*drumroll* My gut was right, it’s a boy DH is surprised, and I’m just relieved that I’m still pregnant. Whew.
NTNP since Dec 2012 | TTC since Jan 2016 Dx: Unspecified IF BFP#1 Nov 2017 • Blighted Ovum + MMC • D&C at nine weeks BFP#2 Apr 2018 • It's a boy! • Born 13 Dec 2018
My son wanted a sister because he already has a brother. So we told him his baby was going to be another brother. I’m glad we told him. He seems to be moving on just fine to the thought of another brother.
Got my blood drawn for NIPT last Friday.... dieing to find out the results!! Originally wasn't going to do NIPT unless something seemed off with NT scan... but you gotta love small towns, the US tech was out sick til it was too late for NT.. DH is gone until August working... I'm undecided if I want to be a stinker and not tell him til he comes home, or just tell him when I get the results...
I have my genetic testing this Wednesday! Hoping the results don’t take long! Of course I want a healthy baby above all else, don’t have a gender preference but still dying to know!!
@clbness and @gorgeosariel Yay! Congrats! Little boys are SO FUN!! I'm 95% sure this one is another boy. It'll be a while before I know though! Unless I break down and buy sneak peek. lol
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
@AdorkablePixie Thanks, I'm excited! I'm anxious to see if your gut feeling is right! I felt like this one was a boy too...but, I also thought the same thing with B and I was wrong.
Omg guys! Just checked the Natera website on a whim, my results are in!!! I'm having a baby girl!! I'm so excited! Last baby and we were hoping she had girly parts!!!! Team pink!!
I had the NIPT and we weren't sure if we wanted to find out the sex. The doctor called while my husband was at the store and said test was normal and asked if I wanted to know the sex!!! (My husband has already said he for sure wanted to know so I was the one who wasn't sure) I had a split second decision and said yes! It's a GIRL! I cried for 10 min from pure excitement. I've also already ordered 3 pairs of tiny girl baby shoes
PS I think one of the benefits of having to wait for an anatomy scan to find out the gender is that my credit card has been relatively unharmed for now!
I'm so freakin' excited! I have no idea what to do with a girl but I'll figure it out! My MIL is going to be through the roof -- she only has brothers and sons. I forget whose idea it was in the first place, but I'm going to steal the cupcake idea and (try to) have my son smash a pink-filled cupcake on camera, then send that to my family members.
Me: 31 | DH: 31
Together since 2003 | Married 2010 TTC #1 January 2016 BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016 Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018 BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
Hi guys! thought i'd join in. I did the Sneak Peek Wed June 20th and received the results Saturday June 23...i really thought it would be quicker but i didn't count the time for them to receive it, which is 2 days. Anywho...the results are in and we are having a GIRL!!! I'm elated. My hubby, who's been saying for theeeee longest time 'oh i just want a healthy baby' and who also told that if we had a girl then she'd fit right in with her cousins who were just born a month ago. So, i shared the news with hubby and he shows me his shocked and i see a little excitement but there was some hesitation. We didn't get to talk about it because we were with my family about that time and they saw us celebrating so we ended up telling them. COOL. It's not until later, hubby approaches me and tell me he's ...DISAPPOINTED. ouch. I was hurt but we talked and he finally explained that the minute he heard it was a girl he immediately realized "i'm going to have to give her away one day". Can you believe that??!! sheesssh...sigh...but I finally stopped making
about me and being hurt that he’s not as pumped up about this miracle as I was.
He called his cousin who actually admitted to us he was heart broken when his
wife told him it was going to be a girl. He explained blah blah the wholeeee
dynamic of “it’s as if I have to teach my daughter how to not be a prey but if
it was a boy, I’d teach him how to be a great and respectful predator. I’d
rather do that then prepare my daughter to be hunted”. I was dying laughing at
these two grown men but I guess I understand. Hubby is now very excited but
there are times I find him daydreaming already about baby girl. the end...lol so sorry for long story
He called his cousin who actually admitted to us he was heart broken when his
wife told him it was going to be a girl. He explained blah blah the wholeeee
dynamic of “it’s as if I have to teach my daughter how to not be a prey but if
it was a boy, I’d teach him how to be a great and respectful predator. I’d
rather do that then prepare my daughter to be hunted”.
If you ever have a boy, please don't let your husband try to teach him how to be a "predator." JFC
Thanks guys! And yea I think they meant more of "prey"that gets hunted for marriage and taken from their family. "Predator" being the men as hunters looking for wives. I get what they meant but the terms they used did make me cringe. Poor word choice but I allowed them to speak instead of criticize. They were speaking from a male perspective and they reminded me that's truly how some men view the world. Hubby and his cousin went on to say that they know what men think when they see a woman and it already angers them that their baby girls will grow up with that. To me, it's ridiculous, but I'm not a guy. My feeling is...she's a babbyyyy!!! Then a toddler. My hubby and his cousin skipped that whole phase and are dreading marriage and their daughters being taken away lol. IT'S crazy. But with time he's more and more excited.
