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Eight boys and wanting a girl - channel 4

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amelied · 04/02/2010 21:06

It has just started and I am in two minds to watch this.

I am finding it hard as I have been trying to concieve a child for five years and have had four miscarriages - am I the only one who finds this annoying woman totally ungrateful for the precious children that she has

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Lubyloo · 04/02/2010 21:09

No you're not the only one. Can't believe the woman who felt that her longing for a girl is the same as the longing felt by a woman that can't have children!

angel1976 · 04/02/2010 21:09

Watching it now... I have 2 DSs and this is it for us. I feel very blessed to have two absolutely beautiful and healthy boys. Can't see the obsession with having a girl so watching it with interest!

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amelied · 04/02/2010 21:12

...it has only been on ten minutes and Im shouting at the telly!

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angel1976 · 04/02/2010 21:12

"This is make or break for Michelle, it determines if she will be happy or have to live with it forever...'

FFS, as if having 5 beautiful boys is NOT going to make her happy. And she wants a girl because she loves all things pink.

pinkchampagne · 04/02/2010 21:13

Me too!

pinkchampagne · 04/02/2010 21:14

She was trying to force all things pink on her poor boys, and then saying that she would turn them into girls if she could!

Lubyloo · 04/02/2010 21:16

You've got four lovely boys - stop moaning!

ruddynorah · 04/02/2010 21:17

that first couple were on gmtv today. she said she has a 5wk old baby boy.

nigglewiggle · 04/02/2010 21:18

Oh dear....I am wondering how the boys are feeling knowing that they were such a disappointment .

eastendmummy · 04/02/2010 21:18

I can't watch it - saw one of the women on GMTV this morning and wanted to scream at the TV.

I have one ds and am expecting a second and can't imagine going to those lengths to conceive a girl. What message does that show the boys in the family - that they aren't good enough for their mother because they have a penis??

PlainJaneMangel · 04/02/2010 21:19

She is a total loon. Horrible.

angel1976 · 04/02/2010 21:22

One of the ladies said she doesn't feel complete... Surely you don't rely on your children to make you feel complete? eastendmummy - Congrats! I have two boys (one 23 months old and the other 3 months old) and they are so lovely!

Katz · 04/02/2010 21:22

i have the opposite 2 girls and am quite happy with my lot, they are beautiful and mine and i wouldn't swap them. I don't feel i'm missing out by not having a boy and one of the things (from a long list) that puts me off having a 3rd is the comments 'hoping for a boy this time?', nope just be happy with a healthy baby thankyou.

angel1976 · 04/02/2010 21:23

I am actually glad not to have to do the whole pink barbie, castles, fairies shit thingy.

nigglewiggle · 04/02/2010 21:24

A doctor refering to "the change" WTF!

lumpsdumps · 04/02/2010 21:24

I can't believe this programme, the boys are wonderful and beautiful, the women on it as so lucky. I have 2 boys and 2 girls, the girls are hard work now as teenagers, whilst my boys are lovely. Be bloody grateful for the wonderful children you have!

MavisGrind · 04/02/2010 21:24

I would imagine that this will really piss off those who can not concieve a child at all.

It's a sense of entitlement that seems wrong. How will these boys feel knowing that their mothers didn't feel that their families were complete without a girl? That they carried on having superfluous boys just to have a girl?

NomDePlume · 04/02/2010 21:25

that bloke is one very patient DH

WorzselMummage · 04/02/2010 21:25

They are all morons.

PanicMode · 04/02/2010 21:26

When I was on the postnatal ward having my DC2, the lady in the bed next door had just had her 4th baby - which was her fourth daughter. When her mother arrived with the older three, she burst into tears, in front of her older children, and said "I'm devastated Mum, it's another bloody girl".

When my DH arrived with my DS, and introduced him to our new baby daughter - she turned to me and called me a lucky bitch. Nice.

I know that we're very lucky to have one of each - in fact, we now have two boys, a girl and one more on the way (and I know the sex, but am not allowed to reveal it, even virtually) and I'm just glad that all of them are healthy and happy. How sad to voice your disappointment, in front of your existing children

paisleyleaf · 04/02/2010 21:27

I'd been feeling bad for the sons they have and what they might feel if they knew how their mum's felt.
But I'm feeling bit sorry for the husbands now too. They seem to blame themselves and feel inadequate.

NomDePlume · 04/02/2010 21:27

the 21 years of trying for a girl one. Mine would have told told me to bloody well pull myself together many years ago...

bronze · 04/02/2010 21:28

Worzsel you said it

NomDePlume · 04/02/2010 21:28

Stupid bloody woman wailing at the scan. Fucking ungrateful wench.

lumpsdumps · 04/02/2010 21:29

I now want to smash my tv up, I can't believe her reaction to her son, when I saw my final scan I was overjoyed!