To think most women hope for a baby girl?

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I know, once the baby is here, we love them and wouldn't change them for anything, whatever their sex.

But before the baby arrives, I think that the majority of women want a daughter. If you google gender disappointment, there seem to be way more hits about wanting a girl than a boy. I think it's probably natural, seeing as we have all been little girls ourselves and so imagine them to be a known quantity, and people tend to be drawn to what is familiar. Of course it changes once the baby arrives and we get to know the special person they are.

So, controversial, but AIBU?

Hmm before pregnancy yes I imagined a daughter. Weirdly as soon as I knew I was pregnant I really wanted a boy

Nope I'm pregnant with my first and really want a boy!

I didn’t.

I honestly didn't mind what I had, hardly thought about it. I've always had the feeling that things will work out for the best.

I didn’t. I always wanted a boy.

Nope. Wanted a boy then had one and wanted another!

Didn't care on the first genuinely, had a boy, pregnant with second would like another boy

YABU to assume that because you feel one way that most other women will feel similarly. I think bellybuttons are the most disgusting things on the face of the earth but don't assume most other women would agree with me.

Personally I was thrilled to bits with the healthy, happy DC I got. No preference, no hoping, just gratitude.

God, no.

Absolutely not.

2 boys here and soooooo grateful.

nop

I desperately wanted DD1 to be a boy. Didn't mind either way with DD2.

I really wanted boys for all of my pregnancies.

Nope, really didn't care

Nope. I don’t believe in all the gender stereotypes which may be why.

I didn't. I desperately wanted a boy both times.

I don't know if I'd go as far as most women wanting a girl but it does seem, at least in the Western world, that gender disappointment does seem mostly about girls. People with gender disappointment are surely a minority though

I definitely had a strong preference for a girl

Not sure about the majority but I was desperate for a boy and got one. Now we have him (he's perfect!) I really really want another boy, I can't imagine anyone as perfect as my beautiful little squidgeroo!

I wanted girls

No. My Mum was hateful towards the two daughters she had and often said she thought she would have been able to be a better mother to boys . I was scared I might be the same so hoped for boys both times. I had a dd second time and realised exactly how ridiculous I had been before. She is the light of my life, as is my boy of course, but I was scared she wouldn't be. It made no difference at all and I am so glad I had my girl and was able to find that out.

I genuinely didn't care one way or the other during first pregnancy (DS)
Second time round we really really wanted another boy so was delighted not disappointed when it was confirmed.

Not me

My MIL and GMIL both made it clear they wanted me to have a girl. I had a boy. They made their disappointment clear, too.

I wanted a boy... Not that having a girl made me disappointed or anything, just upon finding out I was pregnant both times I wanted a boy.

I'm pregnant with number 1 and have absolutely no preference. We aren't finding out what we are having until I give birth.