Child gender poll

[JoBub]

Remember how on TB people used to get all pissy about using gender instead of sex? Here is one instance that I'm ok being wrong. 

Anyway, we were talking about this on our local board, and I am just curious where people stand. It seems like I know a lot of people who have all boys or all girls, and this seems strange to me.

[Susan0utLoud]

Does that mean I'm you-neek?!

[JoBub]

Feb 20, 2017 20:10:05 GMT -5 Susan0utLoud said:

Does that mean I'm you-neek?!

LOL yes. Your name actually came up as one of the few people we can think of who had a boy first and then a girl. 

It started because I found out today I'm having another boy, and we're trying to scientifically/statistically determine what sstwinklinglites is having. 

[activebaby]

Congrats on having 2 boys! It's pretty awesome. They are pretty rough though...

[ksyknelvr73]

Boy, boy, girl for me. My doctor swears that you have a girl after 2 boys and I think he's full of crap but then again..

[Susan0utLoud]

Feb 20, 2017 20:38:47 GMT -5 JoBub said:

Feb 20, 2017 20:10:05 GMT -5 Susan0utLoud said:

Does that mean I'm you-neek?!

LOL yes. Your name actually came up as one of the few people we can think of who had a boy first and then a girl. 

It started because I found out today I'm having another boy, and we're trying to scientifically/statistically determine what sstwinklinglites is having. 

comicSans is the other that I can think of here.

ETA she had a girl first, though. Hmm. I can't think of anyone else with a boy first.

[Susan0utLoud]

Congrats on another baby boy!!

[emmagk]

I only have 1 but I have a few friends that have 1 of each.

I also rolled my eyes at most of the gender vs sex pearl clutching

[sstwinklinglites]

Feb 20, 2017 20:54:36 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

Boy, boy, girl for me. My doctor swears that you have a girl after 2 boys and I think he's full of crap but then again..

My DH is the second boy in a boy, boy, girl scenario. Therefore he was leaning toward this LO being a boy, but I'm totally convinced it's a girl, and I'm 90% sure we're done at two kiddos.

[athn64]

I have two older brothers who are twins. Does that still count in a boy,boy,girl scenario or is it different?


Of course we have two girls, so it's not indicative of the future at all.

[scotty138]

Feb 20, 2017 20:50:34 GMT -5 activebaby said:

Congrats on having 2 boys! It's pretty awesome. They are pretty rough though...

+1. Having 2 boys is awesome.

[meggypoo1]

Congratulations on another boy!
Clara came first and next month I will have my boy. I don't really think there is any science behind it.
ETA, I have 3 sisters. One is a twin (sadly the twin didn't make it) and the twin is a boy. MH's siblings go boy, girl, girl. Who knows?

[JoBub]

Feb 20, 2017 21:14:19 GMT -5 meggypoo1 said:

Congratulations on another boy!
Clara came first and next month I will have my boy. I don't really think there is any science behind it.
ETA, I have 3 sisters. One is a twin (sadly the twin didn't make it) and the twin is a boy. MH's siblings go boy, girl, girl. Who knows?

Oh, I know there's no real science here, I was just kidding about that. It just seemed weird because there are four M14 moms in on our local board, we all had boys in M14, and 3 of the 4 of us had (or will have) another boy after that. It just seems really statistically unlikely. 

When we did our childbirth class before my May14 DS, there were about 10 couples in the class, and everyone was having a boy except one who was team green so I don't know. So maybe it's just something in the water around here. 

[ksyknelvr73]

Feb 20, 2017 21:11:24 GMT -5 scotty138 said:

Feb 20, 2017 20:50:34 GMT -5 activebaby said:

Congrats on having 2 boys! It's pretty awesome. They are pretty rough though...

+1. Having 2 boys is awesome.

Agreed. I had that life for about 2.5 years. I fully expected #3 to be a boy as well and was completely surprised we had a girl.

Oddly enough, in both my family and DH's, it went girl, boy, girl. I'm the oldest in my family and DH is the middle kid in his. I think it is so weird how we came from the same dynamic.

[meggypoo1]

Feb 20, 2017 21:24:13 GMT -5 JoBub said:

Feb 20, 2017 21:14:19 GMT -5 meggypoo1 said:

Congratulations on another boy!
Clara came first and next month I will have my boy. I don't really think there is any science behind it.
ETA, I have 3 sisters. One is a twin (sadly the twin didn't make it) and the twin is a boy. MH's siblings go boy, girl, girl. Who knows?

Oh, I know there's no real science here, I was just kidding about that. It just seemed weird because there are four M14 moms in on our local board, we all had boys in M14, and 3 of the 4 of us had (or will have) another boy after that. It just seems really statistically unlikely. 

When we did our childbirth class before my May14 DS, there were about 10 couples in the class, and everyone was having a boy except one who was team green so I don't know. So maybe it's just something in the water around here. 

Huh, that is odd! It's the water down there! It doesn't like girls 😉

[meggypoo1]

Now I really want to know what sstwinklinglites having! When do we... I mean you find out?!

[haykay13]

DH is 1 of 4 boys
My family goes girl, boy, boy, girl

We just have 1 boy

[JoBub]

Sorry sstwinklinglites, for sort of inadvertently starting a thread about you.

[emmagk]

Feb 20, 2017 21:10:38 GMT -5 athn64 said:

I have two older brothers who are twins. Does that still count in a boy,boy,girl scenario or is it different?


Of course we have two girls, so it's not indicative of the future at all.

