Did you have 3+ children in a row of the same sex?

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I would just like some anecdata please because I am in turmoil.

I am pregnant with my second boy and I know it's stupid and irrational but I thought I was having a girl. I was convinced that I'd have one of each and it be lovely and all done. This illusion was shattered at my 20 week scan. There was no ambiguity!

My son is lovely, he's so gentle and good natured and sweet, I love him to bits. I am excited to meet this baby and see the brothers bond and play with each other.

But I also think it's magical that I come from an uninterrupted line of women since the beginning of time and find it sad that it could "end" with me.

I feel like I personally know quite a few people who had 3/4 children of the same sex before they got the other and then stopped. I don't want to join that club. I never wanted a huge family and think it looks stressful.

I have some time (but not too much given DP's age) to decide if I want a third. I think I could deal with 3 but 4 would push us all over the edge, not least because of the size of our house!

So anyway I'd just like to hear other people's experiences please.

We knew a couple who had 3 boys close together and really, really wanted a girl. When the youngest boy was 8 she came off the pill and got pregnant. Gave birth to twin boys. 🤷‍♂️

Sex is determined by a chromosome from the sperm (which is ironic, given how throughout history men have divorced their wives, or worse, for "not giving me a son"). Maybe in the future some very advanced technology will allow them to centrifuge the boy sperm from the girl sperm, but for now it's the luck of the draw.

DH is one of 3 boys born with only a year between each. Followed eventually by a girl almost 10 years later.

Just curious, but all families with 3 children I know, they either seem to have the oldest 2 the same sex, followed by one of the other sex or first one of one sex and then younger 2 same sex. For example B,B,G or G,G,B or B,G,G or G,B,B. Don't know of any where it's G,B,G or B,G,B. Has anyone else noticed this?

@wakeboarder my nanna (mum's mum) had 4 and went G,B,G,B 🤣 split up with my grandad and remarried to another man & then she had a girl to him!

Of the families I know with 4 DC (I know too many with three DC to list them all!):
BBBB
BBGG
GGGB
GGGG

I have three boys in a row (and two girls). I have a friend who had eight boys and then a girl, statistically it may be slightly higher probability that you’d have a third boy but anything can happen.

My partner is the youngest of three, he has two older sister, I’m the middle child with an older sister and younger brother - my partner had two children before meeting me, both girls, I had a child before meeting him, a girl also… we’ve had two children together, both girls 😂 this was my third baby, I did hope for a boy but all I know is girls so when we found out she was infact a she it was rather comforting 😂 I will not be having a fourth I’m done and happy with my tribe of little ladies. Not so sure about my partner but alas it’s his doing. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I had three amazing boys. I always thought I’d have 4 but children need a lot of time and my DH works stupid hours. I’m happy with 3, I’m happy with boys. If you’re going to try again ask your self if you really want 3 children. The car, taking holidays, the extra washing, the toys x 3, etc etc. or just have the two and become an awesome boy mum. Get into what they are into and have fun!

The sex of child is determined by what your partner brings you’ll pass on your female chromosome whatever. So your line of woman was determined by the men they let into their life’s.

I have 3 boys. I always wanted 3 children with no preference for a particular sex, so I'm happy. I wouldn't have go for a 3rd based on wanting a girl - I know 2 people who've done with this and one ended up with 3 boys and the other ended up with 4 boys (third pregnancy was twin boys!!!).

Oh OP, please don't have more children just to try to get a particular sex! Imagine how those kids will all feel either way.

I have a relative by marriage who has a relative with 5 kids. 4 boys and the last one was a girl. All very open about why she had that many children. I can't imagine how the kids will feel about that as they age. They're not very wealthy either so the lifestyles they will have will be significantly squeezed compared to what they could have offered say 2 kids. Of course how many children anyone has and the lifestyle they want to provide them with is their business. I just don't think having more kids just to try and get a particular sex is fair or reasonable to anyone, especially the children.

Not me but I know people who have had three or four children of the same sex. None of them minded, life went on and all were happy/

I have 3 boys more than happy with that. My mum had 3 boys followed by 3 girls!

My dad's the youngest of 4 with 3 older sisters. My partners family don't have girls at all, he's one of 2 boys, his bro has had 3 boys. Outside of gender selection ivf it's a risk to be taken

BGB(BG) last two were twins x

3 girls all born healthy, and a boy, stillborn. No conclusion at post mortem as to why. Didn't give a shit what sex they were as long as they were born alive.

And actually, having 3 the same was an awful lot easier in terms of passing down clothes/shoes/coats.

We had three boys first, followed by two girls.

My exH has a sister and brother. I have 3 boys
My dad is one of 6 boys and one girl, so brothers and a sister
He has 4 daughters

My auntie was the middle child btw
My gran had 6 boys either side of her

It's what you said.

It's not that the other flowers are ugly and worthless, its just that they're not valued as much as the roses. They're not quite as good.

You said it, at least own it.

DH is one of several boys, his mum’s identical twin sister had all girls. The firstborns in his Dad’s family going back many generations were boys. So, I was sure we would have a boy. We had a girl, then a boy.

I think any ‘family patterns’ are just a coincidence.

3 DD's for me. 4 years, 2 months from start to finish!

I come from multiple repeated girls family, i thought my baby would be a boy but it was a girl. We only had the one.
I know seversl of 2 and 3 girls. I know less families of mostly or all boys as I think it requires a healthy and relatively young dad to produce boys. Where the man drinks a lot or smokes it's often girls. I think maternal diet if it's meat heavy makes her biology more amenable to male sperm.

My mum made it known she kept getting pregnant to get a boy for my older brother to play with and it made us 4 girls feel absolute shit and unwanted so dont have kids if you want a specific sex or go the scientific unethical? route and manipulate the sperm. It's hell of a baggage to feel you're unwanted or the wrong sex.

I had 2 boys, 14 mths apart - their Dad was one of 5 boys
Met my now DH who has a son, he has 1 brother and 1 sister
Together we had a boy and currently expecting another boy, there will be 15 mths between these two.
I adore my 4 boys, looking forward to meeting no. 5 and will be going again next year as we have decided on 6 - because we want 6 children, not because we want a particular sex and that should be your only reason for trying for a baby