Were you secretly chuffed with the sex of your DC?

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Not a gender/sex- boy/girl debate and obviously we all want a healthy baby but superficially...

With DD I was so pleased to have a girl, my family have lots and wanted to add to that- we had lots of hand me downs and if I had to have chosen it's what I would have done.

This time around its a DS and again if I could had opted I would have gone that way, purely for the opposite reasons, we have NO boys in the family so it will be a first and since DD is your stereotypical girl there's a chance that I might get to experience some stereotypical tough and tumble-or not.

I feel really chuffed and similarly know a few friends with gender disappointment, but I don't think that either should be a guilty feeling to admit.

I always knew I wanted girls more than boys and am chuffed to have two of them and no boys. And I really wanted two the same. If I'd have had two boys I'd have tried for a third to be a girl; but this way round is just perfect.

For so many reasons including that they happily play football/with diggers/as pirates whereas some of my friends' find their boys are looked at as if there is something wrong when their kids want to be princesses or play with their prams (let children be children I say), they both love both outdoor play and arts and crafts (which is temperament rather than gender but again, some of my friends find that their older boys are looked down upon if they aren't there kicking a ball and societial pressures are so strong), I feel that the glass ceiling is less of an issue now than it ever was, and girls' clothes are so much more fun and they can pass them down to each other, its not so hard to beat the pink phase - my girls' favourite colours are orange blue red purple and green - even better rainbow.

My biggest concern with girls is keeping them safe in their teenage years from eating disorders and the meaness with which girls can operate, but that's a long way off, and as a parent its about helping them be happy confident young women and having a normal relationship with food. Fortunately that's true for me and all their role models, so fingers crossed.

My DH was convinced DD was a boy. So to say he was shocked at the 20 week scan is an understatement. I didn't mind originally but was very happy to find out we were having a girl.

This time around, we found out yesterday that we are expecting boy/girl twins which I'm so happy about. It was my preference only because I worried that DD would be the odd one out all the time if the twins were the same sex.

I was keen for a girl when we were TTC. At about 8weeks pregnant I became convinced I'm carrying a boy. The scan has confirmed this and I'm really happy about it. I think he might be an only.

I didn't find out what I was having and genuinely believe I didn't mind. But when DD came out a girl I was so so thrilled. But, the discovery of her sex was in the euphoric moment of birth, so maybe I would have been equally thrilled if she was a boy. We'll never know!

Growing up I always thought I would have a boy. Then when I was pregnant both me and DH were sure it was a boy for some reason. So when it was confirmed at our 20 week scan it wasn't that we were particularly bothered either way, it just kind of confirmed what we already 'knew'! I love having a boy though. But equally would have loved having a girl!