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Gut feeling on the sex of the baby?

Anyone else have/had an overwhelming feeling their baby is one sex over the other? If far enough along to find out, were you right?

For some reason I just feel like this baby is definitely a girl. Interestingly, with our m/c I swore it was a boy. I never got to find out last time, but now am just two weeks away from hopefully finding out about this one. I know it's a 50/50 chance, and I don't believe most of the wives' tales, but sometimes I do wonder if there's something to be said about a mother's intuition.
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  • Yup, with my mc I thought it was a girl but never found out. This time I would be shocked if it was a girl! I have to wait until dec 26th to know for sure. When do you find out?
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  • I've been right with both pregnancies - thought my twins were girls and that was confirmed with the chromosomal testing and I was sure this baby was a girl as well. 

    Prior to the pregnancies, it never crossed my mind that I would be a mother to girls.  I've always pictured my family with boys! 

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  • I thought for sure my m/c was a girl. We had genetic testing done and it was a boy.

    I thought for sure this one was a girl. It's a boy. :)

    This also explains why I've never won the lottery.

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  • Some days I think girl and some days I think boy.  I'm stumped, but hoping to find out on the 10th even though it won't be my official A/S.
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  • Yes, and I was right with both babies, boy then girl.  I also think that the missed m/c was a boy, but will never know.

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  • I think I'm too early to have any clue yet, but I really hope Girl.

    My 2 year old DS keeps saying "baby ister" and has already been calling her by the girl name we have picked out :)
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  • Ok, this will sound totally out there but I've had two separate people who "know things they shouldn't" tell me it's a girl.  One woman (who is also a professional psychic), I had a Reiki session with back in July.  She knew SO many things about me, my lost baby, etc. and predicted a girl for me (I wasn't yet pg but she predicted EXACTLY when I would get pg).  She was actually the single most healing element of my entire loss experience.  My Dad also occasionally has predictive dreams that definitely come true.  When we told him about this pg, he cried as he told me about meeting my daughter in his dream not long before.

    I've been saying "she" and "her" all along with this baby.  I'm actually a little freaked out by the idea that it's a boy!

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  • Yep.  And I was wrong. :)
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  • I have a feeling this LO is a boy, but we're Team Green so I won't know for sure until March Smile. Can't wait!

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  • With Grace, I knew she was a girl, and it was confirmed after we lost her... With this pregnancy, my gut said boy the whole time. We went for an elective gender determination u/s early, and they said girl, but a week later at the MFM, Benjamin gave us a clear view that he is all boy!!!
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  • I had a very strong feeling that my M/C baby was a girl, but I'll never know.

     This pregnancy I've been torn back and forth between boy or girl, but we have been calling it "she." That could just be me and my extreme wanting to have a girl because I've always seen myself having one first, but it doesn't matter because I just want a happy healthy baby! 

  • I know in my heart, my m/c was a boy. This time I thought girl until I had a dream about seeing my baby boy and at that point I was fairly confident we had a boy this time.

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  • I was 100% certain this baby is a boy, to the point where I told people "my jaw will drop to the floor if they tell me otherwise."  I was right! 
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  • Like you said, it's a 50/50 chance but it's fun to guess.

    With our first I guessed boy before I even took a pregnancy test. I remember feeling different and said to my husband, "if we're pregnant, it's a boy." I was right.

    With this one, as soon as I took the test I said girl... Sure enough, we're expecting a girl.

    I think there is something to be said for mothers intuition but don't be surprised if you're wrong :) 

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  • I knew DD was a girl. I would have been shocked if she wasn't. I also think our first m/c was a girl. I wasn't pregnant long enough with the CP to get a read. This time I just didn't have a strong gut feeling. I think the unsettled feeling came from the fact that my family was convinced it was a boy and in the week leading up to the a/s I started to think more girl but I still wasn't convinced. It's a girl! Also, I don't believe in old wive's tales but I did do the Chinese gender chart with DD and this one for kicks and it was right both times - girl.
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  • With our first pregnancy, I knew almost immediately it was a girl.

    This time, I really have no idea. I've been so sick, that I joke to my partner that I know it's a boy eating me from the inside ... But I also get a gut feeling that it's a she, and it's funny because whenever he talks about the baby he says "her." I'll be happy either way, but I can't wait to find out that everything is A-OK and if there's X or Y chromosomes growing inside me.

