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So who "knew" the sex of their baby without being told?

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Chequers · 13/07/2008 21:09

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Litterbug · 13/07/2008 21:55

A babybond sexing scan is £79 BTW not £200

Not sure they could tell you though at 36 weeks!

largeginandtonic · 13/07/2008 21:57

I absolutely knew with the twins they were boys but when i had dd i thought she was a boy!

The others i pretty much new were boys too (all 3) this time i was coninced it was blue again...

The 12 week scan scays pink! I simply don't do girls i said are you sure???

Will find out for sure at the 20week scan!

quickerthistimeplease · 14/07/2008 08:25

Utterly convinced was having a boy until DD actually popped out...
And everyone kept looking at my bump and saying 'Ooh, it's definately a boy'.

DaphneDescends · 14/07/2008 08:30

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EOM · 14/07/2008 08:31

I knew that both my DS's were boys. I'm pretty sure this one is a boy too.

belgo · 14/07/2008 08:31

I've never had an instinctive feeling, but I had a scan at 35 weeks with dd2 and dh saw that she was a girl, so we weren't surprised.

bogie · 14/07/2008 08:37

I knew this time I was having a girl

goingfor3 · 14/07/2008 08:43

I thought I was having a girl and at my 20 week scan was told it was a girl. I really suprised myself as I thought the sonogrpher was wrong even though previously I thought it was a girl. Had another scan and it was a boy!!!

hunkermunker · 14/07/2008 08:51

I knew DS1 was a boy from the minute I found out I was pg with him. Someone asked me if I was going to find out the sex of the baby at my 20 week scan and I was genuinely shocked - it hadn't occurred to me that he'd be a girl. I actually had a weird feeling of revulsion at the idea that he could be a girl - I felt physically sick at the idea that there could be a girl inside me. Seeing girls clothes made me feel similarly - it was really very odd.

When he was born, I looked down at his face and thought "There he is" and it took me a while to think to actually check he was a boy!

With DS2, I had no such feelings of revulsion and I wasn't nearly as sure about the baby's gender when pg with him - which is strange, I guess, since he is the most typically "boy" of the two of them.

Can I just add that had DS1 been a girl, I'm sure I wouldn't have minded at all - but it really was a very strange thing how peculiar I felt at the thought that DS1 could be a girl when I was pregnant with him.

iloverosycheeks · 14/07/2008 09:25

I had a strong feeling that DS was a boy. Loads of folk looked at my bump and went 'its a girl' one even said 'its a girl and I'm never wrong' I just smiled sweetly and thought 'this time you are' we were so half-hearted about choosing a girls name but I stopped short at buying blue babygro's just in case.
I also have very vivid dreams about being pregnant just before I find out someone I know is pregnant... which is a bit weird, but has happened so many times now I just wake up and think wonder who it is this time??!!

pregnancy1 · 14/07/2008 09:42

As I handed DH the pregnancy test stick I told him it was a girl. I was completely convinced, even though it's our first child and I was only a few weeks pregnant. I was right (well, according to the scans, I'll let you know for def in a few weeks). DH wasn't impressed and says I had a 50% chance of being right....

Celery · 14/07/2008 09:47

I knew my 3rd child was a boy because after having a boy and a girl, and the two pregnancies being very different from each other, my third pregnancy was identical to the first boy pregnancy. The symptoms were exactly the same, and I knew it was another boy.

melrose · 14/07/2008 09:49

Loads of people dsday they "knew" but do bear in mind they have a 50-50 chance of being right!

Flibbertyjibbet · 14/07/2008 10:08

On this thread there does seem to be about 50/50 of people who say 'I just knew and I was right' and people who say 'I just knew and I was wrong'.

BIls gf told me that she knew instinctively she was having a girl and those who are 'right' will never believe the ones who say that you can't tell 'instinctively'.

Like Melrose says, its a 50/50 chance of being right.

IMO people might want, or prefer the thought of (even subconsciously), a girl or a boy, so they imagine the baby to be the one they want, and then if its the one they want, they are 'right'. Have you ever heard of anyone say 'I'm convinced I'm having a girl but we wanted a boy this time'. etc. No. I rest my case

And don't all post saying people shouldn't be picky, cos there are enough threads on here saying they are

butwhybutwhy · 14/07/2008 10:09

I couldn't have said but when I went for my scan for my third, I certainly knew it was a boy

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MrsMagooo · 14/07/2008 10:18

With DD I literally took the HPT & was like 'it's a girl' - I just knew I had even bought a handful of pink dresses before our sexing scan

With this PG (who's a boy) at first I thought he was a boy, but then I started to doubt it & by about 9 weeks was utterly convinced it was another girl - bought a matching dress in newborn size to match one my DD had & we picked a name etc etc - then lo & behold at the sexing scan I was proven wrong & found out we were having a boy lol!

So although I was 'right' with DD got it completely wrong with Little Man

hunkermunker · 14/07/2008 11:22

Before I found out I was pregnant, I assumed I'd have a girl - just was what I envisaged. I didn't mind either way. Literally as soon as I got the positive HPT result with DS1, I knew I was having a boy - strongly knew. It was like he just was already. In utero, if I thought "hmm, he hasn't kicked for a little while" he would instantly kick me - this happened SO many times. Once born, the same thing - if I thought I hadn't heard him for a while, he'd stir in his moses basket. And it's continued - as I've been typing this, he's just come in to give me a cuddle. He often will start talking about something I've just been thinking of or he'll answer a question I haven't asked out loud.

I didn't have the same experience when pregnant with DS2 - he was and remains a bit of a mystery to me - very often in a fun, unexpected and hilarious way. I had no idea what gender he was.

seeker · 14/07/2008 11:28

I knew absolutely that I was having a boy. Knew it with every cell of my being and convinced everyone else that I was having a boy. Including the midwife. I will never forget the amazement in her and dp's voices as they chorussed "It's a girl!"!

Shelly679 · 14/07/2008 11:32

I was convinced I was having a boy all the way through my pregnancy until I was 2 days in labour and then thought it might be a girl - she was born 5 hours later!!

youknownothingofthecrunch · 14/07/2008 11:33

dc1 - positive he would be a boy and he was.

dc2 - positive he was a boy, but was told by scan lady that he was a she. Was subsequently ridiculed by everyone for my mother-earthy "I just know he's a boy"... until he was born. Very much male.

I would have been happy either way but I was absolutely positive both times.

(Also positive that the baby I miscarried was a girl )

claireybee · 14/07/2008 11:33

I always "knew" my first would be a girl and she was. I felt like I already knew her before she was born. When first pregnant with ds I though he was a boy but then began to doubt it and was even a bit disappointed when he was born, though not any more!

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