Strong intuition

mamaknowsbest1 · January 2017

Any mama's just have a strong feeling on what's cookin/ boy or girl and why? This pregnancy is different for me (I have a 2 yr old son and I knew from the moment I was pregnant, BOY) but this time around I'm trying not to assume girl just because I'm having different symptoms and such. Could still be a boy, 4 more weeks until we know for sure! How about you ladies?

zara4k · January 2017

Hello @mamaknowsbest1! I think my intuition is based more on what I want so I can't take it seriously haha! Are you new to this group? They have this post dedicated to gender and old wives tales so you can get all the information over there! I love how organized they try to keep the forum:) il tag you there!

mrscate88 · January 2017

Our intuition is often just what we want it to be, and we have a 50/50 chance of being right

I had NO idea what my first would be (girl) and now my symptoms are completely the opposite of my pregnancy with her, so it will be interesting to see.

virginiaunicorn11 · January 2017

mrscate88 said:

Our intuition is often just what we want it to be, and we have a 50/50 chance of being right I had NO idea what my first would be (girl) and now my symptoms are completely the opposite of my pregnancy with her, so it will be interesting to see.

At least one study has shown that 70% of mothers have intuited correctly:

https://web.arizona.edu/~vas/intuit.htm

I'm in the 30% category, myself though!

alcrimmins · January 2017

@virginiaunicorn11 Haha I'm in the 0% category so far here! Had no clue with dd whereas dh was all about the girl for the entire pregnancy. I'm 80% certain this time but basing this off of the difference in pregnancies.

mj8215 · January 2017

I normally don't believe in "intuition" of any kind and my pre-pregnancy self would have dismissed it as esoteric bs - but here I am, pregnant with my first, and I actually did have a strong feeling that it's a boy, and in fact it is!

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KissMeImScottish · January 2017

I knew with rock solid certainty at 10 weeks with my son that I was having a boy. Like, would have questioned the tech at my anatomy scan 2 months later if she had said any differently. It was just a really strong gut feeling.

This time around, it's almost bizarre how in the dark I feel. Having two may have something to do with it, or maybe it means that there's one of each in there - I won't know for another 5 or 6 weeks. Based on pregnancy symptoms, this pregnancy is almost identical to my son's except for the timeline being somewhat accelerated (again, two will do that, and God, my hips hurt from it...) Right now, I have a vague feeling that A might be a boy and B might be a girl, but I wouldn't hedge my bets on that guess. But I did "know" with my son, and was comfortable vocalizing that intuition before we had confirmation.

virginiaunicorn11 · January 2017

MrsWilson830 said:

My intuition is definitely wanting another boy, mostly so I can reuse everything I saved from my son! But I'd love for that want to become reality! Just a few short weeks and you'll find out but the guessing game is always fun!

Oh hey girl! People been asking about you!

GeorgiaWife6912 · January 2017

I new from extremely early that DS was a boy. I can't really explain why and I had nothing to base it off of, but I was positive. This time I don't really have a strong feeling either way but everyone else thinks (or hopes?) it's a girl.

nikkiandchris · January 2017

I definitely knew early on that both of my DDs were girls. We were team green but I was so positive with DD2 that I decorated her nursery. H thought I was nuts but I just knew. This time I got nothin'. It could be a tiny baby unicorn for all I know lol.

dancegurl1118 · January 2017

I have a very very strong feeling it's a boy just from this pregnancy being completely different. But I could be totally wrong! That's why I'm Team Green. And I won't feel like I don't have mother's intuition if I'm totally wrong...I don't speak fetus.

MrsN092714 · January 2017

I was certain my son was a girl until the night before my anatomy scan. I had a dream the baby had a full beard and although they blacked out the penis you could see the balls clear as day (we were team green). It was a really crazy dream but left me feeling like we were having a boy. I kinda flip flopped the rest of my pregnancy only because I had been so sure up until 20 weeks and all of a sudden felt swayed.

This time based on how different I feel I'm back on the girl train but I don't trust my instincts for a second! Hoping to stay team green again so we will see come July!

Edited: my phone changed penis to punishment... lol

julybaby17-2 · January 2017

I believe I'm having a little girl. It sounds crazy, but I knew I was pregnant way before I could take a test and knew it was a girl. I'm trying not to get too attached, as I could be wrong, but it would be my guess.

I want ant to have a 3-D scan at 16 weeks to see the gender. Then I can have it confirmed at my 20 week.

chiquita928 · January 2017

Everyone thought DS was a girl except me. I kept saying "he" when referring to the baby. I'm doing the same thing now, but ALL of my symptoms are way worse this time, so that's weird.

