to not want a girl

[Anydrinkwilldo]

Ok this is not a gender disappointment thread, promise! I'm 32 weeks pregnant with dc3 and have 2 ds already. My DM has mad no pretence about how much she wants it to be a girl - to the point that I'm actually upset at the thought of her rejecting baby if it's a boy. I'm sick of hearing 'oh this is our little girl' and other type phrases. I'm actually at the point that I want it to be a boy just to shut her up! I never found out the gender with my other two but seriously considered finding out solely for her. My dh had a big work announcement to make to family members and my stupid dm shouting (after he said I have an announcement to make) it's a girl!!!!!!!!! I could have smacked her it was nothing to do with the baby at all. I'm getting madder and madder at this and may explode soon. Oh and I've already asked her to stop and she tells me she's only joking.

and that's my rant over IAPBVU but needing to vent

I meant to add I would be delighted if it's a boy or a girl, I genuinely have no preference either way (or at least I didn't)

Yanbu. Tell her it's a boy. I have 4 boys and had this from non family but thankfully not from my mum or MIL.

Yanbu. Perhaps ask her if she is planning on disowning the DC if it's a boy? Might shock her in to shutting up.

YANBU I am expecting dc3 (also have two boys) and part of the reason I haven't found out is because whatever sex it is, people will make stupid comments and it gives me the rage. Then stupid comments about other family
Members wanting a girl/I must have only gone for a3rd to have a girl (not true) give me the rage anyway. I am putting it down to hormones. I don't mind either way and just say (and truly believe) that if I am lucky enough to have another boy as awesome as the two I have, then I will feel the luckiest person in the world!

Your problem is nothing to do with the sex of your baby - it's your PITA mother!

It was the same for me, but with MiL (she thought BIL was a girl and has been disappointed ever since...).

But, now that DD is here (3) she wants nothing to do with her and favours Ds quite obviously. She won't take Dd out for even half an hour, whereas she used to take Ds on day trips to the zoo etc The problem is Dd likes to climb and run and jump. She's not the little quietly sitting in a corner, sedately playing with dolls granddaughter that MiL wanted.

If there's one thing I regret its hating every second of my pregnancy because I knew she was going to be a girl and fearing how MiL would want to take over because she was a girl. Please try to take a step back from her and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy.

I totally get you, I have four boys and a girl. Dd was number five. For numbers three and four various family members eyc were desperate for us to have a girl. I was really worried that the bots would end up feeling second best. Actually that hasn't happened although even though dd is now four I still get comments about how good it is that I finally got a girl... I would love another baby tbh and one teeny reason would be to shut people up who assume we kept going to get a girl... We just wanted a large family and we're lucky enough to have one. The Sex of the children is irrelevant. All five of mine are individual.

It was a bit galling that there was a big fuss made at her birth, unlike ds3 and Ds4 where some people were 'disappointed' at them being boys