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christyhal
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Love 06/2005 | Marriage 05/28/2011 | Baby! Peanut born on his due date, 9/30/12
DH's reaction to finding out boy/girl?
christyhal
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Hi ladies,
For those of you who've already had your anatomy scan and found out whether your baby is a boy or girl, I am curious how your husband/SO reacted to the news.
This is our first baby, and my husband really wants a boy. I'd kind of like a girl first, though I'd really be happy either way as long as he/she is healthy. :-)
If you found out, and it wasn't what your DH wanted, how did he react? I guess I am just worried he will be really disappointed to start off with - I know he will love the baby either way, I am just wondering what kind of reactions we may be dealing with in the u/s room and shortly thereafter.
TIA!
Love 06/2005 | Marriage 05/28/2011 | Baby! Peanut born on his due date, 9/30/12
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Re: DH's reaction to finding out boy/girl?
We had our scan on Tuesday. We have a 2.5 year old son and my DH really wanted a girl. We found out we were having a boy as soon as the ultrasound tech started. He was there, legs spread in all his glory!
I thought my husband would be disappointed but he had this HUGE grin on his face and said that he still doesn't have to worry about paying for a wedding. I burst out laughing!
It was amazing!
When we were told we were having a boy, DH seemed OK. We went to look at cribs and such and he kept talking about how the girl stuff was so much prettier and he really wanted a little princess...
We later find out it's actually a GIRL at our a/s. He seemed disappointed and kept making the tech check. Now, he's even more excited it's a girl than he was when it was a boy. I don't get him at all
All I know is he's happy now so that's all I care about!
We're having a girl.
He left me and took back his chickens and two mules.
CRAFTY ME
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We were told girl at 17 week, and hubby was excited but sad for no boy, He told me not knowing meant that he could look at both girl and boy things and think "what if" and knowing, he can only look at girl stuf took a little adjusting.
At 20 weeks we were told BOY and he had the SAME reaction! He is very excited that its boy and so am I, truth be told I would love to have 2 boys then a girl, but as long as my kids are happy thats all thats really important....
But when I told him it was a boy he was beyond shocked. a) to have been wrong for 3 weeks, and b) that he not gets to have a son...
I think that he may have some shock if its not what he expects, but it will still be amazing and he will come around and be just as hapy as can be!
)
Good Luck!
Started TTC in 2006, LOTS of trying, and trying, and 7 rounds of IVF with 13 embryos, 2 perfect little boys and 5 loses....
All finished with babies, started to make diet changes, Keto, to be MORE for my kids, lost 30 pounds, still going, and 3 months in, I had a natural cycle, and then ovulated... Hubs and I are going to see what happens now... Maybe a natural pregnancy? After everything we have been through? Or just a return to normal hormones? We shall see what the future holds!
Baby Dust To All!!!
Thanks ladies! I know DH will ultimately be happy with a healthy baby, boy or girl, once s/he gets here, and will love either one to pieces (we both will), but it's nice to hear that (well, except for nerdbaby and the chickens, LOL ) nobody's had to deal with reactions beyond minor disappointment. And I can handle that in a couple of weeks. (At delivery...not so much. Another reason I'm not going team green.) Sounds like I am worried over nothing. (Wouldn't be the first time. I will blame it on the hormones.)
Love 06/2005 | Marriage 05/28/2011 | Baby! Peanut born on his due date, 9/30/12
This exactly! We don't know what this one is yet but I always wanted a little girl. Now that I have her I'll take whatever we get this time around. Just hoping for a healthy LO.
He didn't have much of an emotional reaction at all. When the tech announced that it was a baby girl, he just turned to me and joked, "I hope she looks like you and not like me."
I think that he wanted to have a boy. If the tech announced it was a boy, I imagine he would have gone "YES!!!" hahaha ... but I know he's going to love his little girl to bits and pieces and she'll have him wrapped around her little finger in no time.