CrystalPDX · January 2017

FTM, so I have no basis for comparison symptom wise, but I really feel it's a boy! I don't know why, but I will be amazed if baby is a girl.

I'm with you @mj8215 - I'm usually very rational and don't get caught up in butterfly feelings/hunches, I'm surprising myself!

RunRestRepeat · January 2017

Ironically, my DH is the one who has a strong feeling this is a girl. I can't say I have any strong intuition one way or the other. Though in terms of general "connectedness" I have caught myself putting my hand on my belly a lot more during the day - I better knock that off at work until I tell my colleagues next week!

GeorgiaWife6912 · January 2017

@RunRestRepeat I got busted that way last pregnancy! I couldn't help myself!

tripledaggerWed95976 · January 2017

Last pregnancy I was pretty sure I was having a boy (I ended up being correct). This pregnancy I feel like it's a girl, but that may just be because all of my symptoms have been a lot different than my previous pregnancy.
We are doing the materniT21 test next week, so I guess I will find out if I'm right again soon enough!

yellow1daisy · January 2017

I had a feeling---I wouldn't say super strong but if someone asked what they thought I was having I would say not sure but inkling it's a girl. It was.

This is time I have that same inkling that I'm having another girl. Should be getting results from my NIPT test any day now and just nervous babe is healthy but excited to find out!

My husband also thought we were having a girl last time and feels the same as I do this time as well

. We honestly have no preference so I don't think it's that swaying us.

mrscate88 · January 2017

virginiaunicorn11 said:

mrscate88 said:

Our intuition is often just what we want it to be, and we have a 50/50 chance of being right I had NO idea what my first would be (girl) and now my symptoms are completely the opposite of my pregnancy with her, so it will be interesting to see.

At least one study has shown that 70% of mothers have intuited correctly:

https://web.arizona.edu/~vas/intuit.htm

I'm in the 30% category, myself though!

It's an interesting study for sure, but that 70% of ladies still had a 50/50 chance of being right haha.

ashaw512 · January 2017

I have a strong feeling it's a baby.

Eta words are hard today

lph4248 · January 2017

I can't find the Shamas paper in Google Scholar or through my school's journal article search, and the link on his own (current) webpage turns up nothing: https://www.victorshamas.com/intuition-study.html I'm skeptical... In general, you'd want to see something replicated at least once, especially since this study had just 100 women - without replication, it's hard to say with confidence that it's not a fluke. I do really wish I could get my hands on the actual study write-up, though.

Eta: It was never published (not a great sign, but he says his career took him in other directions) - that's why I can't find it. Also, it's just 34 of 48 who correctly guessed (the other 52 apparently didn't have an intuition). That's an even smaller group. So you'd want to see a much larger sample of women who actually have an intuition, and then see how many correctly guess, to say with more confidence it's not just noise.

oheliza44 · January 2017

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virginiaunicorn11 said:

MrsWilson830 said:

My intuition is definitely wanting another boy, mostly so I can reuse everything I saved from my son! But I'd love for that want to become reality! Just a few short weeks and you'll find out but the guessing game is always fun!

Oh hey girl! People been asking about you!

Did she delete her comment? This is all I'm showing. Weird.

DH and I don't have a feeling towards either gender. Maybe that will change as the pregnancy progresses and I can start to feel LO squirming around in there. We are team green, so it will be a surprise until he/she makes an appearance.

Edit for typo.

ashaw512 · January 2017

@oheliza44 she had a an admin delete her

caribbeanmama-2 · January 2017

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virginiaunicorn11 said:

MrsWilson830 said:

My intuition is definitely wanting another boy, mostly so I can reuse everything I saved from my son! But I'd love for that want to become reality! Just a few short weeks and you'll find out but the guessing game is always fun!

Oh hey girl! People been asking about you!

Did she delete her comment? This is all I'm showing. Weird.

Must have - that's not the bump lords signature style lol!

supermom83 · January 2017

With my two prior pregnancies, I knew right away they were boys. When I was pregnant without DS1, I really wanted it to be a girl, but I knew he was a boy even before the anatomy scan, so my *want* didn't effect my intuition. With DS2, I wanted a boy so I could reuse all the baby stuff and I thought brothers would be the cutest thing, so I did want a boy, but also knew he was a boy.

With this pregnancy, I feel it's a girl. Obviously I have nothing but intuition to base this on, so who knows! My symptoms this time are 100% different than my other pregnancies so maybe that's why I feel this one is a girl. We shall see soon!

ECarson84 · January 2017

Last time I was convinced early it was a boy, team green til the end and ended up being correct. Strangely literally everyone else seemed to think boy too. This time we're team green again and I've been thinking girl but as others have mentioned this may just be because this pregnancy has been so much more difficult (holy nausea batman). It's still early but all my friends that know I'm preggo are also guessing girl. Weird. Guess we'll find out in July.

