Anyone else desperate for a certain sex?

[LucyLou19]

Not so much Me but my daughters and husband are desperate for a boy! My husband even calls it bloody Rupert 🤣🤣 I do feel different this time but is that cos they want a boy so badly?! I will be happy either way,a boy would be amazing I just don't want them disappointed! Gender scan is booked in and the girls are coming with us,anyone else in same boat?

Nope, just a healthy baby is all I want

I'd like a second child & have now made myself believe that I'd only want a boy. The thought of having a girl terrifies me.

All my family were desperate for me to have a girl. Ds espressivley told me everyday and named her.
At the 20week scan I was determined it would be a boy just to shut them all up. She was a girl and i never heard the end of 'aw now you have one of each so you can stop now'.

I have two boys and would love be a girl this time. DH would be happy with anal boy gang. I also feel different this time so maybe. Is this your third?

Anal? Crikey I mean all! Bloody auto correct.

That’s one hell of a typo headstone 😂

@headstone pmsl!!! Yer it's our third already got two girls xx

My husband was a desperate for our second to be a boy and he is.

Id like a boy but I also feel really happy at the idea of having a girl. I wouldnt be disappointed with a girl at all I just can imagine myself with a boy more easily.

I really wanted our 4th to be another boy and he is! Always feel a little sad to give up the other possibility weirdly but we can't have both!

We have 2 DDs and I was hoping for a boy this time around but I wasn’t too worried about it. Another little girl would’ve been lovely too - I guess I just felt I would like a son if possible.

And it is a boy! Now I have all these people telling me to “watch out” because boys are so much more active, boisterous etc etc. I’m thinking “have you met my daughters!?!?”

Not me but SIL has told me I'm not to have any girls as she wants to be the first to give her parents a granddaughter! DC1 was a boy but don't know what will happen if I fall pregnant again and it's a girl...! Doubt it will be though, DH's family all seem to produce tribes of boys (SIL being the one exception!!).

anal boy gang 😂

funny, i was desperate for a girl but i am pregnant with a boy and am actually SO so happy about it, for the first day i was disappointed but then actually preferred the idea of a little boy :) I had my girl name picked out and everything way before, am now going with Arthur for my boy who is due in July.

@bridgeofpies how did that feel finding out it was a boy? I can imagine tears of happiness and all sorts if it is! @oysterbabe for some reason my husband seems to think he knows this is a boy 🤣🤣🤣

I have a girl and I’m expecting. I’m ashamed to admit I’m scared of having a boy! I’d live two girls, I know where I am with them. All my friends little boys just seem so different and a lot harder work. I just worry about how to raise a decent respectful man in a world where so many seem awful. Sorry I know that’s really prejudiced!

I feel like I wouldn't know what to do either but I actually feel I've bonded with this "boy" Inside! I would never tell my husband that xx

I have just found out I’m pregnant with my second boy and I’m over the moon. My ds1 is over the moon to finally get his baby brother and I’m so pleased too. I love boys and feel safe with them.

@Lucylou - it was quite emotional but I think I would have been the same if I had heard it was a girl. When we had DD2 I cried when I found out that she was a girl just from the emotion of it all, not because I was happy or sad she was a girl. I think it was just because it brought home that she was real!

This time I did feel a bit “OMG it’s a boy.” And it took a few days to really believe it! I found out at an emotional time anyway though as DD2 had come out of hospital literally the day before after having a fit and going blue then passing out. Thankfully she is fine now but she had a series of fits in hospital and no one had any idea what was going on. So I think I was mostly super thankful that the baby was OK and the fact that he has a penis kind of took a back seat to that if you see what I mean!

Sorry but I can't stop laughing at the "anal boy gang" typo!

What exactly are the expectations that will be placed on this child depending on its sex?

@hersymphonyandsong can you elaborate? Expectations? My daughters just want a brother and my husband wants a son?

How does the baby being male make any difference? It would have its own little personality regardless. Unless you assume boys are all like X and girls are all like Y (which often makes for a self-fulfilling prophecy)

They act the same anyway until they start school and social norms start getting pushed on them. All I really care for is a healthy and happy human

Nothing technical like I said above after two girls a boy would be amazing and same for my husband would love a son. A girl will be loved just the same,it would just be nice!