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  • I think we're gonna be team pink! I can't wait to find out!
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  • I thought DS was going to be a girl, I was wrong.  This time, I thought I was having another boy because I felt exactly the same as before. I was wrong and I'm having a girl. 0 for 2 on my gut feelings.
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  • I had a gut feeling that this LO was a girl....so did DH and my mom. We were all right! I think the 1st one was a boy but I will never know.
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  • Funny, I was just thinking about this.  With our 2nd pg, I was sure that was a girl for some reason, but never found out.  I even though of her by a certain name that we had talked about years ago for a little girl.  Now, I feel like this pg is definitely a boy.

     Obviously I'm still pretty early, but on Saturday we were at our state college football game, and it was senior day.  When the starting QB (who hasn't been starting but was for that game) was announced and he went join his parents on field, I started crying and couldn't stop tearing up just thinking about it for about 15 minutes.  I'm sure it's just pregnancy hormones, but I kept thinking for some reason that our baby is a boy since then. 

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  • I've never felt particularly strongly in either pregnancy but mh has been sure we were having a girl with both pregnancies. Last time he was wrong and this time he was right, I guess if you keep guessing the same gender like he does you'll eventually be right lol. Stick out tongue
  • I felt so certain DD was going to be a girl. I even bought a strawberry hair bow clip thing before we had confirmation. And yep, she was a girl!

    This time I feel certain baby is a boy. At the NT scan the doctor said he was pretty certain baby was a boy! He asked me what I thought baby was because he said it seems that mother's intuition tends to be right. I am not putting huge stock in that reveal but I am going in for an elective u/s on Dec 14th and will try to confirm then, if baby is willing.  

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  • I have dreamed of twin boys since we started TTC. When we finally got our twins I just KNEW it was b/g. At our last appointment the tech told us they are b/b so I am OVER THE MOON! I guess I just didn't want to be disappointed if they weren't both boys. Or I have a hard time admitting when I'm wrong ;)
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    I had a gut feeling that I was having a boy both times and I was right both times.  With my m/c, it happened almost immediately, so I didn't have a hunch one way or the other.

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  • I'm feeling girl, but that may just be because the ridiculous nickname we're calling her for now is an old Anglo-Saxon female name and we're referring to her as "her" for now. Old wives' tales so far also point to girl, but we all know how reliable those are!

    With my m/c I thought boy but we'll never know.

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  • Hmmm, I honestly have no overwhelming feeling one way or the other. I am so excited to find out in about a month! Team Green was hard, but worth the wait!
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  • Our gut feeling is we are having a girl but at our 20 week u/s the cord was in the way and the legs were closed tightly so we were unable to find out. We passed on the 3D u/s and thought we would just wait to be surprised...so we'll find out when we meet LO!

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  • I have my feelings. I think boy and so does DH. We obviously would be thrilled with either. I just have a feeling. I also felt that the first one was a girl.
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  • I have no idea why but DH and I were positive this baby was a boy. At our ultrasound we were both shocked (in a good way) to find out we were having a girl. I don't know why we both thought boy but our faces were probably really funny when the tech said 'it's a girl!'
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  • The hubs and I both think Girl for this baby.  I also thought Girl for my angel baby, but won't ever know.

    However, just to maybe make sure that I won't be too shocked at a little boy in there, I will sometimes say, "He" or imagine a little boy and get really excited for that experience, too.

    My 7 year old nephew REFUSES to believe that this baby could be a boy, guess we will have to see what that is worth too!

  • Yes, with both of my pregnancies I felt strongly about the sex and my intuition was correct!
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  • With my first pregnancy (resulted in mmc) I didn't feel confident until after the d&c after which time I've felt pretty strongly that baby was a girl. This time I feel somewhat strongly that I'm having a boy. Last time I was 100% against finding out the sex but this time I'm thinking I will find out on Jan 3rd.
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  • I was convinced to that i was having a girl to the point of never actually imagining having a boy. I was dead wrong lol. Now just a little over 8 weeks away from a perfectly healthy little boy, and i can't imagine anything else. Lol.
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  • With my last pregnancy we never found out either but both my husband and I thought she was a girl so we treat her like that and try to use the female pro-nouns. This time around I feel like he's a boy!!! But I guess we'll see in 3 months!

    cant wait to see what you have bananers! 

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