I have 1 friend that has boy twins then a girl

[emmagk]

When I went to all the baby things with DS there was always a huge majority of boys, like 10 boys and 2 girls

[sstwinklinglites]

Feb 20, 2017 21:29:15 GMT -5 meggypoo1 said:

Now I really want to know what sstwinklinglites having! When do we... I mean you find out?!

We find out this Fri. I have really mixed emotions regarding which sex I want. Really wanted another boy, but convinced myself this is a girl. And now I feel I'll have some disappointment regardless of the sex.

[Doll15]

Feb 20, 2017 22:21:23 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

Feb 20, 2017 21:29:15 GMT -5 meggypoo1 said:

Now I really want to know what sstwinklinglites having! When do we... I mean you find out?!

We find out this Fri. I have really mixed emotions regarding which sex I want. Really wanted another boy, but convinced myself this is a girl. And now I feel I'll have some disappointment regardless of the sex.

This was totally me. I went into it knowing I was going to have some disappointment either way. It was an odd feeling. I ended up crying that day because I was so shocked I was actually having a boy that I was flooded with emotions

Also, congrats on finding out soon. I can't believe you all are already far enough along. Time is flying!!

[Susan0utLoud]

Dh was the one who had all the feels about the gender of #2. He was really hoping for a girl, to the point that I know he would have been super disappointed if it had been a boy. I don't remember having feelings either way, maybe I'm the weird one.

[sstwinklinglites]

I'm just a bag of emotions with this pregnancy. I had extreme morning sickness thru about 17 weeks, so it wasn't until recently that I've been feeling kinda normal. Add to that ramped up anxiety due to the current state of affairs, guilt over rocking DS world by having another child, guilt about not feeling excited about this pregnancy even though we TTC for months (I wholly blame the morning sickness for that), and I just haven't really enjoyed this pregnancy. I don't feel much excitement yet, I have so many things going on in my life that it's hard to focus on it, and I feel guilty about all these less than positive feelings all the time. Sooo... fully expecting disappointment this Friday.

That turned into a TL;DR. You get a cookie if you made it to the end.

[Susan0utLoud]

Feb 21, 2017 0:31:30 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

I'm just a bag of emotions with this pregnancy. I had extreme morning sickness thru about 17 weeks, so it wasn't until recently that I've been feeling kinda normal. Add to that ramped up anxiety due to the current state of affairs, guilt over rocking DS world by having another child, guilt about not feeling excited about this pregnancy even though we TTC for months (I wholly blame the morning sickness for that), and I just haven't really enjoyed this pregnancy. I don't feel much excitement yet, I have so many things going on in my life that it's hard to focus on it, and I feel guilty about all these less than positive feelings all the time. Sooo... fully expecting disappointment this Friday.

That turned into a TL;DR. You get a cookie if you made it to the end.

I get it. I didn't have extreme morning sickness, but I had the rest. My second pregnancy went by in the blink of an eye. I felt like I had so many competing priorities that I never really stopped to take it all in. The guilt about rocking your ds's world... it's so hard. I worried and worried about that. I will not spew second Mom words of wisdom, but hugs. It's hard.

[duskymonkey]

JoBub, OMG! hah! I guess it's been a while since I signed in. Didn't know you were expecting too. Congratulations!

[duskymonkey]

sstwinklinglites, big creepy internet hugs! I think it's perfectly normal to feel the way you do and once you have the little in your arms you'll probably forget it all?? I could potentially feel that way too in the months to follow. I have no idea what I am talking about though - just listen to Susan0utLoud lol.

[duskymonkey]

We will be team green again this time around. We had a tough time with names. DS was nameless until the day we had to leave the hospital because they insisted on it so they needed/required to get the paperwork for his BC to the state before we could be released. I expect it will be the same this time around. I will need help!

[NJgirl84]

Feb 20, 2017 22:21:23 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

Feb 20, 2017 21:29:15 GMT -5 meggypoo1 said:

Now I really want to know what sstwinklinglites having! When do we... I mean you find out?!

We find out this Fri. I have really mixed emotions regarding which sex I want. Really wanted another boy, but convinced myself this is a girl. And now I feel I'll have some disappointment regardless of the sex.

This is exactly how it went for me. I was slightly disappointed when I found out another boy, but then I reminded myself that was what I wanted originally and now I love having my two boys.

Although since he was probably our last, every once in awhile I see cute little girl shoes or something similar and wonder what it would be like. Yet, I would also love three boys. So it's probably more that there won't be more babies.

[meggypoo1]

Feb 20, 2017 22:21:23 GMT -5 sstwinklinglites said:

Feb 20, 2017 21:29:15 GMT -5 meggypoo1 said:

Now I really want to know what sstwinklinglites having! When do we... I mean you find out?!

We find out this Fri. I have really mixed emotions regarding which sex I want. Really wanted another boy, but convinced myself this is a girl. And now I feel I'll have some disappointment regardless of the sex.

Aww, I know what you mean. I don't know if you remember but I came to you all when I found out I was having a boy. I still remember the moment the US tech said boy. It was so early into the appointment that I didn't even get to enjoy the rest. I felt horrible for being disappointed. It will be ok to have your feelings. I also, am going through the whole ruining a great thing we have right now, what will Clara do, I love her so much how can I love this one as much right now. It is coming on stranger and stranger each day. I only have 5 weeks left and realized I haven't really enjoyed this pregnancy because I so nervous about the real life with two. It seems like a lot of us have been there. We are here for you.