People claiming to ‘know’ whether it’s a boy or girl..

[Sunshine1996]

Completely irrational and hormones making it worse I’m sure but does it wind anyone else up when people say ‘oh you’re 100% having a ‘...’
I haven’t actually asked anyone’s opinion and I get it can be a fun guessing game but my friend actually went as far to touching my bump all over and started making assumptions claiming she is ‘never wrong’ 🙄

@Sunshine1996 it didn't wind me up but It did make me roll my eyes a few times!
I had comments like this saying boy and girl....50% of them were right haha.

I'm sure in pregnancy, a lot of people just look for things to say to try and show an interest so expect loads of comments about the sex, about the bump, unsolicited parenting advice, birth horror stories etc etc. Take it all with a pinch of salt.

Yep! Thankfully due to lockdown its only happened once, my cousin's missus was adamant I was "carrying high" so it must be a boy. I was only 17 weeks and barely had a bump. She then kept trying to make others guess too but they refused. I will find out in a few weeks whether she or the ultrasound is right!

Ahhhh you always get them! It gets worse when baby is here you need to just ignore them. People get excited when a baby is due!

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@Superscientist that's really funny Because I'm sure the old wives tale is carrying high is a girl 🤣

It’s been winding me up (33w, we’re having a surprise) but I put that down to a) hormones and b) the fact it’s my MIL doing it

I think it’s just because I genuinely don’t mind whether it’s a boy or a girl and trying to discern which it is suggests there’s something ‘better’ about the outcome they’re excited by.

Plus the scientist in me gets fucked off as they have a 50% chance of being right anyway and then I’ll have to live with ‘I knew it!’ 🙈

I thought I was the only one.. lol it’s actually getting on my tits..I’m only 9 weeks and I got a lot of people saying oh ur going to have a boy it’s definitely a boy I’m thinking how have you worked that out ?? 🤔! Also people are assuming it’s a boy because I haven’t been that sick with this pregnancy as I was before with my other.. and the other pregnancy I had a girl...

Honestly, use this as a 'practice run' for letting things float past you!

Lockdown is easing and your're about to have a baby... (that in itself is SO exciting) The world & his dog will be telling you what you should be doing, what they think of pretty much everything you say/do. You'll be a ball of fury if you don't learn to let it float past you!!

Good luck with everything. I SO miss the days when MN was much smaller & people would post photos of their new additions!

I have found the ones who had a boy then a girl were the ones who KNEW which sex baby was. So I would guess a boy then girl is the most popular combination given a choice.
I always had the opposite sex to the one I expected.

I had a midwife exam me (over 30 years ago now). She drew her breath and said, “you’re having a girl. I have never been so sure of anything in my life.”

My son was born sometime later.

The bump touching, especially at the moment - tell her to stop! The sex thing is fine it's not going to change anything and its a bit of fun.

@Dollywilde

Exactly. Everyone is so sure so of course 50% of them will be smug that they are so clever

We didn’t find out the sex and I got sooooooo many opinions . One of my best friends was 100% certain it was a girl to the point that she wouldn’t even contemplate a boy . It just couldn’t be . My sister in law was the same and even bought us a girl specific gift . I was super annoyed and I didn’t care either way what it was but how could they be sooooo certain 😠 ? And like a PP said they had a 50% chance of being right . Anyway it was a boy and I felt smug ☺️

Yep it’s annoying because it’s bollocks. Unfortunately it’s a 50/50 thing so many are proven to be ‘right’ and won’t let you forget about it! Some people do it just for fun and it’s very tongue in cheek which is obviously fine, but the ones who genuinely believe in their own bollocks do annoy me quite a lot.

Although be fair I have a similar ability... so far I always get it wrong. Even with my own! So if I feel like someone will have a boy it will be a girl and vice versa, does that count? It’s worked every time so must be true (nothing to do with it being 50/50 of course )

Yes! It really annoys me! My friend was adamant that I was having a boy (she had a dream ) and I was ridiculously happy when I found out it was actually a girl 😂😂😂

On my (otherwise fantastic) antenatal course, the first aid lady decided to do an ice breaker where she went round and stared at our bumps, deciding which sex they were. I was one of the few who had chosen to find out, so when she said it was a girl, I politely corrected her. She shook her head and told me it was definitely a girl.

It was, as the sonographer had said, a boy.

I wouldn't have minded if it had been a light-hearted game, but she had taken it ever so seriously. So much staring at the bump

Haha, oh no. I am the annoying "I know what your having" person

I seem to have a knack for reading scans, so far I've been correct 10 times, incorrect once and unsure and couldn't call it once. I actually have pregnant friends come to me to ask my opinion before the dating scans as I got a bit of a reputation for being able to tell.

Prehaps I've just been lucky most times. As PP have said, it is 50/50 chance!

Its fun anyway, I love seeing the scan pictures, I love a good old guess, try not to let it fuck you off too much op, everyone loves a baby, everyone loves a pregnancy. Try and enjoy it.

....send me a scan photo?! lol.

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bloody hell, *before GENDER not dating.

@DullPortraits lmao your comment is 👌🏻.. bloody Karen on Facebook 😂 so true it's annoying. Made me chuckle!

Unless the person saying it is a sonographer, just ignore them. With my first I had all 'girl' symptoms according to old wives tales and apparently 'carried like a girl' according to several people (whatever that's supposed to mean). He is a boy! With my second I had totally different symptoms and carried differently so everyone said girl. He is also a boy. Even scans aren't 100% - my 20w scan with ds2 I was told girl!

@Littlebyerockerboo if they ask you, fair enough. Otherwise please do one.

Perhaps I've just been lucky most times. As PP have said, it is 50/50 chance!

Take the word ‘perhaps’ out of that sentence and you’ll have something 100% right.

Everyone told me I was having a girl. Everyone was so so sure. I literally had 1 person guess a boy, everyone else said it was a girl.

And obviously the baby was a boy.
I didn't mind people guessing. I was a bit weirded out by people asking me if I had a "feeling" about it. I have no idea what that's supposed to feel like!