I'm sorry @blueberrysmommy25 this just strikes a huge nerve with me. No human belongs to another human. Daughters to not belong to their fathers. My husband did not take me from my father. My father did not give me away, because he realizes I am not his property. I made the decision about who to marry as an independent and capable adult, and my dad trusted my decision because he knows that I have good judgement. Maybe instead of focusing on their daughters being "taken" from them, they should focus on teaching their daughters how to be women who can make smart decisions regarding not marrying shitty men, without having to have their daddies screen them first. They might start by abandoning that severely antiquated view of the dynamics between men and women and fathers and their daughters.
Hear you loud and clear guys. I know my hubby, and his fear is losing his daughter, same fear my dad had of me. Silly or antiquated, it's their reality. My dad saw himself as my protector and my husband took that role the minute he heard we are having a girl. I can't change how their thinking is structured or wired. My husband sees himself as my protector despite him knowing I can handle my own. Maybe I did a poor job journaling what they told me but regardless if i agree, I heard their fears. I cant tell them that they're fears aren't needed, it's an actual feeling for them. I personally know my hubby will teach our daughter how to be strong minded, strong willed and he is already talking about putting her in karate and fishing with her. This has been my second post on this forum and I'm learning it can be tricky. Where I came to just unload and be within a community, I wasn't expecting to defend my hubby. Very slippery slopes. Anywho...let me not drain the amazing positivity that is on here...keep the party going!!! Yayyyyyyyy I'm having a girlllll lol
I'm sorry if I made you feel unwelcome, @blueberrysmommy25. You just hit, like, my NUMBER 1 pet peeve and I just couldn't shut myself up. I'm sure your husband will be a wonderful father. I just really wish 21st century men could get outside of their own heads and realize they are being a little ridiculous (some of my family members included).
I’m having another GIRL! She’s healthy and doing well. DH is elated & loves his girls! DD (2 1/2) says she wants a brother AND a sister—but we’re done after #2!
Found out Wednesday that we’re having a boy! We had strong feelings that it’s a boy and we were right. I had some momentary disappointment but that’s gone. It’s my first and I was afraid I’d never have a girl, but I’ve also always wanted a boy. Ah these hormones! Lol. As long as he’s healthy, that’s all we want.
Re: Let's talk about sex (are you having a boy or a girl!?)
And now I can finally tell all of you... it's a girl!!
*drumroll* My gut was right, it’s a boy
Dx: Unspecified IF
BFP#1 Nov 2017 • Blighted Ovum + MMC • D&C at nine weeks
BFP#2 Apr 2018 • It's a boy! • Born 13 Dec 2018
@omnommer Congrats! I was wondering what it was when I saw your post the other day. lol
@echo-charlietango Yay! Congrats. Boys are so much fun!!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!DS: 12/20/16
EDD: 11/29/18
@clbness I guess my DD gets her wish too!
Me: 31
DH: 29, SA - Great
Married: June 12,2011
TTC #1: 1/2014
Diagnosis: Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
Treatment: Clomid: 50mg, 100mg, 150mg - not successful and not monitored
Menopur 75ml (upped to 112.5ml), Ovidrel, & IUI IUI #1 8/31/2015
9/15/2015: BFP HCG - 400, 9/17/2015: HCG - 827, 9/21/2015 - HCG 3,327!Awww, congratulations!
PS I think one of the benefits of having to wait for an anatomy scan to find out the gender is that my credit card has been relatively unharmed for now!
I'm so freakin' excited! I have no idea what to do with a girl but I'll figure it out! My MIL is going to be through the roof -- she only has brothers and sons. I forget whose idea it was in the first place, but I'm going to steal the cupcake idea and (try to) have my son smash a pink-filled cupcake on camera, then send that to my family members.
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
I'm elated.
My hubby, who's been saying for theeeee longest time 'oh i just want a healthy baby' and who also told that if we had a girl then she'd fit right in with her cousins who were just born a month ago. So, i shared the news with hubby and he shows me his shocked and i see a little excitement but there was some hesitation. We didn't get to talk about it because we were with my family about that time and they saw us celebrating so we ended up telling them. COOL. It's not until later, hubby approaches me and tell me he's ...DISAPPOINTED. ouch. I was hurt but we talked and he finally explained that the minute he heard it was a girl he immediately realized "i'm going to have to give her away one day". Can you believe that??!! sheesssh...sigh...but I finally stopped making about me and being hurt that he’s not as pumped up about this miracle as I was. He called his cousin who actually admitted to us he was heart broken when his wife told him it was going to be a girl. He explained blah blah the wholeeee dynamic of “it’s as if I have to teach my daughter how to not be a prey but if it was a boy, I’d teach him how to be a great and respectful predator. I’d rather do that then prepare my daughter to be hunted”. I was dying laughing at these two grown men but I guess I understand. Hubby is now very excited but there are times I find him daydreaming already about baby girl.
the end...lol so sorry for long story
If you ever have a boy, please don't let your husband try to teach him how to be a "predator." JFC
This has been my second post on this forum and I'm learning it can be tricky. Where I came to just unload and be within a community, I wasn't expecting to defend my hubby. Very slippery slopes.
Anywho...let me not drain the amazing positivity that is on here...keep the party going!!!
Yayyyyyyyy I'm having a girlllll lol
@hkom thank you for that
As long as he’s healthy, that’s all we want.