My 11th hour Mommy intuition kicked in

amandad715

I had an epiphany about a day before our ultrasound about this. And despite the fact that this pregnancy has been completely different (aka uber pukey still at 23 weeks) AND going against both the scientifically proven "string test" AND the Chinese Gender Chart, Baby Tres is a BOY!
Holy good gracious I'm going to be way outnumbered.

MRoxy0628

Congrats! You may be outnumbered, but they'll love you so much! And you'll likely never have someone stealing your clothes!

misspunky

Congratulations!! They will be so protective of their mama!

miss50

My dream would be village of boys. Congratulations!

Holly_1007

So exciting!

smb+jab

Congratulations!  You might be out numbered but those boys will always love their mommy

Plus you can be the queen of the castle!

kelbel527

Congrats!!  At least you already know what you're getting into!    

BPer

Congrats!

tinyhumantoe

Congratulations!!!   

Pokedot

Oh how awesome! Congrats!

melody921

Congrats! Your boys are going to have so much fun together.

BeebopandBuddy

Congratulations! My H has five brothers and they have so many great stories about growing up and playing together. You will have a blast!

hmp1

Congrats! 

watercolor5

Congrats!  How exciting!

jenndub

Congratulations!!!! I wanted all boys before I had my first, but I'm happy with just the one. Football Sundays include a lot more pink than I originally planned on. Super excited for you!

Eastie156

Congratulations!

PenelopePond

Congrats!  They're going to have so much fun together, and it'll be awesome to have three big boys looking out for you.

amandad715

Thx everyone for the well wishes and congrats. Sorry this is long! FFSC-a truthful follow up to my FFFC from a few weeks ago.
The past few months I was confident that this baby was a girl. Like we had two boys, now we'll have a girl to complete our family. All the sickness and just my wanting the boys to have a sister was powerful enough to convince myself. I literally never, ever thought I wouldn't have a daughter. But as we got closer to the ultrasound, the "it's a boy. I just know it" feelings took over. Deep down I was letting the thoughts of a having daughter slowly fade. Every time I thought about it, it was almost like my head was now convincing my heart to let the idea of a girl go. And if it happened to BE a girl, then I would be surprised.
At the ultrasound, I was very calm and told the tech we wanted her to write it down so we could open it at home. I was worried if we found out there that I wouldn't take it well. It ended up I had to have a dr come in to do a transvaginal ultrasound in additional to the regular A/S. He was checking on my placenta which is anterior and my csection scar. It's something they are going to keep checking on throughout the rest of this pregnancy. With that being said, my emotions about the sex were pushed aside with the nervousness that something was wrong with me. I thought I saw "something" on the screen but couldn't be sure.
When we for home and after the boys went to sleep, I still wasn't ready. The following night we opened the envelope. I'm not going to lie, I cried. A lot. The ugly cry. I cried over things I'll never get to experience (bows, pigtails, ballet shoes, mother-daughter bonding, watching DH walk down the aisle). At that point, it was letting go of 30-some years of being a Mom to a little girl.
It's taken a few weeks to get used to it. And telling people has proven difficult. I could tell my mom was disappointed just by her voice and that was hard to hear. My MIL was over-the-top-excited which was not where I was at the time and that made me uncomfortable. It's hard to explain. My BFF "got it" as she is a mom of 2 boys who has sisters and nieces.
I know I love him so much and this sadness and will be a something that passes and will be just a blip from this pregnancy. Now we just have to figure out a name.

Flamingemu

amandad715 said:

Thx everyone for the well wishes and congrats. Sorry this is long! FFSC-a truthful follow up to my FFFC from a few weeks ago. The past few months I was confident that this baby was a girl. Like we had two boys, now we'll have a girl to complete our family. All the sickness and just my wanting the boys to have a sister was powerful enough to convince myself. I literally never, ever thought I wouldn't have a daughter. But as we got closer to the ultrasound, the "it's a boy. I just know it" feelings took over. Deep down I was letting the thoughts of a having daughter slowly fade. Every time I thought about it, it was almost like my head was now convincing my heart to let the idea of a girl go. And if it happened to BE a girl, then I would be surprised. At the ultrasound, I was very calm and told the tech we wanted her to write it down so we could open it at home. I was worried if we found out there that I wouldn't take it well. It ended up I had to have a dr come in to do a transvaginal ultrasound in additional to the regular A/S. He was checking on my placenta which is anterior and my csection scar. It's something they are going to keep checking on throughout the rest of this pregnancy. With that being said, my emotions about the sex were pushed aside with the nervousness that something was wrong with me. I thought I saw "something" on the screen but couldn't be sure. When we for home and after the boys went to sleep, I still wasn't ready. The following night we opened the envelope. I'm not going to lie, I cried. A lot. The ugly cry. I cried over things I'll never get to experience (bows, pigtails, ballet shoes, mother-daughter bonding, watching DH walk down the aisle). At that point, it was letting go of 30-some years of being a Mom to a little girl. It's taken a few weeks to get used to it. And telling people has proven difficult. I could tell my mom was disappointed just by her voice and that was hard to hear. My MIL was over-the-top-excited which was not where I was at the time and that made me uncomfortable. It's hard to explain. My BFF "got it" as she is a mom of 2 boys who has sisters and nieces. I know I love him so much and this sadness and will be a something that passes and will be just a blip from this pregnancy. Now we just have to figure out a name.

Gender disappointment is totally ok. You are allowed to be sad about what you won't have. You will also love your little boy no matter what. Take your time, and do what you need to.

I have made no secret that I was extremely disappointed L was a girl. I started bawling in the A/S when they told me. I didn't tell anyone in my family for weeks. All I wanted was a boy, but now that I have L, I couldn't imagine it any other way. I won't lie. If it turns out that we can't have any more kids, I will likely mourn the son I never had all over again. That doesn't mean I love my daughter any less. 

Bluebird2318

You are going to have so much fun! I wanted a boy really badly when I was pregnant with DD. In my head I just wasn't "a girl mom." It took a few days and some tears to adjust, but ultimately I was thrilled to have a girl and wouldn't have had it any other way. In the end you don't need sons, you don't need daughters; you just need your children, whatever they may be. 

MRoxy0628

@amandad715 Just came back to read this.  I remember you mentioning you really wanted a girl.  Hugs to you.  I agree with what other said, you are allowed to feel sadness and disappointment.  I'm glad you have someone in your real life who understands and can support you.