LoveLee85 · January 2017

My DH knew with our son was a boy when I peed on the stick! I didn't know either way. This time he's calling girl. Not that I care either way but we will find out in less than 3 weeks!! Yay! IF baby is a girl, I'm trying to tell myself to use all the 'boy' clothes....but I'm going to be so tempted to buy the girlest little coming home from the hospital outfit I can find!!!!

mj8215 · January 2017

Wow that was some nice QFP'ing work @virginiaunicorn11

virginiaunicorn11 · January 2017

mj8215 said:

Wow that was some nice QFP'ing work @virginiaunicorn11

Lol, thanks! I thought it was my comment that drove her away til I saw the HDBD thread. Wish there was a little more QFP there but it's pretty good, too!

PurplePumpernickel · January 2017

I have no intuition, but I kind of feel like an ungrateful brat because I REALLY want a girl. Like, come on, self. You tried for three years, this is an IVF baby, be grateful for the baby you get. And I know I will be. I just need to get there.

ACharnelle · January 2017

I am 2 for 2 guessing the sex of my babies. I had 0 doubts my first was a boy and was pretty sure that this baby was a girl, just found out yesterday that I'm correct!

Dcwtada · January 2017

I have no intuition as a rule and had no feeling either way about my past two pregnancies or this one. My mom has been right 2/2 and she is pretty good at that sort of thing (though I am not convinced their is such a thing) and she is convinced it's a girl.

@PurplePumpernickel do not beat yourself up on this, you will be grateful and so happy no matter what - it is normal to have a preference because we have all sorts of dreams on parenting and having children. I was hoping my second would be a girl, I would have two little girls exactly one year apart and they would play and fight. I had so many cute scenarios built up in my head. I found out it was a boy and was slightly disappointed even until he was born and hated myself for it. And then my little boy came - it was the most powerful love and I can't and don't even want to imagine not having him.

Xath · January 2017

I have a track record of being wrong. My H has been right every time though, so he's got the stronger intuition.

dancegurl1118 · January 2017

@PurplePumpernickel we were team green with DD because I wanted a boy and knew I would be disappointed for however long since I found out until I gave birth. I knew it was a girl though...intuition wise. Even as she was literally being born they said ITS A...and in my head I was going BOY BOY BOY!

We're Team Green for the same reason. I have a preference and obviously know I'm going to fiercely love this child regardless but would rather wait to know at birth the moment I fall in love so that I don't beat myself up for being disappointed.

julybaby17-2 · January 2017

PurplePumpernickel said:

I have no intuition, but I kind of feel like an ungrateful brat because I REALLY want a girl. Like, come on, self. You tried for three years, this is an IVF baby, be grateful for the baby you get. And I know I will be. I just need to get there.

I feel the same way. I really want a girl, which is probably making me think it's a girl. I'm afraid I'll be disappointed if it's a boy, which sounds awful. I'm having a baby, and this is all that matters.

satsumasandlemons · January 2017

I'm 2 for 2 - Although I was team green last time, as soon as I found out i was pregnant, I had a strong feeling it was a girl and she would be fiercely mine (I know, that sounds stupid) but I was right, and we have this crazy bond and she's obsessed with me. For this one, I had a feeling it would be a girl and she would be more independent and more like DH. I really hope this one is "his."

Twinkiedoll · January 2017

I have a feeling I'm having a girl, but that may be because I really want a boy and I'm subconsciously trying to work some reverse psychology on my uterus.

But like PP said, as long as it's healthy, that's all that matters. I can't help but harbor that Y chromosome preference though.

PurplePumpernickel · January 2017

I think that's why I'm leaning more and more towards finding out the sex, vs. team green. I want to know so I can know and and "get used to the idea". A dear friend said that finding out helped her really feel like she got to know her baby while it was still gestating. I'm glad I don't come off as ungrateful! I'm so excited for this baby, regardless of who it is or who it turns into!

ginger1228 · January 2017

@Twinkiedoll - I think I'm the same as you with this. Of course I'll be fine with a boy or girl, but gun to my head, I'd pick a boy. For some reason I've always seen myself having all boys. From the second I got the positive test, I've thought it's a girl until the last couple weeks. Lately I have a strong feeling it's a boy. I want to be team green, but my husband wants to find out and we might do some genetic testing, so we might find out with those results.

I guess I go back and forth because I also love the idea of having a daughter. In a way, I'm so glad I don't have a choice and something else chooses for me so I don't have to make that decision!

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