If you have had three of the same gender, did you find out the sex of the 4th?

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And, what was the outcome? Dsis has three girls, she doesnt want to find out when she has her 20 week scan. She doesnt care as long as its healthy but would secretly love a boy is it 50/50 do you think?

Erm? Boy? Girl? Something in between? Of course it's 50/50!

I once met someone who had ten girls and no boys!! I wonder if some people are more likely to have the same?

I have 2 dd and found out this time going 2 be my last and its a ds :) glad I found out means I can send all dd's stuff to the charity :) obviously its 50/50

There are theories that sometimes its not 50/50. I mean that the man's sperm could be weighted more eg 60/40 for the x and y chromosome.
Does that make sense? I don't know much about it and am no scientist (obviosly )

Ive heard that as well. we know that female sperm is stronger, if I remember from school.

I have 3 DDs (6, 4, 2) and am pg with DD4. I found out with each of them as am impatient old bag .

Are you sure she is secretly hoping for a boy? I have 2DSs, am pregnant with DC3, don't know what it is and don't want to know, as I genuinely don't care what it is!
Maybe she really,really just doesn't care if it is a boy or a girl?

I don't think the chances are actually 50/50 anymore if you already have three of one sex. You are more likely to get more of the same.

Of course she just wants it to be healthy but thinks a boy would be a change, nothing more than that.

Agree with Bue. I have 4 DDs and did not find out with any of them. Genuinely didn't care either.

I don't think it is 50/50. I think the more of one sex you have the more likely you are to have that sex again. My friend who had 2 dd's was pg with dc 3 and was told that it was a 75% of being another girl. It wasn't tho!

In terms of probability it is always 50/50 - which would become evident if you continued to have children. A run of 3,4 or even 10 or more of 1 sex does not alter the fact that the probability for each baby is 50/50.
Unless you are saying that the father produces a higher level of male or female sperm which would increase the chances of one particular sex, but you couldn't infer that from such a small sample of children.

I had 3 ds's and opted not to find out the sex of the 4th because I needed the surprise to spur me on through labour. She was a girl so a massive surprise which im glad we all had,i had to ask about 5 times untill the mw showed me her bits haha.

Omg the babies bits not the midwives of course

ledkr that made me laugh out loud!

i have 3 sons and would love to have a 4th baby and have often wondered whether or not i'd like to find out the sex (didn't with any of the others)

still not decided though

i have 4 boys and then a girl, for the first 3 we didnt find out the sex, i wanted to know for no 4 (tbh i wanted to know for all of them but dp never wanted to!) so we found out but kept it a secret, and then for no 5 we had decided not to find out the sex but the sonographer said she had a 'good view' of the sex of the baby, which we took to mean boy, so were gobsmacked when she said girl!

anway in some ways i am pleased i found out the sex, esp with dd as it was a shock to be having a girl and yes i know its meant to be 50/50 but i was utterly convinced i would have a 5th boy! but on the otherhand its lovely finding out at the birth. and they do get it wrong, a friend of mine was told recently she was having a girl and it was a boy!

and re it beign 50/50 i recently spoke to a fertility specialist and he said i was lucky to havea girl after 4 boys as generally once you have 3 or more of the same sex you are more likely to have that same sex again? but i am not sure who true that is?

and brightness yes that was our thought we didnt care what sex any of our babies were but did think it would be a change to have one of the other sex, tbh its not much different! took me a little while to get used to changing her nappy, more crevises for poo to get stuck in! and i do love buying her clothes (tho she also wears her brothers hand me downs) but at 17mths she is VERY similar to her brothers at that age, and i havent found any parenting differences. just tell your sister to be prepared for all the crappy comments if its another girl and all the wow how wonderful if its a boy, and i get why people make these comments but i do find it rather rude, esp when said infront of the other children, my boys were old enough to understand and be upset by stupid comments like how glad we must be to have a girl after 4 boys and how special it must be to finally have a girl, umm no more special than having a baby boy actually, ANY new baby is special as are all my children!

I find it a bit irritating that some people assume that if you have 2 of the same sex you are hoping for one of the opposite sex. I have 2ds's and am expecting a 3rd ds in 3 weeks. I couldn't be happier and honestly feel so lucky to have conceived 3 times and had 3 relatively straight forward pregnancies. Some people aren't so lucky. Whether you have a girl or a boy they all
Have different personalities anyway. I'm just happy to be having a baby

yes dairynips i was always just grateful that i conceived easily and had easy pregnancies and births and a healthy mum and baby at the end of the process!

and i agree all children are very different regardelss of gender :)

The chances are some thing like 50.1%boy and 49.9% girl....but then there are some who say conceiving earlier in cycle makes it likelier to be a girl.