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Strong feelings about the sex - were you right?

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afrikat · 10/06/2013 14:11

I am 25+3 and am convinced I am having a girl. No evidence, we asked not to be told at the 20 week scan but it just feels like a girl! I can't imagine it coming out a boy now but of course it might :)

Did anyone else have such strong feelings and were you right??

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Doctorbrownbear · 10/06/2013 14:14

I was convinced it was a boy up to the 20 wk scan.... It was and is definatley a girl!

NarkyNamechanger · 10/06/2013 14:15

Yes with all three of mine :)

PeterParkerSays · 10/06/2013 14:16

I was absolutely convinced that bump was a DS, as was my dad. We were both right.

RJM17 · 10/06/2013 14:16

I am convinced I'm having a girl and I will be finding out later today so will let u know if I'm right x

TinkyPeet · 10/06/2013 14:17

I've 'known' with all 3 of mine :) x

Wallison · 10/06/2013 14:18

I was convinced I was having a boy. Then I started to get all worried that I'd be disappointed if I had a girl, so tried to convince myself that it was a girl. Didn't work though; really I just knew I was having a boy. And I did.

Had a 50% chance of being right though!

neversleepagain · 10/06/2013 14:20

I was convinced I was having twin boys, I had twin girls.

Wishihadabs · 10/06/2013 14:23

Just knew Ds was a boy. But also "knew" dd was a boy !

Snowflakepie · 10/06/2013 14:23

I knew with both mine, confirmed at 20 week scan and proven right.

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afrikat · 10/06/2013 14:23

I am also worried that I will be disappointed with a boy now, even though I was slightly more on Team Blue to begin with (mostly because I was a nightmare as a teenager and I don't want to deal with one of me!) so I need to try and dissuade myself!

Let us know the result RJM17!

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OldBeanbagz · 10/06/2013 14:25

I knew with both of mine. DD was confirmed by 20w scan, with DS i had to wait until he was born as the sonographer wasn't 100% sure.

ChunkyChicken · 10/06/2013 14:26

I had no clue with my first, but my DH was spot on about having a girl.

This time I felt quite different so thought it might well be a boy, but as Wallison I didn't want disappointment, so tried to accept he was a she plus felt a bit daunted by the idea of having a boy after a girl, no idea why now!!. He was a he.

50shadesofbrown · 10/06/2013 14:27

Yes, was certain it was a girl. Had name picked & everything. Was referring to baby as 'she' at work before the 20 week scan, they all thought I was mad. It was a girl. Obviously.
I got the gender right for all 3 of my colleagues babies as well.

Wallison · 10/06/2013 14:29

Looking back, I wouldn't have been disappointed anyway, afrikat. I would have been just as loved-up and besotted if he had been a girl, I am sure - what I feel for him isn't based on his gender but on the fact that he's my child.

While you're pregnant, of course you're going to wonder and most people have an idea in their head - I think it helps us to visualise stuff and imagine scenarios. But that doesn't affect how we are when they do pop out.

Newtobecomingamum · 10/06/2013 14:30

Totally thought I was having a girl. I'd have bet my life on it! Had bonded with her, me and hubby chose a name, was thinking of all of the girly things I was going to buy and do with her. At scan, was told it was a little boy. I was in absolute shock... Couldn't speak for a few seconds and then instantly fell in love with the idea I was having a little boy although it took some time to get my head round it a few days after. Having a healthy baby is more important than the sex. I have learnt my lesson for when I have number 2 lol X

Wallison · 10/06/2013 14:36

Sorry btw afrikat if that sounded self-righteous; it was meant to be reassuring. Enjoy your daydreams and speculations and honestly don't worry about somehow 'spoiling' things for yourself - you really won't.

bettybyebye · 10/06/2013 14:39

I was utterly convinced I was having a girl, as were most of my family. I really wanted a girl as well, had visions of buying cute outfits and doing girly things together. Like you we chose not to find out the sex at the 20 week scan. When my dh uttered the words "it's a boy!" In the delivery room I believe my response was "are you sure?!" However I was immediately completely besotted with him and now absolutely love having a son, and can't imagine having a girl. The main reason I didn't want to find out the sex was because had they told me at 20 weeks I was having a boy I might have felt disappointed, but in the aftermath of labour there was none of that!

TolliverGroat · 10/06/2013 14:44

I've been wrong two out of three times .

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afrikat · 10/06/2013 14:46

Thanks for the reassurance, will try and stop worrying about being disappointed - my DH thinks it's a boy anyway so at least one of us will be right!

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MOTU · 10/06/2013 15:16

So far I've been right 2/2 times ......

MOTU · 10/06/2013 15:18

As for being disappointed, even though I was convinced this was a boy I hoped I was wrong as I really wanted a girl. Within a couple of hours of finding out he was a boy I totally changed my mind and am overjoyed at the prospect of a son! I think very few people end up genuinely disappointed.

roguepixie · 10/06/2013 15:20

I 'knew' prior to becoming pregnant that, should I ever have a child I would have one and it would be a boy. I have only had one (not through choice) and he's a boy .

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afrikat · 10/06/2013 15:38

Only 14 weeks (ish) til I find out... Time seems to be going incredibly slowly yet super fast at the same time!

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starfishmummy · 10/06/2013 16:32

I wanted a girl; but there came a point when for no real reason I started to think of the bump as "he", so having ds was not a total shock

Ragwort · 10/06/2013 16:34

Yes and No

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