Pissed off to be told I can only 'carry boys'

[Uklady23]

AIBU to be pissed off at this. Two boy children absolutely love them and love being a boy mum.

Recently toyed with the idea of a third, but a friend told me that I can't carry girls I can only birth boys.

This really pissed me off and I don't know why.

I would love a girl, but I also would love a boy. It just the way she said it asif there was something wrong with 1. Me or 2. Having boy children.

She sounds awful! I don't understand why some people go into the profession.

I had a miscarriage in my second and third pregnancies. My friend said perhaps I couldn't carry boys - despite already having a son! I did point that out to my friend and she suggested that I'd developed this inability after my son was born! It's bloody ridiculous.

What an odd thing to say? My aunty had 5 boys before she had a girl ..

I'm surprised people know the sex of the children they miscarry - don't 90% of miscarriages happen before 13 weeks? How would you know the gender then?

She was awful and not a very good teacher either. If she hasn't seen the error of her ways by now, I hope at least she moved to an all-girls school where she would cause less harm.

Gender is determined by the man’s sperm not the woman’s “ability to carry” 🤦🏼‍♀️. She sounds a bit thick.

Anecdotal but pretty much everyone I know with two boys who went on to have a third all had a girl.

I’ve vaguely heard things before about not ‘being able to carry’ boys or girls. I assumed it was old wives tale rubbish rather than anything with scientific backing.

Only boys you say?

Why do people say stupid shit like this? Or the other "You're carrying very low that means you're having a boy/girl" 🙄 Don't mind her & good luck if you go ahead with trying for a third

She has a very poor understanding of biology the sex of a baby has naff all to do with it's mother.

It's always if you have 2 of the same sex the third is branded as last desperate attempt to get the opposite sex

It might have made a tad more sense If you had 10 boys and she said “Your DH/DP can’t produce girls. Does she not know it’s the man’s sperm that determines the sex of a baby and not your womb!!
However you’ve only got 2 boys. There’s nothing to say your not going to have 3 more kids which are all girls.

Tell your brain dead pal that its the mans chromosomes that determine the sex of the child and not the womans!

Men have both X and Y chromosomes (XY), while women have two X chromosomes (XX). During conception, the sex of the baby is determined by whether the sperm cell carries an X or a Y chromosome. If the sperm cell carries an X chromosome, the baby will be female (XX). If the sperm cell carries a Y chromosome, the baby will be male (XY).

And just because you haven't had a girl yet, doesn't mean you can't.

Personally I wouldn't be pissed off because your friend sounds a bit dense. It would go straight over my head.

'Yes, dear. Because no woman in history has ever had 2 brothers'

I couldn't get so angry about a comment from a clearly very stupid person

You do know it’s the sperm that determines the gender of baby?

Girl sperm swim slower and live longer so (Google how to) plan that with ovulation.

Also, your friend sounds stupid.

It must have been fun and games in her house 5 girls. I have 3 and when they strop and are in a mood run.

I couldn’t bear to have such a stupid friend!

Oh god this is the kind of thing my MIL would say. Just roll your eyes and ignore.

I voted YABU purely for wasting energy on such a pathetic comment

Totally get the annoyance. Currently pregnant and because my symptoms are different than with my first, multiple people have told me I must be having a boy this time... It's IMMENSELY annoying when people make massive leaps about your body and baby, even if the intent is good and kind!

I have 2 DS and then DD. People were falling over themselves when I was pregnant with DD to tell me she'd be a boy (we didn't find out in advance)

That's when they weren't doing a head tilt and saying aw, are you trying for a girl. As if there's much you can do about it even if you do have a preference which I didn't. People are weird about lots of things and then girl/boy thing is definitely one of them!

I'd forgotten about this! People said this when I was having DS2 as my pregnancy was quite different. It was different again with DD (DC3)

There’s no science stating this, is there?
No genetic thing? It’s 50/50 as I know it.