Just for fun - you get to pick the sex of your kid

[Saudade]

I want 3 boys. I really don't want a girl. I don't want to be my mom and I don't want to end up having a relationship like I have with my mom. It is a very strong fear. I am not girly. I don't know how to be girly. I'm scared enough that I am going to be Team Green next time so I'll be excited at delivery if it's a girl.

[smiley]

I picked BOY. DH is the last member of his family (grandfather's side) with this last name. It would be nice to pass the name on and continue the family name. We only plan to have 1 child so I guess we get a 50/50 chance!

I also have two nephews and have so much fun with them. I am not connecting with my niece like I did with the two boys. It may also be her age though, under 1.

[zarapipe]

Girl. Girl. Girl.
I am scared of a boy, idk why, but I am. All of the hitting, punching, farting, insensitive boy stereotypes come to mind. Ok I guess my nephews bad behavior have screwed up my opinion.
I want my DD to have a sister
I don't want my daughter to have the relationship I had with my brother (not a great one)

Now I was hoping DD was a boy when I was pregnant with her.

[Brie]

Dec 19, 2012 14:10:17 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

I think this board has made me more fearful of having a little boy than I would be otherwise. Basically all the talk here about how they are constantly discussing and grabbing their privates. I don't know what I would do with that! But I am sure it is fine and you just deal with it, but it scares me.

See, I feel the opposite. Girl stuff kind of scares me what with the princess dresses and dance lessons and whatnot.

But I like fart humor, so maybe I'm destined to be a boy mom.

[ijack]

Dec 19, 2012 15:09:01 GMT -5 Saudade said:

I want 3 boys. I really don't want a girl. I don't want to be my mom and I don't want to end up having a relationship like I have with my mom. It is a very strong fear. I am not girly. I don't know how to be girly. I'm scared enough that I am going to be Team Green next time so I'll be excited at delivery if it's a girl.

If you really want a boy I wouldn't be team green. I have a friend who really wanted a boy and chose not to find out and when her daughter was born she really struggled with it. Hormones can do crazy things to you.

[hopeful2012]

Before I found out DS was a boy I would have said that I would slightly prefer a girl, but once I found out he was a boy and had him I LOVED being a mama to a little boy. He is so much fun and has so much physical energy that he is just a blast to be around.

With #2 now everyone is assuming I want a girl. And I would say I *slightly* would prefer a girl. But I really go back and forth on it.

I would love to buy girl clothes and do a girly nursery and have someone to someday do special "girl" stuff with, but I would dread the horrendous pre-teen/teenager stuff, and my family seems to be genetically pre-dispositioned to having horrible mother-daughter relationships, so I would worry about that too.

Also, right now I'm feeling like I'd like to be done after #2, and that will be harder if its another boy. DH REALLY wants a girl, so I feel like I might eventually be convinced into #3 if this one's another boy.

But if we had a baby boy he might be more "fun" eventually for DS - they are gonig to be almost 3.5 years apart so they won't be very close in age, but I could still picture in my head two little boys - 2 and 5 / 3 and 6 running around together in the backyard, playing trucks, etc.

If we do end up with #2 as a girl I kinda hope she is a tomboy type girl so that she'll want to do some of the same stuff as DS.

I don't know...I'm glad I don't have to pick either but I REALLY WANT TO KNOW *RIGHT NOW*!!! I'm almost 16 weeks so 4 more weeks till I find out!

[Deleted]

I can't choose! It would be cool to have two girls (and I could pass a lot of stuff down) but I would also like one of each. DH and I are small though, so I'm with Starry in worrying a boy might be shrimpy....I just really can't decide. Glad I don't have to!

[h]

I would have picked girl for both DS2 and DS3 (didn't really care the first time, but ultimately wanted at least one of each if possible). Clearly that wasn't in the cards, though, and I am thrilled to death with my sweet boys.

I am pretty girly (and my DH grew up with two sisters and is not a stereotypical "guys' guy"), so had you told me 6 years ago before DS1 was born that we would have three boys, I would have had no idea how we would manage it. But now I can't imagine it any other way and definitely feel like I got the kids I was meant to have.

[pugz]

doesn't matter, as long as it's healthy



j/k I know that's the most annoying response ever! I think I'd like a boy so we can experience both, but would be thrilled with 2 girls since I really liked having a sister, plus all the hand me downs would be convenient. Also dh LOVES having a little girl, I know he'd be thrilled to have another.

[wanderlustmom]

Well we have one of each and are done (like all clear vasectomy done) so if we were to have a third, I really don't have a preference at all. If we were to have four, then I do, I'd like two girls and two boys so everyone has a sister and everyone has a brother.

DH had no gender preferences, he just wanted two kids. I strongly wanted one of each but wanted three babies total and that didn't happen.

And my girl does the fart humor just as much as her brother.

[Saudade]

Dec 19, 2012 15:49:23 GMT -5 ijack said:

Dec 19, 2012 15:09:01 GMT -5 Saudade said:

I want 3 boys. I really don't want a girl. I don't want to be my mom and I don't want to end up having a relationship like I have with my mom. It is a very strong fear. I am not girly. I don't know how to be girly. I'm scared enough that I am going to be Team Green next time so I'll be excited at delivery if it's a girl.

If you really want a boy I wouldn't be team green. I have a friend who really wanted a boy and chose not to find out and when her daughter was born she really struggled with it. Hormones can do crazy things to you.

Thanks for the input. I feel really guilty and I know that no matter the sex, I'll still love the nonexistent child.

[knitty]

Before I had a boy I would have picked girl, now I wouldn't be able to choose. And that's not justification so he thinks he's loved, I needn't have posted anything. That's just affirmation that boys (well, little boys anyway) aren't as daunting as they seem.

[knitty]

Dec 19, 2012 14:17:57 GMT -5 Willis Jackson said:

I hate when DS says, "Mommy! I have a surprise for you!" and then runs into the room, naked from the waist down, and announces, "It's a penis!"

DYING

[statlerwaldorf]

Girl. I always wanted a sister, so I would like dd to have one. I have saved all of dd's clothes. I don't want to have to make the circumcision decision.

[ECB]

We're one and done, but if we were to have another, I'd "want" another boy. As many of us feel- I wouldn't really care, but if I really got to pick, I'd do another boy. No specific reason for it. Maybe just because it's what I know.

[bunch]

I have zero clue. Not in "as long as its healthy" way, I just can't decide.

[carolinagirl831]

Since this baby is a girl, I hope the next one is a boy. I want one of each! I know DH would love a boy, but I think I would love 2 girls. I never had a sister and would love o have them

[Deleted]

Ideally, i would want to have a boy in maybe a year and a girl 3 years down the road.

If my first had been a girl, I'd have wanted another girl soon and a boy down the road. I want to have one set if same sex siblings close in age but I want three kids and I would like to have each sex.


Who knows though! Lol.

[luvmagoldn]

Girl. We seriously ran out of boy names.