morning sickness at all for one of them. I felt that 2 of my girls were boys, and well.. they weren't. :lol So intuition isn't always right. In fact, every wives tale, test, and Chinese chart said my girls were boys. :lol

[MamaBBrown2003]

I was definitely more emotional with my girls' pregnancies. With my son, I didn't get crazy, emotional until about the eighth month. I suspect better prenatal vitamins had something to do with it, but then again the old wives' tale I heard is that mamas carrying boys are happier -- because they have a penis in them all the time. LOL!

I've been fortunate enough to have escaped true MS with all 3 of my previous dc's pregnancies. However, my nausea was more pronounced with my girls, but lasted much longer with my boy (20 weeks, I think). I also had heartburn and swelling with my girls, but not my boy. I do credit my prenatals with the heartburn help because when we went on vacation and I forgot to take them with me, I ended up with terrible heartburn for a couple nights.

With all 3 of mine before, I "knew" what they were by about 4 months. I'm feeling kind of "girly" this time. I'm only 10 dpo, and already, I'm exhausted, ravenous, nauseated, and irritable. With ds, the only reason I tested was because my cycle was late.

[eilonwy]

with my first i had hyperemesis (i lost 55 pounds!!); he was a boy. with the second, she was so easy to carry that i didn't really believe i was pregnant until she started kicking. the third i had horrible morning sickness again so i thought she was a boy, but i was wrong.

this time, i'mnot holding my breath *lol*

[azyre]

I dunno, I don't know if I can really believe that the sex hormones of a tiny little fetus could make that much difference this early on? Maybe later but not at this point, but I think women have such varying symptoms across the board and within their own individual experiences I can't really believe it makes a hell of a lot of difference at any time.

That said, it is all fun to ponder :) I am totally convinced I have another girl coming because of the timing, I could be in for a big suprise. I will be really suprised if I have a boy in here :)

[flapjack]

I was far more emotional with dd, but less sick than with my boys. FWIW, I found that a good omega 3 supplement helped take the edge off things.