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.

Sex of the baby is nothing to do with the pregnant woman anyway!! We have XX chromosomes so only have X gametes. men have XY so they have an X and a Y gamete. If the Y sperm gets to the egg it's a boy if it's the X then you have a girl. So she's an idiot for saying you can't carry girls because as everyone is saying what a load of shit but she's a double idiot for thinking it's the woman who determines the sex of the baby.

Yeah it’s all nonsense. My friend had 4 girls (including twins) and then a boy.

Our DD is the only girl amongst her cousins though. We stopped at one child so I’ll never know if I can only have girls 😆

There's slightly more boys born than girls on average (ignoring the countries where sex selective abortions are a thing and overwhelmingly of female fetuses.)

Had a miscarriage before I had DS, was convinced that would have been a girl, either way it wasn't a viable pregnancy and I now have a delightful little boy, even though I really wanted a girl because I wanted to call her Amy (after Amy Lee.) I did not call my son Lee, but that is one of his middle names. 😊

I feel for you.
I had a miscarriage, got pregnant again and at the 20 week scan found out I was having a boy. A family member, my age, responded saying 'oh your miscarriage must have been a girl, you'll never have a girl.' it ruined a special day finding out the gender as I'd spent the whole pregnancy on edge that I would lose the baby again.

That person is insensitive. Thick as shite as it isn't true,, and should keep their mouth shut. Along with a lot of other reasons I went low contact with the person who said it to me. But their comment really shone a light on how they didn't positively affect my life.

Hope you're okay. If it helps, my second was a girl 😂 so thick shit was completely wrong! Good luck!

Biologically if anyone is to 'blame' it's your partner as he might have more Y chromosome sperm than x. You only have x eggs.

I though that i was going to read that you had been for lengthy genetic testing, that geneticist had told you this! (A friends DiL actually had this diagnosis)
Wasn't expecting that your mate was diagnosing you. Sometimes people are just a-holes and open their mouth before engaging the brain.

If she is your friend - are you sure it wasn’t banter?

I wouldn’t be offended if a close friend said it and I happened to have the same sex children - it might be a joke.

If it’s painful for you, why? Or why so on this day?

If it helps my partner has 5 boys and 1 girl in his family. We have a boy, I have a girl from previous. I joked and told him I bet the male gene is strong in your family. There was no science behind it, just some banter.

But if it upset you speak to your friend.