S/O Not knowing sex

[liveintheville]

It's a guess. And however it turns out it's the dad's fault.

[anna7602]

I really didn't know. It doesn't bother me.

[Saudade]

I had no clue. I soooo badly wanted a boy but I had no inclination. I didn't care.

[mrshandy]

I would argue that no one knows the sex. They just have a lucky guess.

[spk926]

I won't say hunches are always right but I do think mother's intuition is usually spot on. Before our 20 week ultrasound I kept joking with my OBGYN to see if the beats per minute told us anything about the sex of the baby. I then kept telling him I felt so strongly it's a girl and he said in all his years he's learned that a mother's intuition is usually right and if he had to he would bet I was having a girl; just because of my gut feeling.

Turns out I was right and we are having a girl. I "knew" at about 9 weeks. I was so sure I spent the summer buying baby girl clothes at garage sales (ie: can't return them!!!) and planning the nursery. I wanted to do all that before going back to teaching in the fall.

Don't worry though, not all women have that gut feeling and if I didn't have it myself, I wouldn't believe it that I knew ahead of time. It's a weird thing though!

[katiescarlett]

I "knew" both kids were boys. The first one was. The second was not. It's a guess!

[blindyswife]

It's completely just lucky guesses.

People always asked me if I had a feeling one way or the other with L. And no, I didn't. I'm not psychic. And I never liked guessing at it either, because its just a 50/50 shot as far as I'm concerned. It's like guessing red or black at the roulette table.

But maybe I'm just a Scrooge!

[kittycatlove]

For most of my pregnancy I had no clue. Everyone kept asking me what I thought I was having and I honestly didn't have any intuition. I think in the last two weeks I finally felt like I was having a boy, and sure enough I was right.

I mostly think it's a guess though.

[Deleted]

I thought we were having a girl. So my intuition was off haha.

I wasn't upset that I was wrong though (I didn't feel sad that my intuition was wrong in itself OR that we were having a boy).

[karinothing]

I really felt I was having a boy (always referred to the baby as he) and ended up having a boy. I think I was just lucky though.

[h]

I have never just "known.". I don't think it matters one way or another whether the mom guesses right.

[cilantro]

Ummm....people who really believe they have psychic powers and KNOW are crazy.

[rootbeerfloat]

Yup, lucky guess.

[pamela]

People are deluding themselves if they really think they have any chance of actually knowing. It's a 50/50 shot that they are right. To say a mother's intuition about it being spot on is just insulting those on the other side of the 50%. Are they just not as great of a mother and not in tune with their baby or some crap?

[fbf2006]

No. I don't feel disappointed. I don't think people actually know what they are having. I mean, it's a 50/50 chance. I don't think this is something anyone should worry about at all.

[Deleted]

I was positive last time I was having a boy. I don't really believe in mother's intuition but maybe that's because mine is wrong, LOL.

FWIW I feel (pretty strongly) like this one is a girl. We'll see in 6 weeks.

[geneg]

Dec 14, 2012 8:52:24 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

I would argue that no one knows the sex. They just have a lucky guess.

Eh, maybe. My mom knew without a doubt the gender of her two kids. I knew dd was a girl and DS was a boy (wrote it down in an envelope at 6 weeks and we opened it after the anatomy scan). I also knew one of my m/c was a boy (late enough that it was confirmed by genetic tests). So I'm 3 for 3. I also had an early m/c that I "know" the gender of, but no proof. My sis had no clue about her kids though. And I can't guess anyone else's pregnancy gender.

I don't think it makes a bit of difference in the long run. Just an interesting quirk.

ETA: and I don't think I'm psychic. I can't predict anything else, I don't get "feelings", I'm the least intuitive person I know. It's entirely possible that, statistically, these were guesses. We're thinking about #3, so we'll see if I can make it 4 for 4.