With my first son, I had an immediate feeling he was going to be a boy. Something just told me. When I was 17 weeks, I had an ultrasound and they asked me if I wanted to know the sex, and I replied "I already do". I was right! Now this time around, I have the same feeling, however, I am adament this one is a girl. I don't even think of this baby being a boy, and find myself referring to it as "her" or "she".
Is this just a mother's instinct? Have any of you ladies experienced it?
Re: Mother Instinct?
This is my first pregnancy, and yes I have that "feeling" too. I have always thought it was a boy. From the time I got a BFP, a first named popped into my head and I have been calling him by that name ever since! Boy or girl, I just want a happy and healthy baby.
I really can't tell what I feel either way. I really want a boy because this is BF's first child, and he would love a son, but he did say a lot of positive things if it's a girl also.
But I have two sons, so I don't know if I jeep referring to the baby as him out of habit from having boys, or if it's something more.
Guess I'll find out in a few weeks. UGH!
At first I thought for sure it will be a girl, but I think that's just because I am hoping for a girl. I don't think I have any real feelings about what it could be!
When my SIL was pregnant with her youngest, she said she just knew it was a girl. She said it was so different than with her boys, and she even started buying lots of girl things before her ultrasound. Turns out, it was another boy! Lots of stuff had to go back which made her feel awful about it.
I had a huge feeling my baby was a boy, but at the ultrasound the DR said GIRL!!! I couldn't believe it... we are having another ultrasound soon and I have an eery feeling she will come up as a boy!
yes. With my son I just knew he would be a boy and wasn't at all surprised at the sonogram when the doc told us so. With this pregnancy I have to same feeling that it's a girl. In all the dreams I have that include the baby it's always a girl too. Plus, DS hugs my belly and says how much he "loves his baby sister." Maybe he's got the instinct too.
The rest of the family is convinced it's a boy because there hasn't been a girl born in my husband's family for at least 4 generations. Time to break the cycle.
Definitely. I had 3 vivid dreams it was a girl and was not surprised when the ultrasound tech said "girl!"
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i think I have the opposite ability....i swore up and down we were having a boy nad we have a beautiful daughter...with all of our friends that are getting preganant and having babies i have been wrong about what they are having also...lol....i just tell my people now that whatever i think it is, it will be the opposite...lol...it was weird tho....we had a girls name picked out before we even got pregnant and couldn't agree on a boys name...maybe i should have considered that a sign...
i think I have the opposite ability....i swore up and down we were having a boy and we have a beautiful daughter...with all of our friends that are getting preganant and having babies i have been wrong about what they are having also...lol....i just tell my people now that whatever i think it is, it will be the opposite...lol...it was weird tho....we had a girls name picked out before we even got pregnant and couldn't agree on a boys name...maybe i should have considered that a sign...
totally mothers instinct! i am now pregnant with my first at the age of 41. when i was about 26 i suddenly KNEW that when i had a baby (never dreamed itd be so far down the road!) it would be a girl. my sister a few years later out of the blue said the same thing about me.
and yes...im having a girl...and never doubted it!